4 search hits
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Systematic revision of the genus Coelotrachelus Schmidt, 1913 (Scarabaeoidea: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae)
(2009)
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Marco Dellacasa
Giovanni Dellacasa
Robert D. Gordon
- The species belonging to the genus Coelotrachelus Schmidt, 1913 are redescribed and figured. The Mexican Coelotrachelus ixtapalapaensis, new species, is described.
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Pleasing fungus beetles of the West Indies (Coleoptera: Erotylidae: Erotylinae)
(2009)
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Paul E. Skelley
- The pleasing fungus beetle fauna (Coleoptera: Erotylidae: Erotylinae) of the West Indies is reviewed. Keys to adults of all genera and species, descriptions, illustrations, and distribution maps are presented. Representative larvae for most genera are also diagnosed and illustrated.
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Gordonius rhinocerillus, a new genus and species of Colombian Aphodiini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae)
(2009)
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Paul E. Skelley
Marco Dellacasa
Giovanni Dellacasa
- Gordonius rhinocerillus, a new genus and new species of Colombian Aphodiini is described and figured. It is the only known member of New World Aphodiinae where the male has a prominent horn on the head.
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Taxonomic redefinition of the genera Parataenius Balthasar and Pseudataenius Brown, with descriptions of three new species (Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae: Eupariini)
(2009)
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Z. Teresa Stebnicka
Paul E. Skelley
- The New World euparine scarab genera Parataenius Balthasar, 1961 and Pseudataenius Brown, 1927 are revised. Ataenius brunneus Schmidt is transferred to the genus Parataenius becoming Parataenius brunneus (Schmidt), new combination. The monospecific genus Ataenioides Petrovitz, 1973, is synonymized with Pseudataenius Brown, 1927, (new synonymy) and the type species, Ataenioides gracilitarsis Petrovitz, is given the new combination Pseudataenius gracilitarsis (Petrovitz). New species of Parataenius are described from southern South America: Parataenius selvae, P. estero, and P. martinezi. Keys for species of both genera are presented and pertinent morphological details are illustrated.
