Aphodiini Leach, 1815

Kakizoe, Showtaro, Jiang, Ri-Xin, Cai, Hao-Hong & Wang, Shuo, 2021, Sphaeraphodius gaohani, a new genus and species of Aphodiini (Coleoptera Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) from Guangxi, China, Zootaxa 4949 (2), pp. 333-340 : 334

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4949.2.6
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4636469
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scientific name	Aphodiini Leach, 1815
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Tribe Aphodiini Leach, 1815 View in CoL

Type genus. Aphodius Hellwig, 1798 (see Alonso-Zarazaga & Krell 2011).

See Dellacasa et al. (2001), and Smith & Skelley (2007) for synonymies and detailed description.

The new taxon shares following synapomorphies with the members of Aphodiini View in CoL : 1) labrum and mandibles invisible in antero-dorsal view; 2) scutellum well visible in dorsal view; 3) pronotum without any longitudinal groove; head without any longitudinal groove or costa; 4) protibia not perpendicularly truncate apically; 5) metatibial spurs separated by basal tarsomere; abdominal ventrites not fused, freely moveable.