Neotrichaphodioides caracanus ( Balthasar, 1970 ) Dellacasa & Dellacasa & Skelley, 2010

Dellacasa, Marco, Dellacasa, Giovanni & Skelley, Paul E., 2010, Neotrichaphodioides, new genus of Neotropical Aphodiini, with description of a new species from Peru (Scarabaeoidea: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae), Insecta Mundi 2010 (133), pp. 1-12 : 3-4

Neotrichaphodioides caracanus ( Balthasar, 1970) , new combination

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Aphodius (Gonaphodiellus) caracanus Balthasar, 1970: 250 ; Dellacasa 1988: 239.

Aphodius (Gonaphodiellus) martinsi Petrovitz, 1970: 227 ; Dellacasa 1988: 240 (new synonymy).

Type locality. Serra Caraça, 1380 m, [Mato Grosso], Brazil.

Type repository. For A. caracanus : National Museum (Balthasar collection), Prague (holotype examined). For A. martinsi : Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland (examined).

Redescription. Length 3.5-4.5 mm, oblong, moderately convex, subshiny, glabrous. Brown-yellowish; head posteriorly and pronotal disc shadowy brownish; elytra with juxtasutural interval and a small preapical shadow spot brown; legs pale brownish; antennal club testaceous. Head with epistome nearly flat, finely, sparsely and regularly punctured throughout; clypeus anteriorly subtruncate, widely rounded at sides; thickly bordered, edge somewhat thickened anteriorly; genae small, angulose, near imperceptibly bristled, protruding beyond eyes; frontal suture finely impressed; front relatively more coarsely punctured. Pronotum moderately transverse and feebly convex, dually punctured; large punctures three to four times larger than small, lacking on disc and somewhat denser on sides, mixed small distinct punctures throughout subregularly scattered; lateral margins nearly subparallel, distinctly bordered; hind angles obliquely truncate, feebly inwardly sinuate; base slightly bisinuate. Scutellum apically acumi- nate, finely and sparsely punctured. Elytra oblong, moderately convex, not denticulate at shoulder; striae fine, superficially punctured, not crenulate; intervals feebly convex on disc, flat preapically, finely and sparsely punctured. Hind tibiae superior apical spur distinctly shorter than first tarsal segment; latter longer than following three combined. Male: head and pronotum relatively more transverse, less convex and less densely punctured; metasternal plate with spoon-shaped depression, fine median longitudinal groove, coarsely and sparsely punctured; aedeagus Fig. 6-7 . Female: head and pronotum relatively less transverse, more convex and more densely punctured; metasternal plate with deep median longitudinal groove, nearly flat and smooth at sides.

Material examined. ARGENTINA, Puán, F. Sola, B[ueno]s Aires , XI.1962, A. Martinez leg. (1 paratype of Aphodius martinsi Petrovitz, MHNG ) ; BOLIVIA, Mururata, Cusilluni , XII.1984, m 1200-1600, L. E. Peña leg. (2 DCGI) ; Songo (5 DCGI) ; BRAZIL, Caraça, 2e Semestre 1894, P. Germain (31 MNHN) ; Horama, Serra de Moça, Iavrado , VII.1997, F. Z. Vaz de Mello leg. (3 ISEA) ; M[inas] G[erais], Serra Caraça , m 1380, Klass, Lenka, Martins & Silva leg. (holotype and 6 paratypes, BCMN) ; COLOMBIA, San Martin , Meta D., IX.1977, L. E. Peña leg. (1 DCGI) ; VENEZUELA, Mérida, Mariño , m 1700, 01.XII.1984, C. Bordon leg. (1 DCGI) .

Distribution. Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil (Minas Gerais), Colombia, Venezuela.

Figures

Figure 5-9. Neotrichaphodioides caracanus (Balthasar, 1970) (holotype male). 5) Morphological details of habitus. 6-7) Aedeagus (dorsal and lateral view). 8) Epipharynx. 9) Habitus.