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A new Guatemalan cloud forest endemic Onthophagus Latreille, 1802 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 August 2017

François Génier
François Génier*
Affiliation:
Canadian Museum of Nature, PO Box 3443, Station D, Ottawa, Ontario, K1P 6P4, Canada
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Abstract

A new species, Onthophagus contrapositus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Onthophagini), belonging to the New World O. dicranius species group is described and illustrated. Photographs of cephalic and pronotal configurations of all known females are presented for the first time to ease identification. A replacement name is proposed, Onthophagus kohlmanninew name, for the secondary junior homonym Onthophagus xiphias Solís and Kohlmann, 2003.

Résumé

On décrit la nouvelle espèceOnthophagus contrapositus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Onthophagini) appartenant au groupe O. dicranius. Des photographies de la configuration de la tête et du pronotum de toutes les femelles de ce complexe en vue dorsale sont présentées afin de faciliter la détermination de la nouvelle espèce. Un nom de remplacement, Onthophagus kohlmanninouveau nom de remplacement, est proposé pour l’homonyme secondaire plus récent Onthophagus xiphias Solís and Kohlmann, 2003.

Type
Systematics & Morphology - Note
Information
The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 149 , Issue 5 , October 2017 , pp. 574 - 580
Copyright
© Entomological Society of Canada 2017 

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