A cybertaxonomic revision of the new dung beetle tribe Parachoriini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) and its phylogenetic assessment using molecular and morphological data Author Tarasov, Sergei text Zootaxa 2017 2017-10-04 4329 2 101 149 journal article 31902 10.11646/zootaxa.4329.2.1 7e33ec7d-211b-4042-8d07-344364ee805d 1175-5326 1001915 8226E27D-E3A9-481A-B51B-558643Bbb03A Panelus ( Panelus ) minutus ( Boucomont, 1914 ) new combination Cassolus minutus Boucomont, 1914 : 252 Cassolus minutus ; Balthasar 1963 : 263 Type locality . Mt. Gedeh , Java Comments . This species was originally described in Cassolus . Unfortunately, I was not able to locate the type specimen of this species in the collection of MNHN where it was presumably deposited. However, the original description of Boucomont (1914) includes evidence allowing the taxonomic assessment of this species. In that paper, Boucomont gives two important notes: (1) the species C. minutus is so similar to Panelus parvulus Waterhouse, 1874 that can be confused with it, and (2) both C. sumatranus [ i.e. , Panelus sumatranus ] and C. minutus remarkably resemble Panelus in their body shape, epistome, tarsi, and protibia. Additionally, Boucomont (1914) mentioned that C. minutus is significantly smaller in size than C. sumatranus . Boucomont’s findings of the close affiliations between C. sumatranus and the members of Panelus are supported by this study. I follow the mentioned evidences for similarity between C. minutus and the members of Panelus , and thereby transfer C. minutus to Panelus as well.