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Article

Date of this Version

12-18-2020

Citation

Paulsen MJ. 2020. A remarkable new species of Nothochodaeus Nikolajev from Sumatra (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Ochodaeidae). Insecta Mundi 0828: 1–5.

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Copyright held by the author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons, Attribution Non-Commercial License,

Published on December 18, 2020 by Center for Systematic Entomology, Inc. P.O. Box 141874 Gainesville, FL 32614-1874 USA http://centerforsystematicentomology.org/

Abstract

Nothochodaeus marsupialis Paulsen, new species (Coleoptera: Ochodaeidae), is described from Aceh Province, Indonesia, on the island of Sumatra. The species possesses deep abdominal cavities behind a shield-like central process, as well as rows of conical tubercles laterally on the second and third ventrites. These structures have not been found in any other members of the genus or family.

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