A revision of the Argentinean endemic genus Eucranium Brullé (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) with description of one new species and new synonymies

Journal of Insect Science

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Ocampo, Federico C ^a  

^a LABORATORIO DE ENTOMOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

dung beetles; Eucraniini; Monte; taxonomy

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; EUCRANIUM; EUCRANIUM ARACHNOIDES; SCARABAEIDAE; SCARABAEINAE;

ANIMAL; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NOMENCLATURE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; BEETLES; FEMALE; MALE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 79551662244     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15362442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1673/031.010.20501     Document Type: Article

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