Two new species of the genus Saprolochus Stebnicka & Galante, 2007 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae: Odontolochini)
Two new species of the genus Saprolochus Stebnicka & Galante, 2007 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae: Odontolochini)S. peruvianus Minkina, Skelley & Gama, new species from Peru and S. venezuelensis Minkina, Skelley, & Gama, new species from Venezuela are described and illustrated. Both newly described species are similar to S. tambopatae Stebnicka & Galante, 2007, for which we provide a short complementary description and illustrations comparing all three species. Saprolochus tambopatae Stebnicka & Galante, 2007 is reported from Colombia for the first time.
Authors
- Łukasz Minkina (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7056-7334)
- Paul E. Skelley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2687-6740)
- Emanuel R.R. Gama (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-2314-2200)
Institutions
- Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso (BR)
- Fundación Biodiversidad (ES)
- Universidade de Cuiabá (BR)
- Centro Universitário Unirondon (BR)
- Polish Academy of Learning (PL)
- Gainesville Obstetrics & Gynecology (US)
- Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Mato Grosso (BR)
- Florida State Collection of Arthropods (US)
- Instituto Cuiabano de Educação (BR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zootaxa
- Published
- 2025-09-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5689.1.7
- Primary Topic
- Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00