Rossini Michele, Vaz-de-Mello Fernando Z
Università degli Studi di Urbino Carlo Bo, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomolecolari (DISB), via Saffi 2, 61029, Urbino (PU).; Email: unknown.
Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Département Systématique et Évolution, Entomologie, UMR 7205, Paris, France. Permanent Address: Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Biologia e Zoologia, Av. Fernando Corrêa da Costa, 2367, Boa Esperança, 78060-900 - Cuiabá, MT, Brazil.; Email:
Zootaxa. 2015 Feb 20;3920(2):291-300. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3920.2.5.
Species included in the genus Chalcocopris Burmeister, 1846 are reviewed, including the description of a new species (Chalcocopris inexpectatus sp. nov.) from Central Brazil, and the designation of a neotype for Copris hesperus Olivier, 1789. Pictures, diagnostic characters and an identification key are provided.
对1846年布迈斯特所命名的铜绿金龟属物种进行了综述,包括对来自巴西中部的一个新物种(意外铜绿金龟,新物种)的描述,以及为1789年奥利维耶所命名的西方粪金龟指定新模式标本。文中提供了图片、鉴别特征和鉴定检索表。