A review and phylogeny of Scarabaeine dung beetle fossils (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae), with the description of two Canthochilum species from Dominican amber

Despite the increasing rate of systematic research on scarabaeine dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae), their fossil record has remained largely unrevised. In this paper, we review all 33 named scarabaeine fossils and describe two new species from Dominican amber (Canthochilum allen...

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Published in:	PeerJ
Main Authors:	Sergei Tarasov, Fernando Z. Vaz-de-Mello, Frank-Thorsten Krell, Dimitar Dimitrov
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	PeerJ Inc. 2016-05-01
Subjects:	Dung beetles Scarabaeinae Canthochilum New species Fossils Phylogeny
Online Access:	https://peerj.com/articles/1988.pdf