Five new taxa of copris (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from VietNam and Laos

08/09/2021

The entomologies from Japan and Vietnam (Vietnam National Museum of Nature) are described five new species of the genus Copris dungbeetles, family Scarabaeidae, order Coleoptera. There are 250 species of this genus in the world, among 16 species are distributed in Vietnam.

Five new speices with name the following: Copris (Copris) marcoberrai Ochi, Kon & Pham, 2019; Copris (Paracopris) bartolozzii Ochi, Kon & Pham, 2019; Copris (Paracopris) montreuili Ochi, Kon & Pham, 2019; Copris (Paracopris) punctulatus septentrionalis Ochi, Kon & Pham, 2019; Copris (Copris) parasonensis Ochi, Kon & Pham, 2019.

Copris (Copris) marcoberrai Ochi, Kon & Pham, 2019 with body length: 12.7-14.8 mm, distribution in Quang Nam province, Vietnam; Copris (Paracopris) bartolozzii Ochi, Kon & Pham, 2019 with body length: 12.8-13.8 mm, distribution in Bac Kan province, Vietnam; Copris (Paracopris) montreuili Ochi, Kon & Pham, 2019 with body length: 10.2-13.2 mm, distribution in Quang Nam province, Vietnam; Copris (Paracopris) punctulatus septentrionalis Ochi, Kon & Pham, 2019 with body length: 14.7-18.0 mm, distribution in Phu Tho province, Vietnam; Copris (Copris) parasonensis Ochi, Kon & Pham, 2019 with body length: 15.0-17.2 mm, distribution in Laos.

The result has been published on Giornale Italiano di Entomologia, 15 (64): 435-446.

Figs. 1-5. Habitus, in dorsal view, scale 10 mm. 1, Copris (Copris) marcoberrai Ochi, Kon & Pham, 2019; 2, Copris (Copris) parasonensis Ochi, Kon & Pham, 2019; 3, Copris (Paracopris) bartolozzii Ochi, Kon & Pham, 2019; 4, Copris (Paracopris) montreuili Ochi, Kon & Pham, 2019; 5, Copris (Paracopris) punctulatus septentrionalis Ochi, Kon & Pham, 2019.

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