New South American taxa of Odontolochini Stebnicka and Howden (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) Author Skelley, Paul E. Florida State Collection of Arthropods Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services P. O. Box 147100 Gainesville FL 32614 - 7100 text Insecta Mundi 2007 2007-11-02 2007 22 1 15 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.5172488 1942-1354 5172488 Stebnickiella zosterixys Skelley , new species ( Figure 3 , 26-28 ) Type material . Holotype female, label data: “ Peru : Dept. Loreto , 1.5 km . N. Teniente Lopez 2 o 35.66’S , 76 o 06.92’W , 26 July 1993 , 210- 240m , Richard Leschen #213, ex: flight intercept trap / [red paper] HOLO- TYPE Stebnickiella zosterixys P. E. Skelley 2007 ” ( SEMC ). Description . Female body length 3.3 mm , width 1.5 mm ; elongate, constricted at middle ( Fig. 26 ). Head surface smooth, evenly distributed punctures small, shallow, dense, at base intermixed with slightly larger punctures. Pronotal surface smooth, evenly distributed punctures mixed, small to moderate, shallow, dense; pronotal base with broad transverse band of extremely large, deep punctures in a broad transverse depression ( Fig. 28 ). Meso- and metatibia gradually widening to moderately broad apex ( Fig. 27 ). Elytral intervals with irregular row of punctures on each side of middle; strial punctures slightly elongate, touching next puncture. Comments . Probably more than any odontolochine, the morphology of Stebnickiella indicates it is potentially an inquiline with ants or termites. It is unique in its general appearance and can not be confused with any aphodiine presently known. Etymology . The species name is based the distinctive pronotal surface which appears to have a belt of punctures around a constricted waist, in Greek belt = zoster and waist = - ixys (gender feminine).