<strong>A review of the genus <em>Chalcocopris</em> Burmeister, 1846 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae), with description of a new species</strong>

MICHELE ROSSINI; FERNANDO Z. VAZ-DE-MELLO

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3920.2.5

Issue: Vol. 3920 No. 2: 20 Feb. 2015

Type: Article

Published: 2015-02-20

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3920.2.5

Page range: 291–300

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**A review of the genus Chalcocopris Burmeister, 1846 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae), with description of a new species**

MICHELE ROSSINI⁺⁻
FERNANDO Z. VAZ-DE-MELLO⁺⁻

Università degli Studi di Urbino Carlo Bo, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomolecolari (DISB), via Saffi 2, 61029, Urbino (PU).

Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Département Systématique et Évolution, Entomologie, UMR 7205, Paris, France. Permanent Address: Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Biologia e Zoologia, Av. Fernando Corrêa da Costa, 2367, Boa Esperança, 78060-900 - Cuiabá, MT, Brazil.

Scarabaeinae Brazil dung beetles

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Abstract

Species included in the genus Chalcocopris Burmeister, 1846 are reviewed, including the description of a new species (Chalcocopris inexpectatus sp. nov.) from Central Brazil, and the designation of a neotype for Copris hesperus Olivier, 1789. Pictures, diagnostic characters and an identification key are provided.