Revision of the obligate mushroom-feeding African “dung beetle” genus Coptorhina Hope (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)

dc.contributor.authorFrolov, Andrey V.
dc.contributor.authorAkhmetova, Lilia A.
dc.contributor.authorScholtz, Clarke H.
dc.date.accessioned2009-04-30T05:32:03Z
dc.date.available2009-04-30T05:32:03Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.description.abstractThe African genus Coptorhina Hope is revised. Nine new synonymies are established which reduces the number of valid names from 15 to six. One new species is also described. The name changes are the following: C. subaenea Janssens, C. bicolor Ancey, C. pygmaea Balthasar and C. saganicola Müller are considered junior synonyms of C. nitidipennis Boheman; C. africana Hope, C. vicina Péringuey, C. obtusicornis Boheman, C. punctata Ferreira and C. optata Péringuey are considered junior synonyms of C. klugii Hope. The new species, C. excavata sp. n., is described from southern Africa. A key to the species and notes on biology are given.en_US
dc.identifier.citationFrolov, A, Akhmetova, L & Scholtz, C 2008, ‘Revision of the obligate mushroom-feeding African “dung beetle” genus Coptorhina Hope (Coleoptera : Scarabaeidae : Scarabaeinae)’, Journal of Natural History, vol. 42, no. 21-22, pp. 1477-1508 [http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/00222933.asp]en_US
dc.identifier.issn0022-2933
dc.identifier.other10.1080/00222930802002535
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/9806
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisen_US
dc.rightsTaylor & Francis. This is an electronic version of an article published in Journal of Natural History, vol. 42, no. 21-22, pp. 1477-1508, 2008. Journal of Natural History is available online at informaworldTM [http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=0022-2933&volume=42&issue=21-22&spage=1477].en_US
dc.subjectColeopteraen_US
dc.subjectScarabaeidaeen_US
dc.subjectCoptorhinaen_US
dc.subjectNew speciesen_US
dc.subjectNew synonymyen_US
dc.subjectKey to speciesen_US
dc.subjectAfricaen_US
dc.titleRevision of the obligate mushroom-feeding African “dung beetle” genus Coptorhina Hope (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)en_US
dc.typePostprint Articleen_US

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