2016•The Coleopterists BulletinOpen access

A New Species in the SubgenusSelenocoprisBurmeister, 1846 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae:DichotomiusHope) from Panama

Rafael Vieira Nunes

Abstract

Dichotomius (Selenocopris) aielloae Nunes, new species from Darien, Panama is described and placed in the Dichotomius (S.) quadraticeps species-group of this subgenus. Diagnosis, illustrations, and distributional and taxonomic remarks are provided. This new species constitutes a new country record of Selenocopris Burmeister in Panama and the first trans-andean record for the subgenus in the Americas.

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Key concepts: Subgenus, Panama, Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae, Biology, Ecology, Scarabaeoidea, Taxonomy (biology)