Toward a comprehensive taxonomic revision of the “hirculus” group of American Onthophagus Latreille, 1802 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae)
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Onthophagus fragosus n.sp. a second endemic species of Onthophagus Latreille from Cuba (Coleoptera : Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae).
Onthophagus fragosus, a new species of Onthophagus, is described from Cienfuegos Province on the island of Cuba. Specimens were collected in leaf litter samples at elevations of 650-935 m. It appears to be most closely related to O. marginatus Castelnau, the only other Cuban endemic Onthophagus species. Images of habitus and of male genitalia are provided.
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Taxonomy
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2118-9773
DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2018.432