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Issue: Vol. 1730 No. 1: 20 Mar. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-03-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1730.1.2
Page range: 27–42
Abstract views: 72
PDF downloaded: 20

Seven new species of Canthochilum Chapin from Hispaniola (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)

Department of Biology, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY 42101
Department of Entomology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717
Coleoptera Scarabaeinae dung beetles West Indies Greater Antilles new species

Abstract

Seven new species, Canthochilum brodzinskyorum NEW SPECIES, Canthochilum magnum NEW SPECIES, Canthochilum matthewsi NEW SPECIES, Canthochilum mimicum NEW SPECIES, Canthochilum nebulonemi NEW SPECIES, Canthochilum platycnemis NEW SPECIES, and Canthochilum xericum NEW SPECIES, are described from Hispaniola. New distribution records are given for C. cibony Matthews and C. darlingtoni Matthews in the Dominican Republic.

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