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ABSTRACT: Background
The scarab beetle genera Orphnus Macleay and Delopleurus Boheman are most speciose in the Afrotropical region. However, a number of species are only known from type specimens, sometimes only from one sex.New information
New locality records of Orphnus drumonti Frolov (Orphninae) and Delopleurus naviauxi Frolov et Cambefort (Scarabaeinae) are given. The previously unknown female of the former and male of the latter species are described.
SUBMITTER: Frolov AV
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4562166 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Frolov Andrey V AV Akhmetova Lilia A LA
Biodiversity data journal 20150810 3
<h4>Background</h4>The scarab beetle genera Orphnus Macleay and Delopleurus Boheman are most speciose in the Afrotropical region. However, a number of species are only known from type specimens, sometimes only from one sex.<h4>New information</h4>New locality records of Orphnus drumonti Frolov (Orphninae) and Delopleurus naviauxi Frolov et Cambefort (Scarabaeinae) are given. The previously unknown female of the former and male of the latter species are described. ...[more]