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Issue: Vol. 1185 No. 1: 24 Apr. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-04-24
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1185.1.5
Page range: 61–68
Abstract views: 48
PDF downloaded: 5

A new species of Aphodius Illiger (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) from the central United States

University of Nebraska State Museum, W436 Nebraska Hall, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68588-0514, U.S.A
Coleoptera Aphodius new species Scarabaeidae Aphodiinae United States

Abstract

A new species of Aphodius Illiger, A. matiganae n.sp., is described from the central United States. The species is compared with A. rusicola Melsheimer and A. rubeolus Palisot de Beauvois, with which it has previously been confused.

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