Contributions to the taxonomy of Dichotomius Hope, 1838 (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Dichotomiini): Description of a new subgenus and redefinition of Dichotomius sensu stricto species groups

Contributions to the taxonomy of Dichotomius Hope, 1838 (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Dichotomiini): Description of a new subgenus and redefinition of Dichotomius sensu stricto species groups

ABSTRACT Dichotomius Hope, 1838 is one of the most diverse and abundant genera of dung beetles (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) in the New World. It congregates about 200 species distributed from the northeastern United States to central Argentina, and is arranged into four subgenera: Dichotomius s. str...

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Main Authors: Jorge Armando Arias-Buriticá, Fernando Zagury Vaz-de-Mello
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia 2025-01-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Entomologia
Subjects:
Dung beetles
Male genitalia
Morphology
Neotropical
Systematics
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085-56262025000100202&lng=en&tlng=en
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