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A new orphnine scarab beetle species of the genus Aegidium Westwood is described from the Central Andes. The new species differs from the known congeners in the structure of the parameres, in particular, in the presence of a distinctly granulate area basad of the lateral tooth. The type locality of the new species (Caranavi, La Paz Department, Bolivia) is situated in the Bolivian Yungas and is currently the southernmost registered locality of Aegidium in the Andes.
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The authors thank Michele Zilioli (MCSNM) for the loan of the material.
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The study was performed in the framework of the state research project АААА-А19-119020690101-6 and partly supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project no. 19-04-00565-A).
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Frolov, А.V., Akhmetova, L.A. A New Species of the Scarab Genus Aegidium Westwood (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae: Orphninae) from Bolivia. Entmol. Rev. 100, 426–429 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873820030136
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