Taxonomic revision of the Afrotropical scarab beetle genus Cerhomalus Quedenfeldt, 1884 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Orphninae)

  • Andrey V. Frolov Laboratory of Insect Systematics, Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya nab., 1, St.-Petersburg, 199034 Russia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6724-6828
  • Lilia A. Akhmetova Laboratory of Insect Systematics, Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya nab., 1, St.-Petersburg, 199034 Russia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2151-1278
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.739.1265
Keywords: Orphnines, Congo Basin, Angola, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Abstract

The Afrotropical scarab beetle genus Cerhomalus Quedenfeldt, 1884 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) is revised. Two new species are described: C. quedenfeldti sp. nov. and C. petrovitzi sp. nov. A new combination, Cerhomalus absconditus (Petrovitz, 1971) comb. nov., is established. The genus occurs in Central and West Africa with the majority of records from the Congo Basin. Keys, descriptions, illustrations of habitus and male genitalia, and distributional record map are given

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Published
2021-03-12
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Frolov, A. V., & Akhmetova, L. A. (2021). Taxonomic revision of the Afrotropical scarab beetle genus Cerhomalus Quedenfeldt, 1884 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Orphninae). European Journal of Taxonomy, 739(1), 36–50. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.739.1265
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