A new species of Lomanoxia Martínez from Costa Rica (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae)

Authors

Paul E. Skelley, Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Henry F. Howden, Canadian Museum of Nature

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

September 2003

Comments

Published in INSECTA MUNDI, Vol. 17, No. 3-4, September-December, 2003. Copyright © 2003 P. Skelley. Used by permission.

Abstract

A new species of Lomanoxia Martínez is described from Costa Rica: L. canthonopsis Skelley and Howden. This represents the first member of the genus reported from Central America. The status of the tribe Lomanoxini Stebnicka is evaluated and is here synonymized under Eupariini LePeletier and Serville.