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Issue: Vol. 4834 No. 3: 20 Aug. 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-08-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4834.3.6
Page range: 434–442
Abstract views: 99
PDF downloaded: 6

Brazilian Atlantic rainforest endangered biodiversity: a new species of the Dichotomius sericeus (Harold, 1867) species group (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)

Universidade Federal do Pará, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Campus Belém. Rua Augusto Corrêa, 01. Guamá. Belém, Pará, 66075-110, Brazil.
Universidade Federal do Pará, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas. Programa de Pós-graduação em Zoologia da Universidade Federal do Pará e Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Campus Belém. Rua Augusto Corrêa, 01. Guamá. Belém, Pará, 66075-110, Brazil.
Universidade de Pernambuco, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Campus Santo Amaro, Laboratório de Biodiversidade e Genética de Insetos. Rua Arnóbio Marquês, 310. Santo Amaro. Recife, Pernambuco, 50100-130, Brazil.
Universidade de Pernambuco, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Campus Santo Amaro, Laboratório de Biodiversidade e Genética de Insetos. Rua Arnóbio Marquês, 310. Santo Amaro. Recife, Pernambuco, 50100-130, Brazil.
Coleoptera Taxonomy dung beetles species conservation

Abstract

Dichotomius valoisae new species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Dichotomiini) from Santa Luzia do Itanhi, Sergipe, Brazil, is described based on external differences from its congeners. Diagnostic characters and a brief discussion about its conservation status are provided, as well as an updated identification key to the Dichotomius sericeus (Harold) species group.

 

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