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Issue: Vol. 4286 No. 4: 4 Jul. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-07-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4286.4.4
Page range: 515–524
Abstract views: 92
PDF downloaded: 4

A new South American species of Palaeophileurus Kolbe (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Phileurini)

Instituto de Investigaciones de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt, Claustro de San Agustín, Villa de Leyva, Boyacá, Colombia.
Systematics Research Collections, University of Nebraska State Museum, W-436 Nebraska Hall, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, 68588-0514, United States of America.
Coleoptera Neotropics scarab beetle new species taxonomy

Abstract

A new species of the Palaeophileurus Kolbe (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Phileurini) is described from Colombia, Ecuador, and Guyana along with supporting illustrations and a diagnosis. A checklist of Palaeophileurus species is included with a new country record for Colombia of Palaeophileurus proximus Dechambre.

 

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