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Issue: Vol. 2344 No. 1: 26 Jan. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-01-26
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2344.1.2
Page range: 17–28
Abstract views: 49
PDF downloaded: 26

Two new species of Onthophagus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from Indochina, with a discussion of some problems with the classification of Serrophorus and similar subgenera

Department of Entomology, Natural History Museum of Denmark/University of Copenhagen, Zoological Museum, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark Institute of Natural Science, Kaluga State Pedagogical University, Stepana Razina str. 26, Kaluga 248023, Russia
(Deceased) Bassejnaja str. 53-94, St.-Petersburg, 196135, Russia
Coleoptera Onthophagus Indochina new species Sunenaga Sinonthophagus systematics

Abstract

Two new species of Onthophagus Latreille, 1802 are described from Indochina: O. (Sunenaga) streltsovi sp. n. and O. (Sinonthophagus) nampatensis sp. n. Some problems with the current systematics of Onthophagus, especially with respect to the subgenera Serrophorus, Sunenaga and Macronthophagus are discussed.

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