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Issue: Vol. 1701 No. 1: 11 Feb. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-02-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1701.1.1
Page range: 1–14
Abstract views: 49
PDF downloaded: 26

Three new species of Canthonella Chapin from Hispaniola, with new records and Nomenclatural changes for West Indian dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)

Montana Entomology Collection, Room 50 Marsh Laboratory, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, 59717-0302, USA
Department of Biology, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY, 42101, USA
Coleoptera Scarabaeinae dung beetles West Indies Greater Antilles new species invasive species

Abstract

Three new species, Canthonella jarmilae, Canthonella quesquaya, and Canthonella sikesi NEW SPECIES, are described from Hispaniola. New distribution records for Canthochilum taino Matthews and Canthonella parva Chapin expand the known range of these Puerto Rican Bank species to the northern Virgin Islands. Colonization by the Old World species Digitonthophagus gazella (Fabricius) on Jamaica, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Kitts, Montserrat and Guadeloupe is documented for the first time, and the mainland American species Pseudocanthon perplexus (LeConte) is recorded from Grand Bahama Island, a first record for the West Indies. Onthophagus albicornis Palisot de Beauvois and Onthophagus capitatus Laporte are re-elevated to full species NEW STATUS, and their allopatric distribution on Hispaniola documented. A list of the 45 known species from the Greater Antilles and Bahama Islands is included.

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