TY  - JOUR
A1  - Edmonds, William David
T1  - Taxonomic review of the North American dung beetle genus Melanocanthon Halffter, 1958 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Deltochilini)
T2  - Insecta Mundi
N2  - t. This paper presents a taxonomic review of the genus Melanocanthon Halffter, a group of ball-rolling (telocoprid) dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) endemic to eastern North America. The genus comprises five species, each keyed, diagnosed, illustrated and presented with information on distribution, relationships, and biology: Melanocanthon punctaticollis (Schaeffer), M. granulifer (Schmidt), M. nigricornis (Say), M. bispinatus (Robinson) and Melanocanthon vulturnus Edmonds, new species.
ZooBank registration. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FA7D5D5E-CEB8-48ED-A442-74C315FCF5E4
T3  - Insecta Mundi - 1014 
KW  - genus and species diagnoses
KW  - key to species
KW  - new species
Y1  - 2023
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/73118
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-731182
UR  - https://centerforsystematicentomology.org/insectamundi/1014_Edmonds_2023.pdf
SN  - 1942-1354
SN  - 0749-6737
VL  - 2023
IS  - article 1014
SP  - 1
EP  - 28
PB  - Flora & Fauna Publ.
CY  - Gainesville, Fla.
ER  -