Elassocanthon ovalis ( Harold, 1869 ), 2025

Davis, Adrian L. V., Deschodt, Christian M. & Scholtz, Clarke H., 2025, Replacement names for the dung beetle genus Byrrhidium Harold, 1869 and the tribe Byrrhidiini Davis, Deschodt & Scholtz, 2019 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae), Zootaxa 5604 (1), pp. 84-86 : 85

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5604.1.9
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15024379
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A787F4-FFB5-FFD8-FF6A-66DEFB8BFE81
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Elassocanthon ovalis ( Harold, 1869 )
status	comb. nov.

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Elassocanthon ovalis ( Harold, 1869) new combination

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= Elassocanthon brevipes Kolbe, 1908 View in CoL

= Byrrhidium namaquensis Scholtz & Howden, 1987 View in CoL

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Scarabaeidae
SubFamily	Scarabaeinae
Tribe	Elassocanthonini
Genus	Elassocanthon

Elassocanthon ovalis ( Harold, 1869 )

Davis, Adrian L. V., Deschodt, Christian M. & Scholtz, Clarke H. 2025

2025

Byrrhidium namaquensis

Scholtz & Howden 1987

1987

Elassocanthon brevipes

Kolbe 1908

1908

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