Taxonomy of new relatives of Onthophagus catenatus Lansberge, 1883 from New Guinea (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae)

By

Krikken, Jan, 1944-2022
Huijbregts, Johannes

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2012

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

251

Pages

49-67

Subjects

catenatus group , key , list of species , New Guinea , new species , Onthophagus

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.251.3994

 

Abstract

Four new taxa from New Guinea are proposed in the dung beetle genus Onthophagus Latreille, 1802, all in the operational group of O. catenatus Lansberge, 1883. The group is discussed, defined, and the five taxa included are listed, keyed, and diagnosed. Three new species are described: Onthophagus abmisibilus (from West New Guinea, Indonesia), O. kokodanus, O. kokosquamatus (both from Papua New Guinea). One new species comprises a lowland and an upland subspecies: O. kokodanus kokodanus and kokodanus hagenaltus (both in Papua New Guinea).