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Type: Article
Published: 2008-03-10
Page range: 42–46
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A new species of Coprophanaeus Olsoufieff (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from Bolivia

P.O. Box 426, Marfa, Texas 79843, USA
Coleoptera taxonomy dung beetles South America Scarabaeinae Phanaeini

Abstract

Coprophanaeus caroliae Edmonds, new species, is described. This species occurs in the cloud forests (yungas) of the department of Cochabamba in central Bolivia. It is illustrated and compared with the similar species Coprophanaeus ignecinctus (Felsche) and Coprophanaeus ohausi (Felsche).

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