A new species of the endemic Madagascan scarab beetle genus, Madecorphnus grebennikovi (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae: Orphninae): Morphological description and DNA barcode

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A new species of the endemic Madagascan scarab beetle genus, Madecorphnus grebennikovi (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae: Orphninae): Morphological description and DNA barcode. / Frolov, Andrey V.; Akhmetova, Lilia A.; Vishnevskaya, Maria S.

In: Zootaxa, Vol. 4808, No. 2, 02.07.2020, p. 373-378.

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title = "A new species of the endemic Madagascan scarab beetle genus, Madecorphnus grebennikovi (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae: Orphninae): Morphological description and DNA barcode",

abstract = "A new species of the orphnine scarab beetle genus Madecorphnus Paulian, 1992, Madecorphnus grebennikovi Frolov, Akhmetova & Vishnevskaya, new species, is described from the Marojejy National Park, Sava Region, northeastern Madagascar. The new species can be distinguished from the congeners by the parameres narrowly rounded in lateral view and having a small but distinct lateral teeth, and by the endophallic armature consisting of 1) a long straight sclerite with attached to its end a 2/3 shorted, somewhat curved sclerite, 2) separate smaller, elongate sclerite, and 3) a rather large area of microspinules. The 811 bp long fragment of the mitochondrial gene COI (DNA barcode) is provided as a part of the diagnosis of the new species. An updated key to the Madecorphnus species is given.",

keywords = "Madagascar, Madecorphnus, Marojejy National Park, Orphnines, Scarab beetles, Animals, Coleoptera, DNA Barcoding, Taxonomic",

author = "Frolov, {Andrey V.} and Akhmetova, {Lilia A.} and Vishnevskaya, {Maria S.}",

note = "Funding Information: donated us the type specimen of the new species. Alberto Ballerio and Ale{\v s} Bezd{\v e}k commented on the draft manuscript. The study was performed in the framework of the Russian State research project АААА-А19-119020690101-6 and partly supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (grants 16-04-00412-A and 18-04-01092-A). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020 Magnolia Press Copyright: Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.",

year = "2020",

month = jul,

day = "2",

doi = "10.11646/zootaxa.4808.2.9",

language = "English",

volume = "4808",

pages = "373--378",

journal = "Zootaxa",

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AU - Vishnevskaya, Maria S.

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