A new genus of dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) endemic to the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

ABSTRACT

A new genus of the tribe Deltochilini, Atlantemolanum new genus, endemic to the Atlantic Forest of Brazil, is proposed here to include two species formerly described in the genus Deltochilum based on the unique morphologic characters shared by Deltochilum riehli = Atlantemolanum riehli (Harold 1868) new combination and Deltochilum costalimai = Atlantemolanum costalimai (Pereira and D’Andretta 1955) new combination.

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KEYWORDS:

• Atlantemolanum n. gen
• Deltochilini
• Scarabaeinae
• Deltochilum
• Atlantic forest

Acknowledgements

In the process of publication of this paper one of the authors, Fredy Molano, sadly passed away. We want to offer this paper as a heartfelt tribute to him. For this reason we have decided to change the original manuscript name for the genus to Atlantemolanum. Arturo González-Alvarado especially wants to thank Fredy for sharing his incredible knowledge as a teacher and for being a true friend. We are grateful to the Institutions and curators that provided specimens for this study. We give special thanks to Paola Castañeda for revising the English and Claudia A. Medina for her comments on an early version of the manuscript. Also to Joana Pequito Cristóvão, Christine Strussmann, Rogério Rosi and Renato Machado for their comments to the final version of the manuscript. Thanks also to the anonymous reviewers who helped improve the manuscript. FZVM also thanks M. Balke for his hospitality in Münich. This paper is part of A. González-Alvarado PhD thesis.

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Funding

A. González-Alvarado receives a PhD fellowship from CNPq-TWAS (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico-The World Academy of Sciences) [Process No.190752/2015-7]; and F. Z. Vaz-de-Mello was supported by Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq 306745/2016-0, 302997/2013-0, 484035/2013-4, 440604/2015-0, 248299/2012-3), Synthesys BE-TAF-3985, ISYEB, UMR 7205 CNRS/MNHN, and the Brazilian Biodiversity Research Programme (PPBio).