Name - Scarabaeus hesperus Olivier 1789

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urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:4968653 [metadata]

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Recent Publications

• A review of the genus Chalcocopris Burmeister, 1846 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae), with description of a new species.
• On the type species of the South American dung beetle genus Chalcocopris Burmeister, 1846 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae), with some comments on the type locality of C. hesperus (Olivier, 1789).
• Rediscovery of a syntype of Chalcocopris hesperus (Olivier, 1789) (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae), a possible specimen from Captain Cook's first voyage round the globe (1768-1771).

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Sherborn Index Animalium

• Entom., I 1789: 158. [Index Animalium Entry]

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