Neotrichaphodioides volxemi ( Harold, 1876 ) Dellacasa & Dellacasa & Skelley, 2010

Dellacasa, Marco, Dellacasa, Giovanni & Skelley, Paul E., 2010, Neotrichaphodioides, new genus of Neotropical Aphodiini, with description of a new species from Peru (Scarabaeoidea: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae), Insecta Mundi 2010 (133), pp. 1-12 : 5-6

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5164776

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B84C87A0-E47E-FFD1-E0FF-1F26FB8AFCAA

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scientific name

Neotrichaphodioides volxemi ( Harold, 1876 )
status

comb. nov.

Neotrichaphodioides volxemi ( Harold, 1876) , new combination

( Fig. 1 View Figure 1-4 , 20-24 View Figure 20-24 )

Aphodius Van Volxemi Harold, 1876: 93 .

Aphodius volxemi ; Blackwelder 1944: 213.

Aphodius (Trichaphodius) volxemi ; Schmidt 1913: 136; Schmdt 1922: 134; Dellacasa 1988: 215, 317. Aphodius (Gonaphodiellus) squamifer Petrovitz, 1970: 225 , Dellacasa 1988: 240 (new synonymy).

Type locality. Barbacena [Minas Gerais, Brazil].

Type repository. For A. volxemi : Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris (lectotype examined, designated below). For A. squamifer : Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland (examined).

Redescription. Length 5.0-6.0 mm, oblong, moderately convex, subshiny; glabrous, at most elytra with short, sparse pubescence near apex in males. Reddish-testaceous, sometimes brown-yellowish (ab. squamifer Petrovitz, 1970 ), front, pronotal disc and elytral suture somewhat darkened; legs brownish; antennal club yellowish. Head with epistome nearly flat, superficially microreticulate, finely and sparsely punctured; clypeus subtruncate anteriorly, widely rounded at sides, thickly bordered, border somewhat more thickened anteriorly; genae acutely angulate, almost not ciliate, strongly protruding beyond eyes; frontal suture finely impressed, backward curved at middle; front relatively more shiny and more distinctly punctured. Pronotum somewhat transverse, feebly convex, dually punctured; large punctures, four to five times larger than small, lacking on disc and moderately denser on sides, mixed fine and sparse punctures regularly scattered throughout; lateral margins feebly rounded, thickly bordered; hind angles obtusely truncate, faintly inwardly sinuate; base feebly bisinuate. Scutellum narrow, apically acuminate, finely microreticulate, sparsely and nearly imperceptibly punctured. Elytra oval elongate, moderately convex; striae fine nearly indistinctly punctured; intervals distinctly convex on disc, nearly flat on preapical declivity, finely and sparsely punctured. Hind tibiae superior apical spur almost as long as first tarsal segment; latter longer than following three combined. Male: head and pronotum relatively more transverse, less convex and more sparsely punctured; clypeus faintly truncate anteriorly; fore tibiae more slender and more elongate; metasternal plate with spoon-shaped depression, feeble median longitudinal groove, coarsely punctured; aedeagus Fig. 21-22 View Figure 20-24 . Female: head and pronotum relatively less transverse, more convex and more densely punctured: clypeus more distinctly truncate anteriorly; fore tibiae stouter and shorter; metasternal plate with deep median longitudinal groove, flat and nearly smooth.

Material examined. “ BRAZIL, Barbacena , Coll. Camille / Van Volxem, Ex Musaeo / E. Harold ” (male lectotype here designated MNHN) ; Brasilia , 1100 m, (dist. Fédéral) Bresil ; XI.1997; N. Degallier leg. (2 BCSC); Goia, Alto Paraiso , 26/ 31.X.1997, N. Degallier leg. (1 DCGI) ; Minas Gerais, Ingai-Lavras, prox. Poço Bonito , XI.2002, F. Z. Vaz-de-Mello leg. (5 DCGI) ; Unaí ( Faz. Bolivia ), M[inas] G[erais], 22.X.1964, Exp. Dep. Zoologia (1 paratype of Aphodius squamifer Petrovitz, MHNG ) .

MNHN

Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Aphodiidae

Genus

Neotrichaphodioides

Loc

Neotrichaphodioides volxemi ( Harold, 1876 )

Dellacasa, Marco, Dellacasa, Giovanni & Skelley, Paul E. 2010
2010
Loc

Aphodius volxemi

Blackwelder, R. E. 1944: 213
1944
Loc

Aphodius (Trichaphodius) volxemi

Dellacasa, M. 1988: 215
Dellacasa, M. 1988: 240
Petrovitz, R. 1970: 225
Schmidt, A. 1913: 136
1913
Loc

Aphodius Van Volxemi Harold, 1876: 93

Harold, E. 1876: 93
1876
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