Dendropaemon (Rutilopaemon) Génier & Arnaud, 2016

François Génier & Patrick Arnaud, 2016, Dendropaemon Perty, 1830: taxonomy, systematics and phylogeny of the morphologically most derived phanaeine genus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae, Phanaeini), Zootaxa 4099 (1) : 66

Dendropaemon (Rutilopaemon) Génier & Arnaud , new subgenus

Type species: Dendropaemon refulgens Waterhouse, 1891 ; monotypy.

Description. Size large. Habitus rectangular in dorsal view, parallel sided; with metallic sheen on head, pronotum and elytra. Body moderately compressed dorsoventrally. Clypeal edge emarginate on external side of each clypeal tooth; clypeal teeth triangular. Pronotum with moderate punctures on disc, punctures larger and more or less confluent and forming rugulae anteriorly; anterior margin flat lateral to eyes; lateral fossae more or less oval, simple. Elytral base lacking margin. Meso and metatarsi similar in shape, three segmented, first segment more than three times as long as long as wide at apex, last segment spiniform, lacking setae apically.

Etymology. “ Rutilans ” (glowing red) a Latin adjective pertaining to intense red sheen of the dorsum of the only species included in the subgenus, with the suffix “paemon” to keep the naming scheme similar to the genus. Gender masculine.