Termitotrox Reichensperger

Kakizoe, Showtaro & Maruyama, Munetoshi, 2015, Termitotroxvenus sp. n. (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae), a new blind, flightless termitophilous scarab from Cambodia, ZooKeys 513, pp. 13-21 : 14

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Scarabaeidae

Genus Termitotrox Reichensperger Figs 5-8

Termitotrox Reichensperger 1915: 16 (type species: Termitotrox consobrinus Reichensperger, 1915, by monotypy).

Aphodiocopris Arrow 1920: 432 (type species: Aphodiocopris minutus Arrow, 1920, by monotypy).

Additional description.

Maxillae (Fig. 5) small; mala toothed distally; basistipes and cardo with long setae on lateral side. Maxillary palpus 4-segmented and well developed; segment I small, bent outwards; segment II about 2 times as long as segment I; segment III small, only slightly longer and broader than segment I, slightly bent inwards; segment IV large, approximately twice as long as segment II; numerous digitiform sensillae present on ventrolateral side of proximal half of segment IV. Labial palpus strongly reduced. Mandibles (Figs 6, 7) asymmetrical, pointed apically, numerous serrate ridges on molar surface. Epipharynx (Fig. 8) with anterior margin feebly bisinuate, epitorma almost indistinct, pedia almost glabrous, chaetoparinae very strong and elongate.

Comments.

See Krikken (2008) for generic review. No detailed mouthparts description has previously been provided for Termitotrox . Although this additional description is based on only two species, Termitotrox cupido and Termitotrox venus , the other members of Termitotrox are expected to share the same or similar character states based on their overall similarity of external morphology.