Taxonomic revision of the South American subgenus Canthon (Goniocanthon) Pereira & Martínez, 1956 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Deltochilini)

  • Luis Gabriel de O.A. Nunes Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Instituto de Biociências, Programa de Pós Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação da Biodiversidade, Av. Fernando Correa da Costa, 2367, Boa Esperança, Cuiabá-MT, 78060-900
  • Rafael V. Nunes Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Instituto de Biociências, Programa de Pós Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação da Biodiversidade, Av. Fernando Correa da Costa, 2367, Boa Esperança, Cuiabá-MT, 78060-900
  • Fernando Z. Vaz-de-Mello Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Biologia e Zoologia, Av. Fernando Correa da Costa, 2367, Boa Esperança, Cuiabá-MT, 78060-900
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2018.437
Keywords: dung beetles, Amazon rainforest, Atlantic Forest, new subspecies, rollers

Abstract

In this article, the subgenus Canthon (Goniocanthon) Pereira & Martínez, 1956 is diagnosed within the tribe Deltochilini Lacordaire, 1856 and redefined with three species: 1) C. (Goniocanthon) bicolor Castelnau, 1840, from the Guyanas and northern South America, included for the first time in this subgenus; 2) C. (G.) smaragdulus (Fabricius, 1781), including two subspecies, C. (G.) smaragdulus smaragdulus, senior synonym of Canthon speculifer Castelnau, 1840 (neotype here designated), from the southern portion of the Atlantic Forest and C. (G.) smaragdulus subviridis Schmidt stat. rev. (lectotype here designated) from the northern portion of the Atlantic Forest; 3) C. (G.) fulgidus Redtenbacher, 1868, which includes three subspecies, C. (G.) fulgidus fulgidus from the southern Amazon (lectotype here designated), C. (G.) fulgidus martinezi subsp. nov., from the central and southern Amazon and C. (G.) fulgidus pereirai subsp. nov., from the western Amazon.

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2018-05-23
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Nunes, L. G. de O., Nunes, R. V., & Vaz-de-Mello, F. Z. (2018). Taxonomic revision of the South American subgenus Canthon (Goniocanthon) Pereira & Martínez, 1956 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Deltochilini). European Journal of Taxonomy, (437). https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2018.437
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