Abstract
Two new species of the genus Saprolochus Stebnicka & Galante, 2007 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae: Odontolochini)—S. peruvianus Minkina, Skelley & Gama, new species from Peru and S. venezuelensis Minkina, Skelley, & Gama, new species from Venezuela are described and illustrated. Both newly described species are similar to S. tambopatae Stebnicka & Galante, 2007, for which we provide a short complementary description and illustrations comparing all three species. Saprolochus tambopatae Stebnicka & Galante, 2007 is reported from Colombia for the first time.
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