A new species of Cephalocyclus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) from Mexico.
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Cephalocyclus moroni new species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) from humid forest in the mountains of Manantlán, Jalisco, Mexico is described and illustrated. It is similar to Cephalocyclus ordonezi Dellacasa, Dellacasa, & Gordon, 2007 and Cephalocyclus stebnickae Deloya & Ibañez-Bernal, 2000, both from Mexico.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Zootaxa
دوره 3974 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015