Taxonomic review of the North American dung beetle genus Boreocanthon Halffter, 1958 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Deltochilini)
- This paper presents a taxonomic review of the genus Boreocanthon Halffter, restored generic status, a group of ball-rolling (telocoprid) dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) endemic to North America. The genus, heretofore treated as a subgenus of Canthon, comprises 13 species, each keyed, diagnosed, illustrated and presented with information on distribution, relationships, and biology (*signifies restored generic combination): *Boreocanthon ateuchiceps (Bates, 1887); B. coahuilensis (Howden, 1966); *B. depressipennis (LeConte, 1859c); *B. ebenus (Say, 1823); *B. forreri (Bates, 1887); *B. integricollis (Schaeffer, 1915); *B. lecontei (Harold, 1868); *B. melanus (Robinson, 1948); *B. praticola (LeConte, 1868); *B. probus (Germar, 1823); *B. puncticollis (LeConte, 1866); *B. simplex (LeConte, 1857); as well as Boreocanthon halffteri Edmonds here described as a new species. Other actions taken are a) Canthon mixtus Robinson declared junior subjective new synonym of Boreocanthon puncticollis; b) Canthon bisignatus Balthasar, 1939, declared junior subjective new synonym of Boreocanthon simplex; c) Boreocanthon coahuilensis (Howden) new generic combination; and d) neotype designated for the type species of the genus Boreocanthon, Ateuchus ebenus Say, 1823, here Boreocanthon ebenus (Say). ZooBank registration. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:74CC7BA2-4E8D-4780-BB1B-E47370CBB19D
Author: | William David EdmondsGND |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-689373 |
URL: | https://centerforsystematicentomology.org/insectamundi/0952_Edmonds_2022.pdf |
ISSN: | 1942-1354 |
ISSN: | 0749-6737 |
Parent Title (English): | Insecta Mundi |
Series (Serial Number): | Insecta Mundi (952) |
Publisher: | Flora & Fauna Publ. |
Place of publication: | Gainesville, Fla. |
Document Type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Date of Publication (online): | 2022/10/14 |
Date of first Publication: | 2022/10/14 |
Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
Release Date: | 2022/10/14 |
Tag: | Canthon; key to species; neotype; new species; new synonymies |
Volume: | 2022 |
Issue: | article 952 |
Article Number: | 952 |
Page Number: | 68 |
First Page: | 1 |
Last Page: | 65 |
HeBIS-PPN: | 504142488 |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 59 Tiere (Zoologie) / 590 Tiere (Zoologie) |
Sammlungen: | Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte |
Licence (German): | Creative Commons - Namensnennung-Nicht kommerziell 3.0 |