Three new species of Canthonella Chapin from Hispaniola, with new records and Nomenclatural changes for West Indian dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1701, 2008, Pages 1-14

  Ivie, Michael A ^a   Philips, T Keith ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dung beetles; Greater antilles; Invasive species; New species; Scarabaeinae; West indies

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; DIGITONTHOPHAGUS GAZELLA; ONTHOPHAGUS; SCARABAEIDAE; SCARABAEINAE;

EID: 39449096562     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1701.1.1     Document Type: Article

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