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Issue: Vol. 2490 No. 1: 1 Jun. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-06-01
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2490.1.7
Page range: 63–68
Abstract views: 49
PDF downloaded: 36

The Indochinese members of the Onthophagus (Parascatonomus) aurifex species group (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), with the description of a new species

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
National Museum of Natural History Naturalis, P.O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
National Museum of Natural History Naturalis, P.O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
Coleoptera Onthophagus Parascatonomus Indochina new species

Abstract

The representatives of Onthophagus (Parascatonomus) aurifex species group from Indochina are reviewed and a new species of this group, O. (Parascatonomus) alexeevi sp. n., is described. Distribution data for all treated species are provided.

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