Aphengium Harold

Silva, Fernando A. B. & Vaz-De-Mello, Fernando, 2015, A revision of the genus Aphengium Harold, 1868 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Ateuchini), Zootaxa 3955 (4), pp. 505-520 : 507-508

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3955.4.3

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B4E21D99-203B-4818-904E-BBA145E5CD33

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6122144

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D8893B-B172-CC35-2390-F9054FE9FD9C

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Aphengium Harold
status

 

Key to males of Aphengium Harold View in CoL

1. Dorsal surface of head with dense foveiform punctures deeply impressed and often rounded ( Figs. 9 View FIGURES 7 – 12 , 15 View FIGURES 13 – 18 , 21 View FIGURES 19 – 24 ). Anterolateral portion of pronotum lacking sleek callus............................................................... 2

- Dorsal surface of head smooth and sleek or punctures almost inconspicuous ( Fig. 27 View FIGURES 25 – 30 ). Anterolateral portion of pronotum with a longitudinal and sleek callus ( Fig. 29 View FIGURES 25 – 30 ). Male genitalia figs. 34, 40. Brazil (Bahia)..... A. curtum View in CoL sp. nov. ( Fig. 25 View FIGURES 25 – 30 ).

2. Dorsal surface of head with contiguous foveiform punctures over its central portion ( Figs. 9 View FIGURES 7 – 12 , 21 View FIGURES 19 – 24 ). Anterolateral margin of pronotum explanate ( Figs. 11 View FIGURES 7 – 12 , 23 View FIGURES 19 – 24 ).................................................................... 3

- Dorsal surface of head with foveiform punctures separated by distance equivalent to at least two times puncture diameter along most of midline ( Fig. 15 View FIGURES 13 – 18 ). Anterolateral margin of pronotum not explanate ( Fig. 17 View FIGURES 13 – 18 ). Male genitalia figs. 32, 36, 38. Brazil (Espírito Santo and Minas Gerais).......................................... A. cupreum Shipp View in CoL ( Fig. 13 View FIGURES 13 – 18 ).

3. Pronotum with larger and contiguous foveiform punctures on lateral and posterior portions ( Fig. 11 View FIGURES 7 – 12 ). Length of parameres one-half that of phallobase ( Fig. 31 View FIGURES 31 – 34 ); apical third of parameres slightly narrowed ( Fig. 31 View FIGURES 31 – 34 ); fronto-lateral peripheral sclerite (FLP) as in figure 37. Brazil (Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo).......................... A. sordidum Harold View in CoL ( Fig. 7 View FIGURES 7 – 12 ).

- Foveiform punctures of lateral and posterior portions of pronotum not contiguous, usually separated by distance equivalent to less than one puncture diameter ( Fig. 23 View FIGURES 19 – 24 ). Length of parameres less than one-half that of phallobase ( Fig. 33 View FIGURES 31 – 34 ); apical third of parameres abruptly narrowed ( Fig. 33 View FIGURES 31 – 34 ); fronto-lateral peripheral sclerite (FLP) as in figure 39. Brazil (Alagoas)............................................................................. A. ibateguara View in CoL sp. nov. ( Fig. 19 View FIGURES 19 – 24 ).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Scarabaeidae

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