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<journal-id>1870-3453</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista mexicana de biodiversidad]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. Mex. Biodiv.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1870-3453</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto de Biología]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1870-34532025000100425</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22201/ib.20078706e.2025.96.5646</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Neoscelis septentrionalis, una especie nueva de Sonora, México (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae)]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Neoscelis septentrionalis, a new Mexican species from Sonora, Mexico (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae)]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Delgado]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Leonardo]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Mora-Aguilar]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Eder F.]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ramírez-Ponce]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Andrés]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto de Ecología, A.C. Red de Biodiversidad y Sistemática ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Xalapa Veracruz]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2025</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2025</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>96</volume>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1870-34532025000100425&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1870-34532025000100425&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1870-34532025000100425&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen Se describe una especie nueva mexicana de escarabajo del género Neoscelis Schoch, del estado de Sonora. Se compara a detalle con la especie más afín, N. longiclava Morón y Ratcliffe y se ilustran sus caracteres diagnósticos. Se incluye una clave para las 5 especies del género. Adicionalmente, se presenta el primer registro de N. dohrni (Westwood) para Zacatecas y se añaden datos sobre la variación de machos de N. longiclava.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract A new Mexican species of the genus Neoscelis Schoch is described from the state of Sonora. The new species is compared in detail with the most similar species N. longiclava Morón y Ratcliffe, and its diagnostic characters are illustrated. A key to the 5 species of the genus is included. Additionally, the first record of N. dohrni (Westwood) for Zacatecas is presented, and new variation data of the males of N. longiclava are added.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[México]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Especie nueva]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Taxonomy]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Scarabaeoidea]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Mexico]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[New species]]></kwd>
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