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

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2017.350
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3851124
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scientific name	Oedichira Burmeister, 1855
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Treatment

Oedichira Burmeister, 1855 View in CoL

Type species

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

Diagnosis

Antennae with four lamellae ( Fig. 4 View Fig 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 View Fig C–D).

Remarks

See Anomonyx (above).

References

Burmeister H. 1855. Handbuch der Entomologie. Vierter Band. Besondere Entomologie. Fortsetzung. Zweite Abtheilung. Coleoptera Lamellicornia Phyllophaga chaenochela. Theodor Johann Christian Friedrich Enslin, Berlin. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 8135

Evans A. V. 2003. A checklist of the New World chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). Zootaxa 211: 1 - 458.

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.