Four new <I>Aphodius</I> Illiger from pocket gopher burrows in Arizona, Utah, Kansas and Nebraska (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae)

Authors

  • W. B. Warner
  • P. E. Skelley

Keywords:

Coleoptera, Aphodius, new species, inquiline, pocket gopher

Abstract

We describe four new species of winter-active Aphodius (sensu lato) from pocket gopher burrows in Arizona, Utah, Kansas, and Nebraska: A. caccabatus, A. paulseni, A. skillmani, and A. utopensis. Diagnostic characters of all four species are illustrated.

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Published

2006-03-01