Revision of the southern African genus Frankenbergerius Balthasar with description of new taxa (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 39, Issue 25, 2005, Pages 2355-2377

  Frolov, A V ^a,b   Scholtz, C H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Coleoptera; Frankenbergerius; Key to species; New species; New synonymy; Scarabaeidae; South Africa

Indexed keywords

NEW TAXON; TAXONOMY;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; MPUMALANGA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE; WORLD;

ARMATUS; COLEOPTERA; SCARABAEIDAE; SCARABAEINAE; TUBERCULATUS;

EID: 22544449900     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930500101829     Document Type: Review

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