A new species of Neoscelis Schoch from Mexico (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Goliathini) with new distributional records for the genus

Leccinum Jesús García-Morales; Andrés Ramírez-Ponce; Daniel J Curoe; Jesus García-Jiménez

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4695.2.2

A new species of Neoscelis Schoch from Mexico (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Goliathini) with new distributional records for the genus

Zootaxa. 2019 Nov 7;4695(2):zootaxa.4695.2.2. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4695.2.2.

Authors

Leccinum Jesús García-Morales¹, Andrés Ramírez-Ponce, Daniel J Curoe, Jesus García-Jiménez

Affiliation

¹ Tecnológico Nacional de México, Instituto Tecnológico de Ciudad Victoria, Departamento de Posgrado e Investigación, Blvd. Emilio Portes Gil 1301 Pte., 87010, Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico. user@example.com.

PMID: 31719353
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4695.2.2

Abstract

Neoscelis hexakrotes new species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Goliathini) is described from Guerrero, Mexico. Keys to identify male and female Neoscelis Schoch species and new distribution records for Neoscelis dohrni (Westwood) are provided.

Keywords: Coleoptera, scarab, endemic, Neotropics, Guerrero, key.

MeSH terms

Animals
Coleoptera*
Female
Male
Mexico