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Canthidium (Neocanthidium) gigas Balthasar 1939

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Canthidium (Neocanthidium) gigas Balthasar, 1939

Canthidium gigas Balthasar, 1939: 127 [transferred to Neocanthidium by Vulcano & Pereira (1967: 592); transferred to Canthidium (Canthidium) by Martínez & Halffter (1986a: 27); here transferred to the subgenus Neocanthidium]. Type locality: French Guiana: Cayenne (“Franz. Guyane, Cayenne”). Type material: Holotype unsexed (NMPC—ex Balthasar collection). Distribution: Guyanas (Martínez & Halffter 1986a).

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Published as part of Cupello, Mario, 2018, On the types species of the New World dung beetle genus Canthidium Erichson, 1847 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae), with an annotated checklist of species, pp. 451-486 in Zootaxa 4388 (4) on page 469, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4388.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1189072

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Biodiversity

Family
Scarabaeidae
Genus
Canthidium
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Balthasar
Species
gigas
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Canthidium (Neocanthidium) gigas Balthasar, 1939 sec. Cupello, 2018

References

  • Balthasar, V. (1939) Neue Canthidium - Arten (8. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Scarabaeiden der neotrop. Region). Entomologische Nachrichten, 13, 111 - 140.