11 Mar New Amazonian species
Our member Michele Rossini, in collaboration with Fernando Z Vaz-de-Mello (Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Brazil), recently published the taxonomic revision of the mamillatus-group of the genus Dichotomius (Scarabaeidae), describing a new Amazonian species, the Dichotomius ( Dichotomius) gandinii n. sp. The morphological investigation highlights the importance of endophallic structures in taxonomic studies, as well as their relevance in the formulation of hypotheses of systematic relationships.
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