Oedichira Burmeister, 1855

Fuhrmann, Juares & Vaz-De-Mello, Fernando Z., 2017, Macrodactylini (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae): primary types of type species and taxonomic changes to the generic classification, European Journal of Taxonomy 350, pp. 1-71 : 39-40

Oedichira Burmeister, 1855

Type species

Oedichira pachydactyla Burmeister, 1855 (designation: Evans 2003: 303).

Diagnosis

Antennae with four lamellae ( Fig. 4 I–J); clypeal ventral area large and vertically deflected; labrum deeply emarginate; pronotal anterior and posterior margin not beaded; prosternum with an anterior longitudinal carina; elytral striae indistinct, posterior and posterointernal margins not beaded; metatarsomere I as long as II–IV; metatarsomere II wider than long; metatarsomere V with internoproximal spine-like setae ( Fig. 4 C–D).

Remarks

See Anomonyx (above).

Figures

Fig. 4. A–C. Male metatarsus. D. Female metatarsus. E–H. Aedeagus (lateral, parameres apex). I–J. Antenna (♂, ♀). A. Plectris tomentosa LePeletier de Saint-Fargeau & Audinet-Serville, 1828. B, E–F. Anomonyx uruguayensis Moser, 1921. C–D, G–J. Oedichira pachydactyla Burmeister, 1855. Scale bars = 1 mm.