<strong>A new species of scarab beetle, <em>Madecorphnus cuccodoroi</em> (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Orphninae), from northern Madagascar</strong>

ANDREY FROLOV

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2531.1.7

Issue: Vol. 2531 No. 1: 9 Jul. 2010

Type: Articles

Published: 2010-07-09

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2531.1.7

Page range: 64–68

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**A new species of scarab beetle, Madecorphnus cuccodoroi (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Orphninae), from northern Madagascar**

ANDREY FROLOV⁺⁻

Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St.-Petersburg, 199034 Russia

Coleoptera scarab beetles orphnines new species Madagascar

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Abstract

Madecorphnus cuccodoroi Frolov, sp. n. is described from specimens collected in indigenous forest in Amber Mountain National Park, northern Madagascar. The new species differs from the similar species M. peyrierasi Frolov and M. perinetensis Frolov in the shape of the parameres and internal sac armature.

References

Frolov, A. V. (2010) Revision of the Madagascan genus Madecorphnus Paulian (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Orphninae). Journal of Natural History, 44(17), 1095–1111.