Dendropaemon Perty, 1830: taxonomy, systematics and phylogeny of the morphologically most derived phanaeine genus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae, Phanaeini)
Author
François Génier
Author
Patrick Arnaud
text
Zootaxa
2016
4099
1
journal volume
10.11646/zootaxa.4099.1.1
5d7eab55-66e2-43ed-b764-bac0c6e5b6d6
1175-5326
268274
B73C1BE1-346A-4C89-86B2-51CDACE92877
Dendropaemon (Streblopaemon)
Génier & Arnaud
,
new subgenus
Type
species
:
Dendropaemon fractipes
Felsche, 1909
; monotypy.
Description
. Size large. Habitus rectangular in dorsal view, parallel sided; lacking metallic sheen on head, pronotum and elytra. Body strongly compressed dorsoventrally. Clypeal edge acutely emarginate on external side of each clypeal tooth; clypeal teeth broadly triangular. Pronotum with moderate punctures on disc, punctures larger anteriorly; anterior margin unmodified lateral to eyes; lateral fossae more or less oval, simple. Elytral base lacking margin. Meso and metatarsi similar in shape, three segmented, first metatarsal segment more than three times as long as long as wide at apex, last segment spiniform, lacking setae apically.
Etymology
. “
Streblos
” (twisted, crooked) a Greek adjective pertaining to the mesotibial shape of the only species included in the subgenus, with the suffix “paemon” to keep the naming scheme similar to the genus. Gender masculine.