Three new species of Canthonella Chapin from Hispaniola, with new records and Nomenclatural changes for West Indian dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)
Author
Ivie, Michael A.
Author
Philips, Keith
text
Zootaxa
2008
1701
1
14
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.180818
850fc9b3-67a6-4ced-b77b-3cc2bebe8857
1175-5326
180818
Canthonella
Chapin, 1930
Canthonella
Chapin
is known from the West Indian islands of
Cuba
, Hispaniola, and
Puerto Rico
(six described species,
Matthews 1966
,
Ivie and Philips 1990
) and South
America
(eight described species,
Ratcliffe and Smith 1999
). Specimens of three additional Hispaniolan species and two new island records in the
Virgin Islands
are reported here for the first time.