Thursday, March 7, 2019

N. 64: T. Ochi, M. Kon & Hong Thai Pham


G. it. Ent., 15 (64): 435-446
March 2019

Five New Taxa of Copris
(Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)
from Vietnam and Laos

by

TERUO OCHI, MASAHIRO KON & HONG THAI PHAM

Abstract - Four new taxa of Copris Müller, 1776 are described from Vietnam: C. (Copris) marcoberrai sp. nov.; C. (Paracopris) bartolozzii sp. nov.; C. (P.) montreuili sp. nov.; C. (P.) punctulatus septentrionalis ssp. nov. A new species of Copris is also described from Laos: C. (Copris) parasonensis sp. nov.