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).References
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