Onthophagus (Onthophagus) ludicrus Balthasar, 1969

Bezděk, Aleš & Hájek, Jiří, 2013, Catalogue of type specimens of beetles (Coleoptera) deposited in the National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 53 (1), pp. 387-442 : 412

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5739743
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10553978
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2A1F561E-626F-1919-FEF9-FC504AFCFA18
treatment provided by	Marcus
scientific name	Onthophagus (Onthophagus) ludicrus Balthasar, 1969
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Onthophagus (Onthophagus) ludicrus Balthasar, 1969 View in CoL

Onthophagus (s. str.) ludicrus Balthasar, 1969: 369 View in CoL , Fig. 7.

Fifteen paratypes are deposited in NMPC (ex coll. V. Balthasar):

PARATYPES (2 JJ): ‘NEW GUINEA: PAPUA / Normanby I. / Wakaiuna, Sewa Bay / Nov. 21-30-1956 [p] // W. W. Brandt / Collector [p] // Onthophagus / ludicrus n.sp. / Balthasar / 66 [hw] Paratypus [p] J [hw, ochreous label]’.

PARATYPE (♀): ‘NEW GUINEA: (NE) / Wau, Morobe Distr. / 1300m, 21.VIII.1961 [p] // J. Sedlacek / Collector / BISHOP [p] // Onthophagus / ludicrus n.sp. / Balthasar / ♀ [hw] Paratypus [p] 66 [hw, ochreous label]’.

PARATYPE (♀): ‘NEW GUINEA: NE. / Finisterre Range / Saidor: Gabumi / Vill. VI-24-30-’58 [p] // W. W. Brandt / Collector [p]’.

PARATYPES (1 J 1 ♀): ‘NEW GUINEA (NE) / Bulolo, 1010 m. / Aug. 21, 1956 [p] // E. J. Ford, Jr. / Collector [p]’.

PARATYPES (2 JJ): ‘N. Guinea / Biró 96 [p] // Friedrich- / Wilh.-hafen [p]’.

PARATYPES (4 unsexed specimens): ‘N. Guinea / Biró 96 [p] // Erima / Astrolabe B. [p]’.

PARATYPES (3 unsexed specimens): ‘N. Guinea / Biró 1901 [p] // Friedrich- / Wilh.-hafen [p]’.

Current status. Valid species.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Scarabaeidae
Genus	Onthophagus