title: Revalidation of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest dung beetle species Coprophanaeus (Metallophanaeus) machadoi (Pereira & d'Andretta, 1955) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Phanaeini) based on morphological and distributional evidence.
abstract: Coprophanaeus machadoi, species described based on a single male from Minas Gerais, was recently synonymized with C. saphirinus (Sturm, 1826). In this work, based on examination of more than 500 specimens from Brazilian Atlantic Forest, we introduce new evidence supporting the validity of C. machadoi, including differences in male pronotal ornamentation, in the form of the parameres, and in distribution. We also describe for the first time the female of C. machadoi and discuss the intraspecific color variation of C. saphirinus.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Entomologia, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, UFRJ, Quinta da Boa Vista, São Cristóvão, CEP 20940-040, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.; Email: mcupello@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cupello
authors.affiliation: Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Département Systématique et Évolution, Entomologie,UMR 7205, 57 rue Cuvier, F-75231 Paris cedex 05, France. Permanent address: Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Biologia e Zoologia. Av. Fernando Correa da Costa, 2367, Boa Esperança, Cuiabá, MT, 78060-900, Brazil. Fellow of the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq); Email: vazdemello@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Fernando Z
authors.initials: FZ
authors.lastname: Vaz-de-Mello
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D056727:Endangered Species; D005260:Female; D065928:Forests; D008297:Male