Entomologists from Bolivia and Brazil have described a new species of rhinoceros beetle from a subhumid forest in the Southern Bolivian Andes.
The new species belongs to the very rare beetle genus Oryctophileurus.
“Like the other species of the genus, the new species might be rare or has a cryptic way of life,” wrote Dr Robert Perger from the Colección Boliviana de Fauna and Dr Paschoal Grossi from the Universidade Federal do Paraná, co-authors of the paper published in the journal ZooKeys.
The beetle, named Oryctophileurus guerrai, measures about 2 cm long by 1 cm wide.
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