Oxyomoides, Dellacasa & Dellacasa & Gordon, 2016

Dellacasa, Marco, Dellacasa, Giovanni & Gordon, Robert D., 2016, Oxyomoides, a new genus for three species of Scabrostomus Gordon and Skelley, 2007 in the southeastern United States (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae), Insecta Mundi 2016 (517), pp. 1-6 : 2-3

Key to species of Oxyomoides

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Elytral striae strongly crenulate, with subcordiform punctures ( Fig. 10 ) and nearly as wide as interstriae; base of pronotum not bordered but marked by a belt of large, coarse, contiguous punctures simulating a sort of edge. Dark brown. Length 3.0– 3.5 mm. U.S.A. (Alabama, Florida, Georgia) ........................................................ O. dyspistus (Skelley and Woodruff)

— Elytral striae feebly or not at all crenulate; base of pronotum not bordered ............................ 2 2.

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Figures

Figures 1-18. Oxyomoides baileyi (Skelley and Gordon, 2002) (1.2 mi NE Gresston on Wilson Woodyard Rd., Dodge Co., Georgia, U.S.A.). 1) Epipharynx. 2-3) Aedeagus (dorsal and lateral views). 4) Elytral striae and interstriae details. 5-6) Habitus (length ideogram and morphological details). Oxyomoides dyspistus (Skelley and Woodruff, 1991) (Ft. Rucker Military Res., Dale Co., Alabama, U.S.A.). 7) Epipharynx. 8-9) Aedeagus (dorsal and lateral views). 10) Elytral striae and interstriae details. 11-12) Habitus (length ideogram and morphological details). Oxyomoides sepultus (Cartwright, 1944) (8 mi. South of Somerset, Texas, U.S.A.). 13) Epipharynx. 14-15) Aedeagus (dorsal and lateral views). 16) Elytral striae and interstriae details. 17-18) Habitus (length ideogram and morphological details).