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BOLBOTHYREUS, A NEW GENUS FOR STENASPIDIUS RUFICOLLIS (COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEIDAE: GEOTRUPINAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

H. F. Howden
Affiliation:
Biology Department, Carleton University, Ottawa

Abstract

A new monotypic genus, Bolbothyreus, is proposed for the South American species Stenaspidius ruficollis (Bruch). The new genus seems most closely related to Bolbapium Boucomont from South America and less so to Stenaspidius Westwood from Australia.

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Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1973

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