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Type: Correspondence
Published: 2019-02-26
Page range: 587–591
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A new Compsodactylus Fuhrmann (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) from Peru 

Departamento de Entomología, Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Av. Arenales 1256 Jesús María, Lima 14, Perú. Bosque Llaqta, Av. Confraternidad Internacional Este Nº 364, Huaraz, Perú
Instituto de Investigaciones de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt. Claustro de San Agustín, Villa de Leyva, Boyacá, Colombia
Coleoptera Scarabaeidae Melolonthinae

Abstract

The tribe Macrodactylini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) is distributed throughout the world, comprising approximately 1028 species and 80 genera; the majority of genera are found in the Neotropical Region, where 46 genera occur (Katovich 2008; Fuhrmann 2012; Smith & Mondaca 2015; Fuhrmann & Vaz-de-Mello 2017).

 

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