New species of the Madagascan scarab beetle genus Madecorphnus Paulian, 1992 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Orphninae)Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS, 2014, 318(1): 34–39 · https://doi.org/10.31610/trudyzin/2014.318.1.34 Abstract Three new species of the scarab beetle genus Madecorphnus, endemic to Madagascar, are described from the material collected by the staff of the California Academy of Sciences. The new species are: M. fisheri sp. nov. (mid-elevation rain forest on the eastern flank of the Anosyenne Mountains, southern Madagascar), M. saintemariensis sp. nov. (coastal forest, Sainte Marie Island, eastern Madagascar), and M. tuberculatus sp. nov. (low elevation rain forest, Betampona Reserve, eastern Madagascar). Key words scarab beetles, orphnines, Madagascar Submitted November 9, 2013 · Accepted February 5, 2014 · Published March 25, 2014 References Du Puy D.J. and Moat J. 1996. A refined classification of the primary vegetation of Madagascar based on the underlying geology: using GIS to map its distribution and to assess its conservation status. In: W.R. Lourenco (Ed.). Biogeographie de Madagascar. ORSTOM, Paris: 205–218. Frolov A.V. 2010. Revision of the Madagascan genus Madecorphnus Paulian (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Orphninae). Journal of Natural History, 44: 1095–1111. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222931003632765 Frolov A.V. 2012. Three new species of scarab beetle genus Madecorphnus Paulian, 1992 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Orphninae) from Madagascar. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS, 316: 159–165. Goodman S.M. 1999. Description of the Réserve Naturelle Intégrale d’Andohahela, Madagascar, and the 1995 Biological Inventory of the Reserve. Fieldiana, Zoology, New Series, 94: 1–7.
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