Cephalocyclus majomaensis, Dellacasa & Dellacasa & Gordon, 2013

Dellacasa, Marco, Dellacasa, Giovanni & Gordon, Robert D., 2013, Cephalocyclus majomaensis and Oscarinus cabreroi new species of Mexican Aphodiinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae), Insecta Mundi 2013 (285), pp. 1-5 : 1-2

Cephalocyclus majomaensis new species

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Type locality. Majoma, Zacatecas, Mexico.

Type repository. Unites States National Museum, Washington, D. C., U.S.A.

Description of male. Length 6.5-7.0 mm; elongate, moderately convex, shiny, glabrous. Testaceous; head and pronotum somewhat darker than elytra. Head with epistome weakly convex on disc, slightly depressed medially toward clypeal margin, sparsely irregularly not closely punctured, smooth at center; clypeus faintly sinuate at middle, round at sides, very thinly bordered, edge upturned and elongately ciliate laterally; genae angulate, depressed, elongately ciliate, strongly protruding from the eyes; frontal suture not tuberculate, distinctly impressed laterally, obsolete at middle; front finely irregularly, sparsely punctured. Pronotum transverse, moderately convex, shiny, dually punctured; large punctures, three to four time larger than small ones, irregularly sparse on sides, lacking on disc; small punctures, somewhat variously sized, coarser and denser on sides, superficial and sparser on disc; lateral margins moderately arcuate, rather thickly bordered, edge elongately sparsely ciliate; hind angles obtusely round; base distinctly bisinuate, not bordered. Scutellum elongate, alutaceous, sparsely moderately punctured. Elytra very elongate, weakly widened posteriorly, epipleural carina elongately ciliate in basal two thirds; striae very fine, superficially almost indistinctly punctured, not crenulate; interstriae faintly convex, minutely alutaceous, with extremely fine, irregularly sparse and barely perceptible punctures. Hind tibiae superior spur shorter than first tarsal segment; latter shorter than following three segments combined. Aedeagus Fig. 4. Female: unknown.

Type material. MEXICO: Zacatecas: Majoma ; 07.III.1934; leg. Smith & Dunkley (holotype, male, USNM; 1 paratype, male, DCGI) .

Distribution. Known from the type locality only.

Etymology. Named after the type locality.