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Two new species of the genus Saprolochus Stebnicka & Galante, 2007 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae: Odontolochini)

Year: 2025

Type: article

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.

Source: Zootaxa

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5689.1.7

Authors: ŁUKASZ MINKINA, PAUL SKELLEY, MANUEL R. R. GAMA

Institutions: Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso

Language: English

Topic: Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography

Subfield: Paleontology

Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W4413897644

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