Revision of the South American genera Andinocopris new genus and Homocopris Burmeister, 1846 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Homocoprini new tribe)
Author
Génier, François
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Beaty Center for Species Discovery, Canadian Museum of Nature, 1740 Pink Road, Gatineau, Québec, J 9 J 3 N 7, Canada.
FGenier@nature.ca
Author
Darling, James D. G.
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Beaty Center for Species Discovery, Canadian Museum of Nature, 1740 Pink Road, Gatineau, Québec, J 9 J 3 N 7, Canada.
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European Journal of Taxonomy
2024
2024-03-15
925
220
267
https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2465/10955
journal article
10.5852/ejt.2024.925.2465
2118-9773
10824968
5848AF9A-F01D-45F1-8626-E489AC15EE7F
Homocoprini
tribe nov.
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:
A86B4671-86B5-41A2-B468-611826BCD7C9
Type
genus
Homocopris
Burmeister, 1846
, present designation.
Differential diagnosis
The only group of
Scarabaeinae
with a lateral pronotal carina combined with a setose elytral underside.
Description
Typical tunneler overall body shape. Size moderate to large; secondary sexual characters present and located on dorsum of head and pronotum; integument rather thin and flexible; antennal club elongate oval, symmetrical; internal surface of first segment of antennal club pubescent; distal edge of epipharynx straight; anterior pronotal membrane covering entire width of head insertion; lateral pronotal declivity with a strong carina connected to the lateral pronotal edge anteriorly, surface between carina and lateral edge flat and upright (slightly concave and overlapping only in
A. achamas
); posterior portion of pronotal lateral edge at most slightly sinuate; elytra with eight visible striae, stria eight absent or vestigial in some specimens of
A. achamas
(
Fig. 62
), stria 9 absent on basal fifth, distinct from stria 10 throughout; elytral internal surfaces with long semi erected setae; tarsal claws present; meso and metatibiae with four edges in mid cross section, expanding from base to apex and lacking transverse ridges on external surface; hindwings with AA3 connected to Cu and RP1 narrow and sharply defined throughout; apodeme of metasternalmetacoxal membrane present; unguinotarsal axillary lamellae present; medial endophallite absent.
Genera included
Andinocopris
gen. nov.
and
Homocopris
Burmeister, 1846
.