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Three new species of the Onthophagus chevrolati species group (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Scarabaeinae)

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Three new species of the Onthophagus chevrolati species group are described from Mexico: O. civitasorum Moctezuma and Halffter, sp. n. (Durango); O. neofuscus Moctezuma and Halffter, sp. n. (Jalisco); and O. inecolorum Moctezuma and Halffter, sp. n. (Puebla). The dorsal habitus and genital structures of the new species are figured. The aedeagus and endophallite copulatrix of the holotype of O. pseudofuscus are dissected and figured by the very first time. The identification keys and distribution maps for the O. aureofuscus and O. fuscus species complexes are updated.

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Acknowledgements

The authors thank the generosity of the CMNC (François Génier), CNC (Serge Laplante) and CEMT (FernandoVaz-de-Mello) for allowing us to study some interesting specimens of Onthophagus, and to Serge Laplante for providing the figures of O. civitasorum (CNC379731) and O. parafuscus (CNC379732). Victor Moctezuma thanks the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología, Mexico for the awarded grant for postgraduate studies (no. 412700) and research assistant (exp. no. 18627). This work was partly funded by the Dirección General of the Instituto de Ecología A.C. (no. 20035/30916) and Fondo Sectorial de Investigación para la Educación of the Secretaría de Educación Pública-Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología, Mexico (no. 257039). Two anonymous reviewers helped to improve a preliminary version of this manuscript.

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All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Specimens dissection and figures preparation were performed by Victor Moctezuma. The first draft of the manuscript was written by Victor Moctezuma and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. Founding acquisition was managed by all the authors.

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Moctezuma, V., Halffter, G. Three new species of the Onthophagus chevrolati species group (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Scarabaeinae). Biologia 75, 2277–2286 (2020). https://doi.org/10.2478/s11756-020-00489-9

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