Systematic Redefinition Of Taxa Belonging To The Genera Ahermodontus Báguena, 1930 And Ammoecius Mulsant, 1842, With Description Of The New Genus Vladimirellus (Coleoptera: Aphodiidae)
Author
DellacaSa, M.
Author
DellacaSa, G.
text
Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
2002
2003-02-28
48
4
269
316
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.12587419
2064-2474
12587419
Pseudagoliinus oreotragi
(
ENDRŐDI
, 1978
)
,
comb. n.
Aphodius (Ammoecius) oreotragi
ENDRŐDI
, 1978: 181
.
Type
locality:
Shneeukop, SW
Cap. [
South Africa
.]
Type
depository: Transvaal Museum, Pretoria.
Remarks
– This taxon shows most of the distinguishing characters of the genus
Pseudagoliinus
BORDAT
, 1994
. Being monotypic at the time of its description, the diagnosis of
Pseudagoliinus
was obviously created on the basis of its
type
species,
Pseudagoliinus sinuatipes
(
BORDAT
, 1994)
. However, some generic characters (e.g. elytral interstices apically subcariniform and sharply bordered at each side) do not fit with those of
P. oreotragi
,
thus these characters have to be downgraded to species level. The shape of the parameres is particularly significant, because in
P. oreotragi
they have an elongate apical seta, while they are glabrous in
P. sinuatipes
and in
P. tonderae
(
ENDRŐDI
, 1980
)
. It must be noted that this difference is also found in the sibling species of other genus-group taxa. For example, it is found in
Pseudopharaphodius anthrax
(
GERSTAECKER
, 1871)
and
Pseudopharaphodius kaszabi
(
ENDRŐDI
, 1957)
and in
Lorditomaeus bifidus
SCHMIDT
, 1908
and
Lorditomaeus similis
BORDAT
, 1996
.