Copris (Paracopris) similis Balthasar, 1939

Bezděk, Aleš, Hájek, Jiří & Ascr, Biology Centre, 2012, Catalogue of type specimens of beetles (Coleoptera) deposited in the National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 52 (1), pp. 297-334 : 309

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5330401
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10542839
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0C2C413F-196C-FFB4-FE6E-9457EA6FF9F8
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Copris (Paracopris) similis Balthasar, 1939
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Copris (Paracopris) similis Balthasar, 1939 View in CoL

Copris (Paracopris) similis Balthasar, 1939b: 4 View in CoL .

One syntype is deposited in NMPC (ex coll. V. Balthasar):

SYNTYPE (unsexed specimen): ‘Monze [p] / Chituni / I 1930 [hw] // Rhodesia / Prof. L. Cipriani [p] // Typus [p, red label, black margin] // Paracopris / similis n. sp. [hw] / Dr. V. Balthasar det. [p] // similis m. [hw, pink label]’.

Current status. Junior subjective synonym of Copris (Copris) mesacanthus mesacanthus

Harold, 1878, see NGUYEN- PHUNG (1988).