Vol. 38 (2022)
Artículos originales

A new species of the genus Cryptocanthon from Peru (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)

Alfredo Edgardo Giraldo-Mendoza
Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina – Museo de Entomología Klaus Raven Büller. Av. La Molina s/n, Lima 12, Lima, Perú.

Publicado 10-02-2022

Palabras clave

  • Demarziellini,
  • escarabajos coprófagos,
  • Neotrópico,
  • Sudamérica,
  • Sistemática

Cómo citar

Giraldo-Mendoza, A. E. (2022). A new species of the genus Cryptocanthon from Peru (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae). ACTA ZOOLÓGICA MEXICANA (N.S.), 38(1), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.21829/azm.2022.3812443

Resumen

Se describe, discute e ilustra una nueva especie braquíptera de Scarabaeinae, Cryptocanthon iskaypachak sp. nov. con base en especímenes recolectados en el departamento de Cajamarca. La nueva especie es la tercera registrada para el género Cryptocanthon en Perú.

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