Taxonomic review of the North American dung beetle genus Melanocanthon Halffter, 1958 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Deltochilini)
- 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
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| Author: | William David EdmondsGND |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-731182 |
| URL: | https://centerforsystematicentomology.org/insectamundi/1014_Edmonds_2023.pdf |
| ISSN: | 1942-1354 |
| ISSN: | 0749-6737 |
| Parent Title (English): | Insecta Mundi |
| Series (Serial Number): | Insecta Mundi (1014) |
| Publisher: | Flora & Fauna Publ. |
| Place of publication: | Gainesville, Fla. |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2023/10/27 |
| Date of first Publication: | 2023/10/27 |
| Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
| Release Date: | 2023/11/02 |
| Tag: | genus and species diagnoses; key to species; new species |
| Volume: | 2023 |
| Issue: | article 1014 |
| Article Number: | 1014 |
| Page Number: | 30 |
| First Page: | 1 |
| Last Page: | 28 |
| HeBIS-PPN: | 516172530 |
| 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 |
