Eur. J. Entomol. 115: 167-191, 2018 | DOI: 10.14411/eje.2018.016

Two new species and one new record for the genus Copris (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) from Vietnam with a key to Vietnamese speciesOriginal article

Van Bac BUI1,2, Kenneth DUMACK1, Michael BONKOWSKI1
1 Institute of Zoology, Terrestrial Ecology, University of Cologne, Zülpicher Strasse 47b, D-50674 Cologne, Germany; e-mails: vbui3@smail.uni-koeln.de, kenneth.dumack@uni-koeln.de, M.Bonkowski@uni-koeln.de
2 Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Forest Resources and Environmental Management, Vietnam National University of Forestry, Xuan Mai, Chuong My, Hanoi, Vietnam; e-mail: buibac80@gmail.com

Two new species of Copris Geoffroy, 1762 are described and illustrated: Copris (subgenus incertae sedis) caobangensis sp. n. from Caobang Province (northern Vietnam) and Copris (Copris) sonensis sp. n. from Thanhhoa Province (central Vietnam). Copris (Copris) szechouanicus Balthasar, 1958 is recorded in Vietnam for the first time and data on the morphology, distribution and ecology of this species are given. An updated species list and an identification key for the Copris species so far known from Vietnam are presented along with detailed photographs of the poorly known species.

Keywords: Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Copris, taxonomy, new species, key, distribution, Oriental region, Vietnam, Caobang, Thanhhoa

Received: September 28, 2017; Revised: March 3, 2018; Accepted: March 3, 2018; Published online: April 26, 2018  Show citation

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Van Bac, B., DUMACK, K., & BONKOWSKI, M. (2018). Two new species and one new record for the genus Copris (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) from Vietnam with a key to Vietnamese species. EJE, 115, Article 167-191. https://doi.org/10.14411/eje.2018.016
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