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Dichotomius (Cephagonus) paresi Nunes & Vaz-de-Mello 2015

Description

4.4. Dichotomius (Cephagonus) paresi Nunes & Vaz-de-Mello 2015 (Figure 41 (c))

Dichotomius (selenocopris) paresi Nunes & Vaz-de-Melloı 2016ı p. 85 (description)

Diagnosis. In the groupı D. paresi is separated of other species in the group (including the brachypterous) by the following combined characters: posterior portion of the pronotal disc bearing ocellate punctures; elytral striae widened near the basis and lacking punctures and anterior portion of pronotal border flattened (dorsal view) (Figure 6 (a-b)).

Distribution. Chapada dos Parecisı municipality of Tangará da Serraı state of Mato Grossoı Brazil (Figure 42).

Notes

Published as part of Nunes, Rafael V. & Vaz-de-Mello, Fernando Z., 2019, Taxonomic revision of Dichotomius (Cephagonus) Luederwaldt 1929 and the taxonomic status of remaining Dichotomius Hope 1838 subgenera (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Dichotomiini), pp. 2231-2351 in Journal of Natural History 53 (37) on page 2330, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2019.1692088, http://zenodo.org/record/3665519

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References

  • Maldaner MEi Nunes RV. 2015. Taxonomic revision of the Dichotomius speciosus (Waterhousei 1891) species group (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae). Zootaxa. 3986 (5): 549 - 560. doi: 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3986.5.2