A new species of Cheironitis van Lansberge, 1875 from Jordan (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Onitini)

BACKGROUND: The genus Cheironitis van Lansberge, 1875, currently contains 23 species from the Old World. During a survey for dung beetles in Jordan, specimens of an undescribed species were collected at the historical site of Petra. NEW INFORMATION: A new species of Cheironitis (C.petraensis sp. n.)...

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Autores principales: Coppo, Paul, Montreuil, Olivier
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2021
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Single Taxon Treatment
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8568879/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34759728
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e69763
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description BACKGROUND: The genus Cheironitis van Lansberge, 1875, currently contains 23 species from the Old World. During a survey for dung beetles in Jordan, specimens of an undescribed species were collected at the historical site of Petra. NEW INFORMATION: A new species of Cheironitis (C.petraensis sp. n.) is described from the historical site of Petra, Jordan, illustrated and compared with its most closely related species. This new species is reminiscent of the African species of Cheironitis living in savannahs and could represent a relictual species of the mid-Holocene climatic optimum.
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spelling pubmed-85688792021-11-09 A new species of Cheironitis van Lansberge, 1875 from Jordan (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Onitini) Coppo, Paul Montreuil, Olivier Biodivers Data J Single Taxon Treatment BACKGROUND: The genus Cheironitis van Lansberge, 1875, currently contains 23 species from the Old World. During a survey for dung beetles in Jordan, specimens of an undescribed species were collected at the historical site of Petra. NEW INFORMATION: A new species of Cheironitis (C.petraensis sp. n.) is described from the historical site of Petra, Jordan, illustrated and compared with its most closely related species. This new species is reminiscent of the African species of Cheironitis living in savannahs and could represent a relictual species of the mid-Holocene climatic optimum. Pensoft Publishers 2021-10-28 /pmc/articles/PMC8568879/ /pubmed/34759728 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e69763 Text en Paul Coppo, Olivier Montreuil https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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A new species of Cheironitis van Lansberge, 1875 from Jordan (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Onitini)
title A new species of Cheironitis van Lansberge, 1875 from Jordan (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Onitini)
title_full A new species of Cheironitis van Lansberge, 1875 from Jordan (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Onitini)
title_fullStr A new species of Cheironitis van Lansberge, 1875 from Jordan (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Onitini)
title_full_unstemmed A new species of Cheironitis van Lansberge, 1875 from Jordan (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Onitini)
title_short A new species of Cheironitis van Lansberge, 1875 from Jordan (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Onitini)
title_sort new species of cheironitis van lansberge, 1875 from jordan (coleoptera, scarabaeidae, onitini)
topic Single Taxon Treatment
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8568879/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34759728
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e69763
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