An Unusual New Unicorn Species of Copris From Nicaragua (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae, Coprini)

Authors

Brett C. Ratcliffe, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

February 1998

Comments

Published in The Coleopterists Bulletin, 52(1):93-96, 1998. Copyright © 1998 by Brett C. Ratcliffe. Used by permission.

Abstract

Copris maesi, new species, is described from Nicaragua. This species is unlike any other New World Copris Miiller because of the single, long, pronotal horn. Its characters place it outside of any known Copris species group.