Saprovisca sarangay, new species, a second species in an unusual Philippine genus of Eupariini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae)
Author
Skelley, Paul E.
text
Insecta Mundi
2015
2015-04-17
2015
419
1
6
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.5182001
1942-1354
5182001
592A535A-7020-493B-B030-A511DCFD898C
Saprovisca
Stebnicka, 1993
Type
species
.
Saprovisca leytensis
Stebnicka, 1993
, by original designation.
Diagnosis
.
Saprovisca
is most similar to the genus
Saprosites
Redtenbacher
, differing most notably in the presence of clypeal teeth. Both genera share a large and tumid head, parallel-sided and robust body, relatively short front legs, notably curved sutures between the abdominal sternites, and an almost V-shaped subapical suture.
Remarks
. Stebnicka (1993) briefly discusses some character similarities between
Saprovisca
and
Cnematoplatys
Schmidt
, and considers
Saprovisca
to be an intermediate genus between
Cnematoplatys
and
Saprosites
. The rarity of both
Cnematoplatys
and
Saprovisca
in collections may be a factor of the brachypterous state of some included species, or unusual and unknown life histories.