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A new species and new records of the genus Bolboceras Kirby, 1819 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Geotrupidae: Bolboceratinae) from India

Zoological Survey of India, M Block, New Alipore, Kolkata, 700053, West Bengal, India.
Zoological Survey of India, M Block, New Alipore, Kolkata, 700053, West Bengal, India.
Zoological Survey of India, M Block, New Alipore, Kolkata, 700053, West Bengal, India.
Zoological Survey of India, M Block, New Alipore, Kolkata, 700053, West Bengal, India.
Coleoptera Scarabaeoidea taxonomy new species Himalaya Palearctic Region Oriental region

Abstract

A new species of the genus Bolboceras Kirby, 1819; Bolboceras arunachalensis Chandra, Gupta & Ghosh, new species (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae: Bolboceratinae) from Arunachal Pradesh, India is described, diagnosed, and illustrated. Bolboceras perpunctatum Krikken, 2013 is recorded for the first time from Central India.

 

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