Alloblackburneus saylori (Hinton, 1934) Dellacasa & Dellacasa & Gordon, 2011

Dellacasa, Marco, Dellacasa, Giovanni & Gordon, Robert D., 2011, Systematic revision of the American taxa belonging to the genera Alloblackburneus Bordat, 2009, and Blackburneus Schmidt, 1913, with description of seven new species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae), Insecta Mundi 2011 (204), pp. 1-52 : 13

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.10090539

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5165090

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/504AB401-FFE7-FFBC-FF0C-06C6E157F8D9

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scientific name

Alloblackburneus saylori (Hinton, 1934)
status

comb. nov.

Alloblackburneus saylori (Hinton, 1934) new combination

( Fig. 51-55 View Figures 51-60 )

Aphodius saylori Hinton, 1934: 192 ; Blackwelder 1944: 213.

Aphodius (Blackburneus) saylori ; Dellacasa 1988: 147.

Blackburneus saylori ; Skelley et al. 2007: 2.

Type locality. Real de Arriba, District of Temescaltepec [Estado de México, Mexico].

Type repository. United States National Museum. Washington (paratype examined).

Redescription. Length 3.0- 4.5 mm; oblong, convex, shiny, glabrous. Piceous; clypeal margin, pronotal sides and elytra brownish-red; legs pale reddish; antennal club testaceous. Head with epistome moderately convex, evenly rather finely sparsely punctured; punctation somewhat coarser distally, sparser on disc; clypeus feebly sinuate at middle, round at sides, rather thinly bordered, edge somewhat upturned, glabrous; genae obtusely round, near imperceptibly ciliate, feebly but distinctly protruding from theeyes; frontal suture finely impressed; front more sparsely punctured than epistome. Pronotum moderately transverse, convex, dually punctured; large punctures, five to six times larger than small ones, irregularly sparse on sides, lacking on disc; small very fine punctures evenly scattered throughout, somewhat finer on disc and lacking on a longitudinal median areola at basal pronotal half; lateral margins feebly arcuate, rather thickly bordered, edge glabrous; hind angles obtusely round; base arcuate, feebly bisinuate, thinly bordered. Scutellum flat, finely sparsely punctured on basal half. Elytra oval elongate, feebly broadened posteriorly, more or less distinctly denticulate at shoulder, finely striate; striae superficially punctured, not crenulate; interstriae flat or nearly flat, extremely finely sparsely punctured. Hind tibiae superior apical spur regularly acuminate, somewhat shorter than first tarsal segment; latter nearly as long as following three segments combined. Male: head somewhat more sparsely and less coarsely punctured; pronotum not narrowed frontwardly; aedeagus Fig. 54-55 View Figures 51-60 . Female: head somewhat more densely coarsely punctured; pronotum somewhat narrowed frontwardly.

Material examined. MEXICO, Colima: El Tapeiztle, Municipio Minatitlán, Sierra de Manantlán , m 2300, 13.VII.1989, leg. L. Zivera (pastizal) (3 exx., DCGI) ; Durango: 7 mi SW Buenos Aires , 8800', 28.VII.1973, leg. A. Newton (4 exx., DCGI) ; 25 mi. W Durango , 23.VI.1964, leg. H. F. Howden (4 exx., CNCI; 1 ex., DCGI) ; 26.5 mi SW Durango , 21.VII.1973, leg. A. Newton (3 exx., DCGI) ; Minillas, Res. Biosf. “La Michilia”, 9-14.VIII.1989, leg. S. Anduaga (pastizal, excremento fresco de vaca) (3 exx., DCGI) ; idem, 23 o 25’29”N- 104 o 09’08”W, m 2300, 30.VI.2004, leg. C. Huerta & S. Anduaga (3 exx., DCGI) GoogleMaps ; idem, IX.2003, leg. C. Huerta & S. Anduaga (5 exx., DCGI) GoogleMaps ; Molinillos, Municipio Durango , 23 o 38’N- 105 o 03’W, m 2400, 23.VII.2006, leg. S. Anduaga & K. Grajales (bosque pino) (7 exx., DCGI) GoogleMaps ; Rancho Paraiso de los Santos, Piedra Herrada , Res. Biosf. “La Michilia”, 23 o 23’23.5”N- 104 o 14’50.1”W, m 2480, 2.VII.2004, leg. C. Huerta & S. Anduaga (bosque pino-encino) (2 exx., DCGI) GoogleMaps ; 24 mi. W La Ciudad , 8.VII.1964, leg. H. F. Howden (1 ex., CNCI) ; idem, 19.VII.1964, leg. H. F. Howden (1 ex., CNCI) ; Jalisco: 3 mi. NE Mazamitla , 12.VII.1973, leg. A. Newton (1 ex., DCGI) ; México: Temascaltepec , 4.VI.1979, leg. M. Zunino (1 ex., DCGI) ; Temescaltepec [= Temascaltepec], Real de Arriba , VIII.1933, leg. H. E. Hinton & R. L. Usinger (2 exx., paratypes, USNM; 2 exx., paratypes, DCGI) ; Michoacán: Mazamitla , 24.VII.1953, leg. C. & P. Vaurie, Rockefeller Exp. (1 ex., DCGI) ; rd. Patzcuaro-Uruapan, Planta PEMEX Diablo de Zirahuén , 19 o 29’N- 101 o 48’W, m 2200, 23.VII.2001, leg. M. Dellacasa & I. Martínez (2 exx., DCGI) GoogleMaps ; Quintana Roo: Palmeras, Playa Azul , 20.VII.1980, leg. M. Zunino (1 ex., DCGI) ; Sinaloa: 38 mi NE Concordia , 19.VI.1973, leg. A. Newton (2 exx., DCGI) ; 26.5 mi. SW Durango , 21.VII.1973, leg. A. Newton (3 exx., DCGI) .

Distribution. Mexico (Colima, Durango, Jalisco, México, Michoacán, Quintana Roo, Sinaloa).

Bionomics. Late Spring and Summer coprophagous species found in cow dung, sometimes in wooded areas.

CNCI

Canadian National Collection Insects

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Aphodiidae

Genus

Alloblackburneus

Loc

Alloblackburneus saylori (Hinton, 1934)

Dellacasa, Marco, Dellacasa, Giovanni & Gordon, Robert D. 2011
2011
Loc

Aphodius saylori

Hinton 1934: 192
1934
Loc

Aphodius (Blackburneus) saylori

Hinton 1934
1934
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