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
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Insecta Mundi
2007
2007-11-02
2007
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.5172488
1942-1354
5172488
Saprositellus
Balthasar 1967
Diagnosis
. In addition to the description and diagnosis of
Stebnicka (2003)
distinguishing characters are: head coarsely punctate from base nearly to clypeal margin, punctures gradually decreasing in size anteriorly; clypeal surface dulled, except for narrow band immediately behind margin, glossy, weakly granulate or sharply transversely rugose; clypeal margin narrow, with several small denticles each side of median emargination, inner edge of margin with triangular tooth pointing inwardly at middle; abdominal sternites with punctures moderate to coarse; basal fluting small to indistinct; surfaces of sternites 1- 6 with irregularly arranged punctures across surface.
Comments
. Descriptions and key for species of
Saprositellus
can be found in
Stebnicka (2003)
. A new species and new records are detailed below.