Systematic revision of the American taxa belonging to the genera Alloblackburneus Bordat, 2009, and Blackburneus Schmidt, 1913, with description of seven new species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) Author Dellacasa, Marco Author Dellacasa, Giovanni Author Gordon, Robert D. text Insecta Mundi 2011 2011-12-16 2011 204 1 52 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.10090539 1942-1354 10090539 Alloblackburneustenuistriatus (Horn, 1887) new combination ( Fig. 56-60 ) Aphodius tenuistriatus Horn, 1887: 60 ; Brown 1927: 165; Ratcliffe and Paulsen 2008: 209. Aphodius ( Trichonotulus ) tenuistriatus ; Schmidt 1913: 154; Schmidt 1922: 243; Dellacasa 1988: 206. Aphodius lentus auctorum nec Horn 1887; Ratcliffe 1991: 48. Blackburneus tenuistriatus ; Gordon and Skelley 2007: 364. Typelocality . southwestern Texas [ U.S.A. ]. Type repository. Museum of Comparative Zoology. Harvard University, Cambridge, MA ( U.S.A. ) ( type not examined). Redescription. Length 3.5-5.0 mm; oblong, convex, weakly shiny; pronotum pubescent before hind angles, elytralinterstriae with double row of recumbent hairs. Rufo-testaceous; head and pronotum somewhat darker medially; legs reddish-brown; antennal club brownish. Head with epistome feebly convex, evenly regularly punctured throughout; punctures veryfine and sparse; clypeus faintlysinuate at middle, roundat sides, verythinly bordered, edge slightly upturned, glabrous; genae round, elongately sparsely ciliate, not protruding from the eyes; frontal suture distinctly impressed; front somewhat more irregularly puncturedthan epistome. Pronotum moderately transverse, convex, with patch of recumbent pubescence near posterior angles; dually punctured; large punctures, five to six times larger than small ones, coarser and denser on sides, lacking on disc; small fine punctures regularly scattered throughout, somewhat more coarser on sides; lateral margins feebly arcuate, rather thickly bordered, edge fimbriate with sparse elongate setae; hind angles obtusely round; base regularly arcuate, thinly bordered. Scutellum somewhat convex medially, microreticulate, irregularly punctured. Elytra elongate, almost parallel-sided; epipleural carina fimbriate withmoderately elongate setae; striae fine, superficially punctured, not crenulate; interstriae flat, alutaceous, with double longitudinal row of small, rough punctures; each puncture bearing a rather shortrecumbent hair. Hind tibiae superior apical spur not spatulate, somewhat shorter than first tarsal segment; latter longer than following three segments combined. Male: pronotum somewhat more transverse and less convex; metasternal plate more deeply grooved medially and moderately incavate posteriorly; aedeagus Fig. 59-60 . Female: pronotumsomewhat narrowed frontwardly; metasternal plate less deeply grooved medially, not incavate posteriorly. Material examined. USA , Texas (12 exx., DCGI ) ; Bexar Co. , 10 mi. S Somerset , 9.IV.1992 , leg. D. W. Sundberg (blacklight) ( 1 ex. , DCGI ) ; idem , I-37 Sat Mathis Rd. , “Waterwood”, 21.III.1987 , leg. D. W. Sundberg (blklight) (4 exx., DCGI ) ; idem , 2-4.V.1987 , leg. D. W. Sundberg (4 exx., DCGI ) ; idem , Applewhite Rd. 3 mi. Sloop 1604, 15.IX.1991 , leg. D. W. Sundberg (blacklight) ( 1 ex. , DCGI ) ; Columbus , 4.IV.1933 , leg. Hubbard & Schwarz (2 exx., DCGI ) ; Tyler , 7.II.[????], leg. H. Soltao (4 exx., DCGI ) .