Attavicinus, a New Generic Name for the Myrmecophilous Dung Beetle Liatongus monstrosus (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)

T. Keith Philips; Karen L. Bell

doi:10.1649/984.1

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T. Keith Philips,¹ Karen L. Bell^1,2

¹Department of Biology, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY 42101-3576, U.S.A. Keith.Philips@wku.edu
²CSIRO Entomology, 120 Meiers Road, Indooroopilly, QLD 4068, AUSTRALIA Karen.Bell@csiro.au

Abstract

The Mexican dung beetle species Liatongus monstrosus (Bates) is redescribed and made the type of Attavicinus new genus. The phylogenetic evidence for the creation of this taxon and its biology and close association with the debris piles of the leaf cutter ant, Atta mexicana (Smith), are discussed. Information on the restricted distribution in Jalisco and Michoacán and the biogeography and systematics of this genus and the other New World members of the Oniticellini is also included.

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T. Keith Philips and Karen L. Bell "Attavicinus, a New Generic Name for the Myrmecophilous Dung Beetle Liatongus monstrosus (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)," The Coleopterists Bulletin 62(1), 67-81, (1 March 2008). https://doi.org/10.1649/984.1

Received: 16 February 2007; Accepted: 1 December 2007; Published: 1 March 2008

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