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A Redescription and Revision of the Genus Balsameda Thomson (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Michael A. Goodrich
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Abstract

The genus Balsameda Thomson is elevated from synonymy and redescribed on the basis of the type species, Cotinis pulverulenta Burmeister. One additional species, Cotinis adspersa Sharp, is referred to the genus. Both species are described and the male and female genitalia are illustrated.

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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1965

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