Revision of the obligate mushroom-feeding African "dung beetle"genus Coptorhina Hope (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)

被引:11
作者
Frolov, Andrey V. [1 ,2 ]
Akhmetova, Lilia A. [1 ]
Scholtz, Clarke H. [2 ]
机构
[1] Russian Acad Sci, Inst Zool, Lab Insect Systemat, St Petersburg 196140, Russia
[2] Univ Pretoria, Dept Zool & Entomol, ZA-0002 Pretoria, South Africa
基金
新加坡国家研究基金会;
关键词
Coleoptera; Scarabaeidae; Coptorhina; new species; new synonymy; key to species; Africa;
D O I
10.1080/00222930802002535
中图分类号
X176 [生物多样性保护];
学科分类号
090705 ;
摘要
The African genus Coptorhina Hope is revised. Nine new synonymies are established which reduces the number of valid names from 15 to six. One new species is also described. The name changes are the following: C. subaenea Janssens, C. bicolor Ancey, C. pygmaea Balthasar and C. saganicola Muller are considered junior synonyms of C. nitidipennis Boheman; C. africana Hope, C. vicina Peringuey, C. obtusicornis Boheman, C. punctata Ferreira and C. optata Peringuey are considered junior synonyms of C. klugii Hope. The new species, C. excavata sp. n., is described from southern Africa. A key to the species and notes on biology are given.
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页码:1477 / 1508
页数:32
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