The South American dung beetle genus Ennearabdus Lansberge (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Eucraniini)
Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas, CCT-CONICET, Mendoza. CC 507. 5500. Mendoza,
Argentina
Abstract
The South American endemic dung beetle genus Ennearabdus Lansberge is revised. Description, diagnosis and illustrations are presented for the only known species of the genus, E. lobocephalus (Harold). A lectotype is designated for Onthophagus lobocephalus Harold, the type species of Ennearabdus. The biology, biogeography, conservation status, and distribution based on the predictive distribution model of E. lobocephalus are also discussed.
Keywords: Argentina, conservation, lectotype, Monte, systematics
Correspondence:
federico.ocampo@gmail.com
Associate Editor: Eugene Hall was editor of this paper.
Received: 6 October 2008 | Accepted: 24 March 2009 | Published: 5 July 2010
Copyright: This is an open access paper. We use the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license that permits unrestricted use, provided that the paper is properly attributed.
ISSN: 1536-2442 | Volume 10, Number 93
Ocampo FC. 2010. The South American dung beetle genus Ennearabdus Lansberge (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Eucraniini). Journal of Insect Science 10:93, available online: insectscience.org/10.93
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