Extinct before discovered? Epactoides giganteus sp. nov. (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae), the first native dung beetle to Réunion island

We describe a new species of dung beetle, Epactoides giganteus sp. nov., from a single female specimen allegedly collected in the 19th century on Réunion island and recently found at the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris. This species differs from other species of Epactoides by larger size...

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Main Authors: Michele Rossini, Fernando Z. Vaz-de-Mello, Olivier Montreuil, Nicholas Porch, Sergei Tarasov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2021-10-01
Series:ZooKeys
Online Access:https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/70130/download/pdf/