The types of Ahodíus species described by Harold from Mexico with description of a new Genus (Coleoptera Scarabaeoidea: Ahodiidae)

In the present work, the tweive Mexican species of Aphodiini described by Haroid (azteca, flavocinctus, fuliginosus, grávidus, indutilis, lansbergei, luridiventris, mexicanas, oleosus, puncticeps, sallei and villosipes) are redescribed and illustrated with modern criteria based on the study of type...

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Main Authors: Dellacasa, Marco, Gordon, Robert D., Dellacasa, Giovanni
Formato: Online
Idioma:eng
Publicado: Instituto de Ecología, A.C. 1998
Acceso en liña:https://azm.ojs.inecol.mx/index.php/azm/article/view/1722
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Summary:In the present work, the tweive Mexican species of Aphodiini described by Haroid (azteca, flavocinctus, fuliginosus, grávidus, indutilis, lansbergei, luridiventris, mexicanas, oleosus, puncticeps, sallei and villosipes) are redescribed and illustrated with modern criteria based on the study of type material, leclotypes are aiso designated, The new genus Cephalocyclus is proposed for fuliginosus (type species), grávidus, luridiventris, mexicanus, puncticeps and villosipes. The taxonomía position of the remaining species-group taxa is aiso discussed in remarks.