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Bajacanthon, a New Subgenus for the Mexican Deltochilini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) Fauna

  • Gonzalo Halffter,
  • Alejandro Espinosa de los Monteros,
  • Janet Nolasco-Soto,
  • Alfonsina Arriaga-Jiménez and
  • Sara Rivera-Gasperín

3 February 2022

In this study, data are presented for the designation of the new subgenus (Bajacanthon) for Canthon obliquus Horn, 1894 (Deltochilini). The new subgenus Bajacanthon is described based on a multiple evidence approach using morphological and molecular...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Socioecology and Biodiversity Conservation)
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  • Open Access
4 Citations
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14 Pages

Description of Three New Species of the Canthon indigaceus Species Group (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)

  • Victor Moctezuma,
  • José Luis Sánchez-Huerta,
  • Alejandro Espinosa de los Monteros,
  • Janet Nolasco-Soto and
  • Gonzalo Halffter

We describe three new species: Canthon mezcalis Moctezuma, Sánchez-Huerta, and Halffter sp. nov. from the Valles Centrales region in Oaxaca, Mexico; Canthon hondurensis Moctezuma and Sánchez-Huerta sp. nov. from Honduras; and Canthon wo...

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6 Citations
3,176 Views
14 Pages

20 February 2025

The Canthon indigaceus species group represents a Typical Neotropical distributional pattern with wide penetration into the Mexican Transition Zone. This group consists of three species: C. (C.) indigaceus LeConte; C. (C.) chiapas Robinson; and...