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2864C778A21EFFC4FF01FA10FAA83E95.text	2864C778A21EFFC4FF01FA10FAA83E95.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Opilonina Gistel 1848	<div><p>Key to genera</p><p>Entry into the following key assumes that specimens were collected in Australia or surrounding islands and that they have already been identified to the subtribe Opilonina .</p><p>1 Eyes coarsely facetted........................................... (genera treated by Bartlett &amp; Lambkin 2022)</p><p>- Eyes finely facetted................................................................................ 2</p><p>2 (1) Protibiae each with two apical spurs................................................................... 3</p><p>- Protibiae each with a single apical spur................................................................ 6</p><p>3 (2) Body elongate, elytra between 2.2 and 3.0 x longer than wide; elytral disc with white or yellowish maculation (Figs 21, 29, 30a, 36); tibiae plane, never longitudinally carinate................................... Neoscrobiger Blackburn</p><p>- Not with all of the above characters in combination (if tibiae non-carinate and elytra maculate, then elytra compact, less than 2 x longer than wide)........................................................................... 4</p><p>4 (3) Scutellum at most, moderately setose, not with conspicuously dense tuft of white setae...................................................................... Zenithicola -complex ( Phlogistomorpha, Phlogistus, Zenithicola)</p><p>- Scutellum with conspicuously dense tuft of white setae.................................................... 5</p><p>5 (4) Inter-metacoxal processes, between mesocoxae, with very large ventral projection; each elytron with three (rarely two) short white setal tufts (see Bartlett 2026, Figs 1 and 7).................................. Megaxestodes Bartlett</p><p>- Inter-metacoxal process not as above; elytral setal arrangement not as above............... Mimolesterus Gerstmeier</p><p>6 (2) Metatibiae each with one apical spur; elytral apices at least weakly truncate (Figs 60, 68, 74)..................... 7</p><p>- Metatibiae each with two apical spurs; elytral apices not truncate............................................ 8</p><p>7 (6) Mesotibiae each with two apical spurs; elytra with basal penicillate cluster of black setae (Fig. 59), punctation of apical half of elytra notably finer than basal half and similar to pronotal punctation; males with terminal antennal segment bifid and grossly extended (Fig. 58)........................................................ Parascrobiger gen. nov.</p><p>- Mesotibiae each with one apical spur; penicillate cluster of black setae not present at elytral base, punctation of apical half of elytra similar in size, or larger than basal half, not resembling pronotal sculpturing; terminal antennal segment of males similar to, or only slightly longer than that of females....................................... Scrobiger Spinola</p><p>8 (6) Rear margin of eye concave (Fig. 82); elytral base with conspicuously dense penicillate tuft of black setae (Fig. 83).... 9</p><p>- Rear margin of eye straight (Fig. 13); setae of elytral base, if forming a tuft-like cluster, not conspicuously dense or penicillate (Figs 8, 43)............................................................................ 10</p><p>9 (8) Eyes very finely facetted, separated by 1.5 eye widths or less; elytra short and broad (length to width ratio range 1.95– 2.19:1); plate of scutellum anteriorly-facing, highest point at similar level to elytra; all tibiae with complete longitudinal carinae; males with abdominal segment five, and often four, vested densely with white setae.... Trogodendron Spinola</p><p>- Eyes not as finely facetted as Trogodendron, separated by 1.8 eye widths or greater; elytra elongate (length to width ratio range 2.25–2.52:1); scutellum, if anteriorly-facing, then highest point below level of elytral surface; tibial carination highly reduced or absent; male abdominal segments four and five without dense white setae...... Allotrogodendron gen. nov.</p><p>10 (8) Antennae reddish-brown, brown or black (never bright yellow), flagellum slender-filiform......... Olesterus Spinola</p><p>- Antennae (Figs 7, 16–20) typically bright yellow (brownish antennae observed only in one specimen), flagellomeres at least slightly thickened................................................. Dyslophocera Schenkling rev. stat.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2864C778A21EFFC4FF01FA10FAA83E95	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Bartlett, Justin S.	Bartlett, Justin S. (2026): Australian Opilonini (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Clerinae) part III: taxonomy of Neoscrobiger Blackburn, Olesterus Spinola, Scrobiger Spinola and Trogodendron Spinola, resurrection of Dyslophocera Schenkling rev. stat., with descriptions of Allotrogodendron gen. nov., Parascrobiger gen. nov., and two new species. Zootaxa 5853 (1): 27-46, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5853.1.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5853.1.2
2864C778A21DFFC2FF01FCBEFAA83D4A.text	2864C778A21DFFC2FF01FCBEFAA83D4A.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Allotrogodendron Bartlett 2026	<div><p>Allotrogodendron Bartlett gen. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 73F26A86-EB4D-42EE-B2CB-C4CFE0760E18</p><p>(Figs 1–6)</p><p>Type species. Trogodendron tenebricosum Elston, 1921, by present designation.</p><p>Gender. Masculine.</p><p>Differential diagnosis. Allotrogodendron gen. nov. differs from Trogodendron as follows: eyes widely separated (1.8–2.12 eye widths, compared to 1.25–1.5), facets moderately fine (notably finer in Trogodendron); elytra elongate (length to width ratio range 2.25–2.52:1, compared to 1.95–2.2), elytral post-basal umbo only moderately prominent; scutellum positioned lower than level of elytral surface; loss or extreme reduction of tibial carination (putative synapomorphy in relation to Trogodendron); males without abdominal setal sex patches; tegmen with ventral sinus more than half as long as dorsal sinus (Fig. 2).</p><p>Ocular hind margin concave, spicular fork dividing near base, slender pygidial arms and broadly open tegminal dorsal sinus separates Allotrogodendron gen. nov. from superficially similar Olesterus and Dyslophocera . Tibial spur formula 1-2-2 differentiates Allotrogodendron gen. nov. from Neoscrobiger, while that, plus rounded (non-truncate) elytral apices and males without grossly enlarged terminal antennomeres separates it from Parascrobiger gen. nov. .</p><p>Description. Body length range 8.5–15 mm; eyes separated by 1.8–2.12 eye widths, facets fine (but less fine than Trogodendron), ocular hind margin concave; antennae yellow to orange, 11-segmented, long, strongly clavate ( A. tenebricosum (Elston) comb. nov.) to weakly clavate/sub-capitate ( A. bartolozzii (Gerstmeier) comb. nov. and A. ephippium (Boisduval) comb. nov.), flagellomeres robust, notably ( A. tenebricosum comb. nov.) or slightly ( A. bartolozzii comb. nov. and A. ephippium comb. nov.) thickening distad (A7–8 cupuliform in A. tenebricosum comb. nov.), terminal three segments differentiated from flagellum in A. bartolozzii comb. nov. and A. ephippium comb. nov., not differentiated in A. tenebricosum comb. nov.; terminal labial palpomeres strongly securiform, ratio of outer to inner margins ranging from 2.5:1 to 3.0:1; terminal maxillary palpomeres sub-securiform, ratio of outer to inner margins ranging from 1.5:1 to 2.5:1; pronotal length to width ratio range 1.05–1.15:1, pronotal antenotum clearly differentiated from pronotal disc; procoxal cavities open posteriorly, about half closed by postcoxal hypomeral processes; tibial longitudinal carinae highly reduced or absent, tibial spur formula 1-2-2; elytra elongate, length to width ratio range 2.25–2.52:1, elytra with basal half to two-thirds areolate-foveolate (terminating at posterior limit of median fascia), apical half impunctate, apices vested with mat of pale setae, margins rounded (not truncated as in Scrobiger and Parascrobiger gen. nov.), post-basal umbo present (but less prominent than Trogodendron), vested with dense tuft of black setae; scutellum positioned lower than level of elytral surface (not equal to elytral surface as in Trogodendron); tegmen (Figs 2, 3) with tegminal arms not looping below point of fusion with phallobasic apodeme, ventral sinus more than half as long as dorsal sinus, tips of parameroid lobes widely separated; median lobe with apical nodulate process (Fig. 4); male spicular fork (Fig. 5) V-shaped, dividing near base; male pygidium (Fig. 6) approximately quadrate, pygidial arms slender.</p><p>Etymology. The generic epithet Allotrogodendron (from Greek allos, meaning ‘other’, Greek trogo, to ‘gnaw’ and Greek dendro-, ‘tree’), i.e., ‘the other tree gnawer’, is a reference to the genus Trogodendron to which the included species were hitherto assigned.</p><p>Remarks. As it appears to be the case with Trogodendron and Dyslophocera (see below), species diversity within Allotrogodendron is likely to be greater than currently known, with the possibility of non-conspecificity of specimens superficially similar in appearance revealed by examination of dissected tegmina and pygidia.</p><p>Distribution. The known distribution of Allotrogodendron spans from southeastern Queensland to Kangaroo Island in South Australia. Species distributions: Allotrogodendron bartolozzii (NSW); A. ephippium (southeast Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, SA); A. tenebricosum (ACT, NSW, Vic) .</p><p>Key to species</p><p>1 Elytra apically vested with mat of orange setae, each elytron with two large orange maculae, a large median macula rounded off at the suture and expanding to side margins, and a smaller postbasal macula not extending to side margins............................................................... Allotrogodendron bartolozzii (Gerstmeier) comb. nov.</p><p>- Elytra apically vested in mat of white setae; maculation not as above......................................... 2</p><p>2 Elytral disc between median fascia and apical setal mat covered in short black setae, each elytron with a single ovoid or band-like macula; antennal club not clearly differentiated from cupuliform segments 7 and 8............................................................................. Allotrogodendron tenebricosum (Elston) comb. nov.</p><p>- Elytral disc between median fascia and apical setal mat nitid, not covered in short black setae, each elytron with a curved median band-like macula and a small subsutural macula between the band and the base which can be isolated, or joined to the median fascia along the suture; antennal club clearly differentiated from segments 7 and 8............................................................................ Allotrogodendron ephippium (Boisduval) comb. nov.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2864C778A21DFFC2FF01FCBEFAA83D4A	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Bartlett, Justin S.	Bartlett, Justin S. (2026): Australian Opilonini (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Clerinae) part III: taxonomy of Neoscrobiger Blackburn, Olesterus Spinola, Scrobiger Spinola and Trogodendron Spinola, resurrection of Dyslophocera Schenkling rev. stat., with descriptions of Allotrogodendron gen. nov., Parascrobiger gen. nov., and two new species. Zootaxa 5853 (1): 27-46, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5853.1.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5853.1.2
2864C778A21BFFC3FF01FEC4FEEF38EE.text	2864C778A21BFFC3FF01FEC4FEEF38EE.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Dyslophocera Schenkling 2026	<div><p>Dyslophocera Schenkling rev. stat.</p><p>(Figs 7–20)</p><p>Dyslophocera Schenkling, 1900: 19 .</p><p>Type species. Dyslophocera mirabilis Schenkling, 1900, by monotypy. Gender. Feminine.</p><p>Differential diagnosis. Head. Antennae (Figs 7, 8, 16–20) bright yellow, long (almost reaching pronotal base), clavate, flagellomeres cupuliform, substantially thick (not slender filiform), thickness gradually increasing distad, club of terminal three segments blended with gradual thickening of segments, terminal segment of males longer than females; eyes separated by 1.3–1.7 eye widths, ocular hind margin straight (Fig. 13) (not obviously concave as in Trogodendron); terminal maxillary and labial palpomeres strongly securiform. Thorax. Pronotum (Fig. 7, 16–20) globose, basal collar very narrow (less than ¾ pronotal width); elytral base sub-basal hump inconspicuous (not protuberant as in some Olesterus species) with setal tuft (Fig. 8) not densely penicillate as in Parascrobiger and Trogodendron (see Figs 59, 83). Abdomen (males). Distal margin of fifth abdominal ventrite with small medial notch (Fig. 14) ( Olesterus with larger emargination as in Fig. 45, or ventrite plain); tegmen (Figs 9, 10) broadest at tegminal arms, arms not looped below point of fusion to phallobasic apodeme, dorsal sinus narrow; median lobe (Fig. 11) with nodulate apical process; spicular fork (Fig. 12) with sides fused to beyond half total length; pygidial arms broadly lobate (Fig. 15).</p><p>Straight ocular hind margin, Y-shaped spicular fork, broad pygidial arms and narrow tegminal dorsal sinus separates Dyslophocera (and Olesterus) from Trogodendron .Antennal colour and form (bright yellow with thickened flagellomeres and elongated terminal segment of males in Dyslophocera, vs. black to reddish brown, flagellomeres filiform and terminal segment not obviously sex-dimorphic in Olesterus) and eye separation (1.3–1.7 vs. 1.8–2.3 eye widths) separates Dyslophocera from Olesterus .</p><p>Remarks. Schenkling (1900) initially used the elongated terminal antennomere of Dyslophocera mirabilis Schenkling to justify separation of his new genus Dyslophocera from the superficially similar Trogodendron but, soon after (Schenkling 1902), synonymised Dyslophocera with Trogodendron after realising that the antennal elongation is a characteristic of males only. During the present study, differences observed between the male pygidia, tegmina, spicular forks and ocular hind margins of Olesterus and Trogodendron species provided evidence in favour of Trogodendron mirabile (Schenkling) being more closely related to Olesterus than to Trogodendron . The bright yellow, thickened antennomeres (suggestive of Trogodendron or Scrobiger) are, however, incongruent with typical Olesterus . The available name Dyslophocera is therefore resurrected.</p><p>The genus Dyslophocera contains one described, and numerous undescribed, species all exhibiting a strong degree of homogeneity in superficial appearance, but distinguishable from each other mainly by the length of terminal antennomeres of males, size of the posteromedial notch of the male fifth ventrite, pronotal length to width ratio, shape of the pale elytral fascia, distribution of elytral punctation posteriad of the median fascia, tegminal form and shape, and proportions of male pygidium. Description of several new species (e.g., Figs 16–20), which variably differ from D. mirabilis in the states of the abovementioned characters, was not undertaken here because (a) the main focus of the present paper is to clarify the status of Australian Opilonina genera and, (b) additional material from museum collections is required to maximise thoroughness of a species-level taxonomic revision.</p><p>Included species. Dyslophocera mirabilis, plus at least three undescribed species.</p><p>Distribution. The author is aware of Dyslophocera specimens (described and undescribed) from ACT, NSW, Qld (south of Yeppoon), Vic.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2864C778A21BFFC3FF01FEC4FEEF38EE	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Bartlett, Justin S.	Bartlett, Justin S. (2026): Australian Opilonini (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Clerinae) part III: taxonomy of Neoscrobiger Blackburn, Olesterus Spinola, Scrobiger Spinola and Trogodendron Spinola, resurrection of Dyslophocera Schenkling rev. stat., with descriptions of Allotrogodendron gen. nov., Parascrobiger gen. nov., and two new species. Zootaxa 5853 (1): 27-46, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5853.1.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5853.1.2
2864C778A21AFFC0FF01F887FFC43832.text	2864C778A21AFFC0FF01F887FFC43832.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Neoscrobiger Blackburn 1900	<div><p>Neoscrobiger Blackburn</p><p>(Figs 21–40)</p><p>Neoscrobiger Blackburn, 1900: 136 .</p><p>Type species. Opilo patricius Klug, 1842, by original designation. Gender. Masculine.</p><p>Differential diagnosis. The following characters collectively differentiate Neoscrobiger from other Australian Opilonini genera: eyes moderately finely facetted; pronotal antenotum clearly differentiated from pronotal disc; elytra elongate, at least 2.23 times longer than wide, maculate, punctate from base to fasciate median macula, apical half impunctate; tibiae without longitudinal carinae; tibial spur formula 2-2-2; spicular fork Y-shaped, dividing between middle and apical third (Figs 25, 34, 38); pygidial arms slender (Figs 28, 35, 37) to moderately thick, never spatulate; tegmen with phallobasic apodeme short, ranging from 8–16% of total tegminal length, tegminal arms not looping below point of connection to phallobase (Figs 22, 31, 39); median lobe with apical thread-like process (Figs 24, 33, 39).</p><p>Other characters and measurement ranges: Eyes separated by 2–3 eye widths; antennae 11-segmented, long; outer edge of terminal labial palpomere about 2.5 (females) to 2.3–3 (males) times longer than inside edge; outer edge of terminal maxillary palpomere 1.3–1.6 (females), or 1.9–2.4 (males) times longer than inside edge; pronotal length to width ratio range 1–1.4:1; elytral length to width ratio range 2.27–3.03; elytral disc (Figs 21, 29, 30a, 36) with apical impunctate half with setal mat of variable density and distribution.</p><p>Remarks. Conforming to the above revised diagnosis, including median lobe with a thread-like distal process, Neoscrobiger stirlingensis (Gerstmeier) comb. nov. (Figs 36–40), is transferred from the genus Olesterus .</p><p>During the present study, enough variation was observed in the length of pygidial arms, form of tegminal base, elytral maculation and shape of terminal antennomeres in males, in specimens conforming to Neoscrobiger patricius (Klug) (Figs 29–35), to warrant further investigation into the species status of the presently synonymised available names Notoxus pulcher White and Notoxus sexnotatus Westwood. A preliminary attempt to match dissected males to type specimens of these taxa was made, however, as more specimens were studied the lines between any apparent morphological distinctions became more blurred. More work is needed, with taxonomic elucidation of N. patricius ‘sensu lato’ requiring a focused investigation outside the scope of the present paper. At least one additional new species, close to N. rauciceps, with distinct mainland and Tasmanian forms, also requires further investigation prior to formal description. One new species ( N. kaputarensis sp. nov.), however, being distinct from N. rauciceps and N. patricius, is described below.</p><p>Included species. Neoscrobiger kaputarensis Bartlett sp. nov., Neoscrobiger patricius (Klug, 1842), Neoscrobiger rauciceps Blackburn, 1900, and Neoscrobiger stirlingensis (Gerstmeier, 1990) comb. nov., plus at least one additional undescribed species.</p><p>Distribution. The author is aware of specimens of Neoscrobiger from ACT, NSW, Tas, Vic, WA (Stirling Range).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2864C778A21AFFC0FF01F887FFC43832	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Bartlett, Justin S.	Bartlett, Justin S. (2026): Australian Opilonini (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Clerinae) part III: taxonomy of Neoscrobiger Blackburn, Olesterus Spinola, Scrobiger Spinola and Trogodendron Spinola, resurrection of Dyslophocera Schenkling rev. stat., with descriptions of Allotrogodendron gen. nov., Parascrobiger gen. nov., and two new species. Zootaxa 5853 (1): 27-46, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5853.1.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5853.1.2
2864C778A219FFC0FF01FB5CFDCC3A96.text	2864C778A219FFC0FF01FB5CFDCC3A96.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Neoscrobiger Blackburn 1900	<div><p>Key to species of Neoscrobiger</p><p>1 Each elytron with one pale fasciate macula only......................................................... 2</p><p>- Each elytron with more than one pale maculation........................................................ 3</p><p>2 (1) Elytra approx. 2.6 x longer than wide at base, dense apical setal mat extending to apical margins; sides of prothorax weakly tuberculate (Fig. 21)............................................................ N. kaputarensis sp. nov.</p><p>- Elytra approx. 2.3 x longer than wide at base, dense apical setal mat not extending to apical margins; sides of prothorax rounded (Fig. 36).................................................. N. stirlingensis (Gerstmeier) comb. nov.</p><p>3 (1) Pronotum conspicuously elongate, 1.2 to 1.3 x longer than wide, sides narrowly rounded or tuberculate, disc uneven, base notably umbose; each elytron with two pale discal maculae only, apical macula always absent.................................................................................................. N. rauciceps Blackburn *</p><p>- Pronotum quadrate (males) to weakly elongate (females), 1.0 to 1.15 x longer than wide, sides broadly rounded, disc relatively even, base at most subtly umbose; each elytron typically with three pale maculae, rarely two (if apical macula absent)........................................................................... N. patricius (Klug)</p><p>* The abovementioned undescribed species also keys out here (separated from N. rauciceps by shorter and more uniformly distributed setae of the elytral apical slope).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2864C778A219FFC0FF01FB5CFDCC3A96	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Bartlett, Justin S.	Bartlett, Justin S. (2026): Australian Opilonini (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Clerinae) part III: taxonomy of Neoscrobiger Blackburn, Olesterus Spinola, Scrobiger Spinola and Trogodendron Spinola, resurrection of Dyslophocera Schenkling rev. stat., with descriptions of Allotrogodendron gen. nov., Parascrobiger gen. nov., and two new species. Zootaxa 5853 (1): 27-46, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5853.1.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5853.1.2
2864C778A218FFCEFF01FF04FEDD3EE6.text	2864C778A218FFCEFF01FF04FEDD3EE6.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Neoscrobiger kaputarensis Bartlett 2026	<div><p>Neoscrobiger kaputarensis sp. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 55DA14CE-86A6-493E-9A24-2005519E3647</p><p>(Figs 21–28)</p><p>HOLOTYPE: ♂. New South Wales. Dawsons Spring, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=150.1&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-30.17" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 150.1/lat -30.17)">Mt Kaputar Nat. Pk. NSW</a>. 150.10E 30.17S 1420m. 30 Nov.–10 Dec. 1987. G.R. Brown // NSW Agriculture ASCT00148549 (ASCU).</p><p>Diagnosis. Each elytron with a single pale oblique median band; apical slope of elytra vested with a mat of moderately short golden setae that are directed rearward and arcing away from the suture (Fig. 21); pronotum elongate (about 1.28 x longer than wide), with a relatively angulate lateral tubercle below the middle, disc at base umbose; scutellum vested with white setae; elytral punctation relatively large, foveolate/sub-areolate.</p><p>Neoscrobiger kaputarensis sp. nov. differs externally from most other Neoscrobiger species (all except N. stirlingensis comb. nov.) in having only a single median elytral fascia, and from N. stirlingensis by its more elongate elytra (length to width ratio 2.6:1, compared with 2.3), and the angulate post-basal pronotal tubercle (pronotum rounded in N. stirlingensis).</p><p>Description. Habitus: Fig. 21. Total length: 8 mm. Head: Vertex, frons, clypeus, supra-antennal elevations black, genae and gular region dark brown to black, anteclypeus and labrum orange-brown, palpi orange, antennal scape and antennomeres 4–9 dark brown, other antennomeres paler, mandibles dark brown; eyes separated by 2.1 eye widths; vertex and frons surface mostly rugose dispersed with poorly-defined punctures, clypeus partly smooth; terminal palpomeres strongly securiform, orange, ratio of exterior and interior margins of terminal maxillary palpomeres 2:1 (unable to measure labial palpomeres); antennae (Fig. 26) long, reaching back close to base of pronotum; eyes and above mouthparts with long erect or forward-projecting pale setae, vertex and frons with a mixture of shorter straight and arcing whitish setae. Prothorax: Black with a hint of deep metallic purple; pronotum 1.28 times longer than wide, sides sinuate with lateral tubercle at mid-length, antenotum notably wider than basal collar; disc behind antenotum with a pair of large bulging humps that are narrowly separated medially, behind those a smaller uneven central bulge; antenotum and large paired humps rugose, surface posterior of humps smoother; prosternum weakly wrinkled, prosternal process very narrow between coxae, moderately expanded distally; pronotum evenly distributed with long erect setae. Pterothorax: Sterna dark brownish-black, each latero-posterior corner above coxae with a conspicuous tuft of white reclinate setae; elytra 2.6 times longer than wide at base, predominantly black infused with a subtle dark maroon metallic hue, an oblique bone-coloured fascia starting narrowly at the suture about twofifths from base and broadening before meeting epipleuron at elytral half-length; punctate from base to posterior margin of fascia, punctures deeply foveate, intervals very narrow giving striae an almost sub-areolate appearance, first fovea of 8 th stria proximal to fourth fovea of 7 th stria; each elytron with a sub-basal tubercle between second and third stria, humeri smooth; erect setae along intervals and above each fovea, a dense mat of golden setae posterior of fascia, meeting suture to apices, only meeting outer margins near start of apical curve; epipleurae narrowed significantly by mid-length. Legs: Coxae, femora and tibiae orange, tarsi blackish-brown; tibiae without longitudinal carinae; tarsomeres two, three and four of pro- and mesotarsi and tarsomeres three and four of metatarsi, all similar in form (narrow at base, wider apically), second metatarsomere longer and more slender; ventral pad of second metatarsomeres present but small. Abdomen: Ventrites blackish-brown, smooth, glossy. Male genitalia: Tegmen (Figs 22, 23) narrow, broadest at lateral arcing of tegminal arms, very weakly narrowing before apical inward angle of parameroid lobes; sinuses short, dorsal sinus narrow, less than one-fifth tegminal length; apodeme short, about 15% of tegminal length at point of fusion of the tegminal arms; median lobe (Fig. 24) with apical thread about as long as basal section; spicular fork as in Fig. 25; sixth ventrite as in Fig. 27; pygidium as in Fig. 28.</p><p>Etymology. The specific epithet kaputarensis refers to the type locality, Mount Kaputar National Park, west of Narrabri in New South Wales.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2864C778A218FFCEFF01FF04FEDD3EE6	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Bartlett, Justin S.	Bartlett, Justin S. (2026): Australian Opilonini (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Clerinae) part III: taxonomy of Neoscrobiger Blackburn, Olesterus Spinola, Scrobiger Spinola and Trogodendron Spinola, resurrection of Dyslophocera Schenkling rev. stat., with descriptions of Allotrogodendron gen. nov., Parascrobiger gen. nov., and two new species. Zootaxa 5853 (1): 27-46, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5853.1.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5853.1.2
2864C778A217FFCFFF01FA08FB713CB6.text	2864C778A217FFCFFF01FA08FB713CB6.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Neoscrobiger stirlingensis (Gerstmeier 1990) Bartlett 2026	<div><p>Neoscrobiger stirlingensis (Gerstmeier) comb. nov.</p><p>(Figs 36–40)</p><p>Olesterus stirlingensis Gerstmeier, 1990: 25 .</p><p>Type material examined. HOLOTYPE: W-Australia. 27.11.1987 Stirling Range, Toolbrunup Peak 950–1050 m. leg. Gerstmeier / Baehr (♂, ANIC) . PARATYPES: Same data as holotype (1 ♀, ANIC); same data as holotype (1 ♂, WAM, E 114134) .</p><p>Diagnosis. Neoscrobiger stirlingensis is differentiated from all other Neoscrobiger species by the following characters in combination: Each elytron with a single pale macula (an angulate fasciate band at the mid-length); apical slope of elytra with a pre-apical patch of dense golden setae that are surrounded laterally and posteriorly by less dense silver setae; elytra about 2.3 times longer than wide (more elongate in all other species); pronotum broadly rounded laterally (not angulate). Length, 6.5–8.5 mm. Eyes separated by about 2.6 eye widths; pronotum about 1.15 x longer than wide.</p><p>Remarks. Originally described in the genus Olesterus by Gerstmeier whose illustration of the distal half of the aedeagus shows an apically filamentous median lobe (Gerstmeier 1990: fig. 34). Photographs of the dissected aedeagus, spicular fork and pygidium of a male Olesterus stirlingensis paratype (Figs. 37–39, courtesy R. Gerstmeier), and firsthand examination of the holotype and two paratypes (listed above), confirmed congenericity with Neoscrobiger patricius and other members of the genus.</p><p>Distribution. Known only from Stirling Range and Lake Muir in southern WA.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2864C778A217FFCFFF01FA08FB713CB6	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Bartlett, Justin S.	Bartlett, Justin S. (2026): Australian Opilonini (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Clerinae) part III: taxonomy of Neoscrobiger Blackburn, Olesterus Spinola, Scrobiger Spinola and Trogodendron Spinola, resurrection of Dyslophocera Schenkling rev. stat., with descriptions of Allotrogodendron gen. nov., Parascrobiger gen. nov., and two new species. Zootaxa 5853 (1): 27-46, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5853.1.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5853.1.2
2864C778A216FFCCFF01FBDBFE153AE6.text	2864C778A216FFCCFF01FBDBFE153AE6.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Olesterus Spinola 1841	<div><p>Olesterus Spinola</p><p>(Figs 41–56)</p><p>Olesterus Spinola, 1841: 74 .</p><p>Type species. Olesterus australis Spinola, 1845, by subsequent monotypy (see Spinola 1845: 229). Gender. Masculine.</p><p>Revised differential diagnosis. Head. Antennae brown or black (not bright yellow), flagellomeres narrowly filiform (terminal segments less obviously sexually dimorphic than Dyslophocera); eyes separated by 1.8–2.3 eye widths, ocular hind margin straight (not obviously concave as in Trogodendron); terminal maxillary and labial palpomeres strongly securiform. Thorax. Pronotum globose, basal prothoracic collar notably narrow, less than 3/4 pronotal width; elytral base with conspicuous raised hump ( Olesterus australis Spinola and related species, as in Fig. 43) or relatively flat (e.g., O. tuberculosus Gestmeier), basal setal cluster, if present, not notably dense or penicillate (as it is in Trogodendron and Parascrobiger gen. nov.). Abdomen (males). Distal margin of fifth abdominal ventrite with large medial emargination (as in O. australis and related species, see Fig. 45), or plain (as in O. tuberculosus); tegmen (Fig. 46) broadest at tegminal arms, arms not looped below point of fusion to phallobasic apodeme, dorsal sinus narrow; median lobe (Fig. 47) with nodulate apical process; spicular fork (Fig. 48) Y-shaped, point of bifurcation closer to distal end than to base; pygidial arms broadly lobate (Fig. 44).</p><p>Straight ocular hind margin, Y-shaped spicular fork, broad pygidial arms and narrow tegminal dorsal sinus separates Olesterus (and Dyslophocera) from Trogodendron . Antennal colour and form (black to reddish brown vs. bright yellow, flagellum slender-filiform vs. thickened) and eye separation (1.8–2.3 vs. 1.3–1.7 eye widths) separates Olesterus from Dyslophocera .</p><p>Remarks. Gerstmeier (1990) included within Olesterus seven species including four newly described. Olesterus rufiventris was transferred to Monilonotum by Bartlett &amp; Lambkin (2022) and Olesterus stirlingensis Gerstmeier is transferred in this paper (see above) to Neoscrobiger . Attempts to locate the type specimen of Olesterus micans Pic in Paris (MNHN) and other European Museums, by German cleridologist Roland Gerstmeier, and by the author, were unsuccessful. The revised diagnosis facilitates the transfer of Olesterus rufipes (Elston) comb. nov. (Fig. 49) from Trogodendron .</p><p>The genus Olesterus presently contains six described, and several undescribed, species. Preliminary study by the author revealed three putative species-groups. An ‘ australis -group’, containing O. australis (Figs 41–48), O. rufipes comb. nov. (Fig. 49) and at least three undescribed species (Figs 50–52), have a strongly protuberant hump at the base of each elytron (e.g., Fig. 43), a broadly excavated posterior margin of the fifth ventrite in males (e.g., Fig. 45) and the elytral fascia oblique. The species of a putative ‘ tuberculosus -group’, containing O. tuberculosus (Fig. 54), and at least two undescribed species (Figs 55, 56), have non-protuberant elytral bases, a straight elytral fascia, and males with non-emarginate fifth ventrites. The last group, containing O. gracilis (Fig. 53) and O. ornatus, are characteristically less robust, and smaller in size (between 7 and 8 mm) than their congeners (8 to 15.5 mm). Description of several new species, variably differing from the described species (e.g., Figs 50–52, 55, 56), was not undertaken here for the same reasons given above for Dyslophocera .</p><p>Included species. Olesterus australis Spinola, 1845; Olesterus gracilis Gorham, 1876; Olesterus micans Pic, 1941; Olesterus ornatus Gerstmeier, 1990; Olesterus rufipes (Elston, 1921) comb. nov.; Olesterus tuberculosus Gerstmeier, 1990 . Several undescribed species are known to the author.</p><p>Distribution. The author is aware of specimens of Olesterus from NSW, Qld (south of Kuranda), SA, Vic, WA (southwest).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2864C778A216FFCCFF01FBDBFE153AE6	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Bartlett, Justin S.	Bartlett, Justin S. (2026): Australian Opilonini (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Clerinae) part III: taxonomy of Neoscrobiger Blackburn, Olesterus Spinola, Scrobiger Spinola and Trogodendron Spinola, resurrection of Dyslophocera Schenkling rev. stat., with descriptions of Allotrogodendron gen. nov., Parascrobiger gen. nov., and two new species. Zootaxa 5853 (1): 27-46, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5853.1.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5853.1.2
2864C778A214FFCBFF01F92CFB3E3816.text	2864C778A214FFCBFF01F92CFB3E3816.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Parascrobiger Bartlett 2026	<div><p>Parascrobiger Bartlett gen. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: C419B232-E36F-40C1-A95F-D527D6F2F4F6</p><p>(Figs 57–65)</p><p>Type species. Trogodendron monstrosum Gorham, 1876, by present designation.</p><p>Gender. Masculine.</p><p>Diagnosis. Eyes separated by 0.97–1.1 eye widths, rear margin of eye very weakly concave; all terminal palpomeres securiform; antennae yellow, flagellomeres (Figs 57, 58) thickened, male terminal antennal segment highly modified, bifid, lengthened (Fig. 58); prothoracic length to width ratio range 1.06–1.2:1, dorsal surface of pronotal antenotum minimally differentiated from pronotal disc; elytra slightly truncate apically (Fig. 60), elytral length to width ratio range 2.18–2.46:1; hindwing with CuA 1 cross vein absent; tibial spur formula 1-2-1.</p><p>Description. Body length 11.4–14 mm (males), 15.5–19 mm (females). Head: Eyes emarginate, finely facetted, rear margin very weakly concave, separated by 0.97–1.1 eye widths; all terminal palpomeres securiform, external face of terminal labial palpomere approximately 2.5 (females) to 2.9 (males) times longer than inner face, external face of terminal maxillary palpomere approximately 1.8 (females) to 2.3 (males) times longer than inner face; antennae bright yellow, 11-segmented, long (reaching beyond middle of pronotum when laid backwards), flagellomeres thickened, A3–8 progressively thicker towards A9, females with A9 &amp; A10 slightly larger than A8, with A11 about twice as long as A10, males with A9 &amp; A10 compacted and A11 highly modified, bifurcate with each extension about as long as all preceding segments combined. Thorax: Prothorax slightly elongate, length to width ratio range 1.06–1.16:1 (females), 1.15–1.2:1 (males), dorsal (median) surface of pronotal antenotum minimally differentiated from pronotal disc (lateral differentiation more distinct), prosternal process distally expanded, procoxal cavities posteriorly open, opening slightly narrower than width of prosternal expansion; elytral length to width ratio range 2.32–2.46:1 (males), 2.18–2.37:1 (females), apices weakly truncate (Fig. 60), elytral disc with ten rows of deep subaereolate-foveolate punctation in basal half, base with dense penicillate setal tuft (Fig. 59); hindwing with CuA 3+4 cross vein present, CuA 1 cross vein absent, MP 3+4 not extending basad beyond where CuA 1 cross vein would otherwise meet MP 3+4; tibiae with longitudinal carinae, tibial spur formula 1-2-1, ventral tarsal pad formula 3-3-3, pretarsal claws simple. Male Genitalia: Tegmen (Figs 61, 62) with tegminal arms bowing below point of fusion with phallobasic apodeme; median lobe (Fig. 63) with a short filamentous, thread-like, apical process; spicular fork (Fig. 64) Y-shaped, starting to divide near middle; pygidial arms slender though thinly sclerotised vestige of broader arm flanking the slenderer and more heavily sclerotised part of the arm (Fig. 65).</p><p>Etymology. The generic epithet Parascrobiger (from Greek, pará, meaning near, with reference to the genus Scrobiger) was selected to reflect a sister group relationship, putatively proposed here, between Parascrobiger monstrosus (Gorham) comb. nov. and the species of Scrobiger .</p><p>Remarks. Dissections revealed that, unlike species of Trogodendron, Dyslophocera and Olesterus, the median lobe of Trogodendron monstrosum Gorham is apically furnished with a thread-like filamentous process (Fig. 63) as observed in all species of Scrobiger (Figs 71, 79) and Neoscrobiger (e.g., Figs 24, 33, 39). Unlike Neoscrobiger, the tegmina of Scrobiger spp. and T. monstrosum have the tegminal arms bowed before fusion to the phallobasic apodeme, with the arc of the bow extending lower than the point of attachment (see Figs 61, 62, 69, 70, 77, 78). To the author’s knowledge, among the world’s Clerinae, such a condition is documented only for five Australian species ( Scrobiger and Parascrobiger gen. nov.) and one South American species, Priocera stictica Gorham (see Opitz 2021, fig. 72).</p><p>The loss of one mesotibial spur, demonstrated as derived by Solervicens (2007), is synapomorphic for Scrobiger in relation to Parascrobiger gen. nov., while the loss of hindwing cross vein CuA 1 (see remark by Bartlett 2021: 742) and highly modified antennae of males are synapomorphic for Parascrobiger gen. nov. in relation to Scrobiger .</p><p>Distribution. The author is aware of specimens of Parascrobiger monstrosus from Queensland, between Georgetown to the north and Blackbutt Range, near Taromeo, to the south.</p><p>Included species. Parascrobiger monstrosus (Gorham, 1876) comb. nov. .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2864C778A214FFCBFF01F92CFB3E3816	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Bartlett, Justin S.	Bartlett, Justin S. (2026): Australian Opilonini (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Clerinae) part III: taxonomy of Neoscrobiger Blackburn, Olesterus Spinola, Scrobiger Spinola and Trogodendron Spinola, resurrection of Dyslophocera Schenkling rev. stat., with descriptions of Allotrogodendron gen. nov., Parascrobiger gen. nov., and two new species. Zootaxa 5853 (1): 27-46, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5853.1.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5853.1.2
2864C778A212FFC8FF01FB39FC363B1D.text	2864C778A212FFC8FF01FB39FC363B1D.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Scrobiger Spinola 1841	<div><p>Scrobiger Spinola</p><p>(Figs 66–80)</p><p>Scrobiger Spinola, 1841: 74 .</p><p>Type species. Clerus splendidus Newman 1840, by subsequent monotypy (see Spinola 1845: 232). Gender. Masculine.</p><p>Revised diagnosis. Body length range: 7.9–16 mm; eye separation 0.84–2.5 eye widths; antennae 11-segmented, long, capitate, flagellomeres graduating from filiform to somewhat thickened towards the club, terminal three (club) segments notably large, compact; palpi notably small in relation to head size, terminal labial palpomeres securiform, ratio of outer to inner margins ranging from 1.5:1 to 2:1, terminal maxillary palpomeres sub-securiform, ratio of outer to inner margins ranging from 0.75:1 to 1.1:1; pronotal length to width ratio range 0.85–1.16:1, pronotal antenotum clearly differentiated from pronotal disc; tibiae longitudinally carinate, tibial spur formula 1-1-1; elytral length to width ratio range 2.0–2.71, elytral sculpturing (see Figs 66, 68, 74, 75) ranging from areolate-foveolate with impressions mostly linear and uniform in shape (e.g. Scrobiger albocinctus Pascoe) to heavily areolate-rugose with some impressions enlarged and irregularly shaped (e.g., S. splendidus (Newman)), elytral apices truncated (Figs 68, 74); metathoracic wing as in Fig. 67, with both cross veins complete; tegmen (Figs 69, 70, 77, 78) with tegminal arms looping below point of fusion with phallobasic apodeme; median lobe with apical thread-like process (Figs 71, 79); male spicular fork Y-shaped, dividing at the apical one-third (Figs 72, 80); male pygidium (Figs 73, 76) elongate, pygidial arms moderately lobate.</p><p>Remarks. Scrobiger albosignatus Pic syn. n. is here proposed as a junior subjective synonym of Scrobiger albocinctus based on first-hand examination of type specimens of both species (in NHML and MNHN respectively). Bartlett (2009) reported on presumed apivory by Scrobiger splendidus on native bees of the genus Hylaeus Fabricius ( Hymenoptera: Colletidae) in southeast Queensland. Variation among specimens diagnosable as Scrobiger splendidus, with a collective distribution spanning the entire range of the genus, requires investigation.</p><p>Distribution. The author is aware of specimens of Scrobiger from ACT, NSW, Qld (south of Kuranda), SA, Vic, WA (southwest).</p><p>Included species. Scrobiger aberratus sp. nov.; Scrobiger albocinctus (Pascoe, 1860); Scrobiger idoneus (Newman, 1842); Scrobiger splendidus Newman 1840 .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2864C778A212FFC8FF01FB39FC363B1D	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Bartlett, Justin S.	Bartlett, Justin S. (2026): Australian Opilonini (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Clerinae) part III: taxonomy of Neoscrobiger Blackburn, Olesterus Spinola, Scrobiger Spinola and Trogodendron Spinola, resurrection of Dyslophocera Schenkling rev. stat., with descriptions of Allotrogodendron gen. nov., Parascrobiger gen. nov., and two new species. Zootaxa 5853 (1): 27-46, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5853.1.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5853.1.2
2864C778A210FFC9FF01FF04FAA83DF0.text	2864C778A210FFC9FF01FF04FAA83DF0.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Scrobiger Spinola 1841	<div><p>Key to species of Scrobiger</p><p>1 Eyes broadly separated (by 2–2.5 eye widths); each elytron with a single median pale non-setose band; antennae brown.......................................................................... Scrobiger aberratus sp. nov.</p><p>- Eyes closer together (separated by 0.84–1.3 eye widths); each elytron with a pre-median pale non-setose band and a postmedian setose band; antennae yellow.................................................................. 2</p><p>2 Post-median setose band straight............................................ Scrobiger albocinctus (Pascoe)</p><p>- Post-median setose band curved...................................................................... 3</p><p>3 Convex face of post-median setose band facing elytral base....................... Scrobiger splendidus (Newman)</p><p>- Convex face of post-median setose band facing elytral apices........................ Scrobiger idoneus (Newman)</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2864C778A210FFC9FF01FF04FAA83DF0	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Bartlett, Justin S.	Bartlett, Justin S. (2026): Australian Opilonini (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Clerinae) part III: taxonomy of Neoscrobiger Blackburn, Olesterus Spinola, Scrobiger Spinola and Trogodendron Spinola, resurrection of Dyslophocera Schenkling rev. stat., with descriptions of Allotrogodendron gen. nov., Parascrobiger gen. nov., and two new species. Zootaxa 5853 (1): 27-46, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5853.1.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5853.1.2
2864C778A210FFD6FF01FD82FE743C9A.text	2864C778A210FFD6FF01FD82FE743C9A.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Scrobiger aberratus Bartlett 2026	<div><p>Scrobiger aberratus Bartlett sp. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: E314C1DD-7DF8-4F3A-9C7D-D548391AED4E</p><p>(Figs 74–80)</p><p>HOLOTYPE: ♂. Western Australia: Nov. Holl. Occid. // De Boulay // 38018 // [determination label with a Westwood species name illegible due to being crossed out] // Fry Coll. 1905-100 (NHML) . PARATYPES: Western Australia: W. Australia, 69. 64. (1, BMNH); Cunderdin, W.A., H.W. Brown // F.E. Wilson Collection // COL-67625 (1, NMV) .</p><p>Differential diagnosis. Scrobiger aberratus sp. nov. differs mainly from its congeners by its more widely separated eyes (2.0–2.5 eye widths compared to 0.84–1.26 eye widths), slightly transverse pronotum (length to width ratio of 0.85–0.96:1 compared to 1.02–1.16:1), less elongate elytra (length to width ratio 2.0–2.16:1 compared to 2.5–2.7:1), single transverse elytra macula (other species with two maculae per elytron) and the duller colour of its antennae.</p><p>Description. Habitus: Fig. 75. Total length: 11.5 mm (male); 14.9 mm (presumed female). Head: Vertex, frons and upper part of clypeus metallic purple (males) or black with vague metallic hue (presumed female), lower part of clypeus, labrum and mandibles black, genae and gular region blackish-brown with hint of metallic sheen, anteclypeus, maxillary palps and antennal flagellum orange, labial palps dark brown, three antennal club segments fuscous; eyes separated by 2.0–2.5 eye widths; vertex and frons rugulose with small seta-associated punctures, frons deeply, and unevenly, impressed in middle, supra-antennal elevations raised high by contrast to sunken frontal disc, genae strigate; labrum deeply emarginate; face, mouthparts and eye circumference with long whitish erect setae. Prothorax: Pronotal disc colour variable between specimens, from vibrantly (male paratype) to more subtly metallic purple (holotype), to black with hues of metallic green (presumed female paratype); prosternum with metallic purple hues; pronotum transverse, 0.85–0.96 times longer than wide; disc uneven, sides bulging, centre sunken, base with a smooth, central, bulbous tubercle, dorsum except tubercle sub-rugulose, antenotum less so; dorsum with sparse whitish erect setae, venter shaggy. Pterothorax: Ventrites blackish-brown with metallic blue-green hues (holotype less metallic than male paratype), shaggy with pale setae. Elytra dark brown (males) to blackish (presumed female), bullet shaped, apices truncate (Fig. 74); length to width ratio 2.0–2.16:1; each elytron with a straight white to yellowish fascia, about 2–3 punctures in thickness, spanning entire elytral width from suture to lateral margin (Fig. 75); disc with large, irregularly-shaped, deeply foveolate, punctation becoming areolate (due to thinness of interstrial spaces) or scrobiculate in parts, variable in degree of linear arrangement between individual specimens; each elytron with a shallow post-basal hump at puncture rows 2–3, giving the space posterior to the scutellum a sunken appearance; interstices with fine, pale, erect setae. Legs: Relatively compact; femora brown, variously blended with metallic purple, tibiae brown with a hint of metallic sheen, tarsomeres brown basally, darker apically; femora robust, profemora thickest; tibiae longitudinally carinate; pretarsal claws not fixed in splayed position, apparently movable (specimens with majority of claws folded together). Abdomen: Dark brown, basal ventrites with a metallic blue sheen; setose. Male genitalia: Tegmen (Figs 77, 78) narrow, parameroid lobe apices slender, digitiform, dorsal sinus narrow, slightly less than one-third tegmen length, ventral sinus about two-thirds as long as dorsal sinus, tegminal arms only minimally looped below point of fusion to phallobasic apodeme (compare with S. splendidus Figs 69, 70), apodeme approximately one-third tegmen length, sclerotisation of phallobase weak, strongly sclerotised only at extreme base of apodeme; median lobe (Fig. 79) with apical thread-like process; spicular fork as in Fig. 80; pygidium elongate with arms splayed (Fig. 76).</p><p>Etymology. The specific epithet aberratus (Latin, meaning ‘to go astray’) refers to the divergent superficial appearance of this species in relation to the relative homogeneity of the previously described Scrobiger species.</p><p>Remarks. The integument of the larger specimen from Cunderdin, presumed to be a female, has less of a metallic sheen.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2864C778A210FFD6FF01FD82FE743C9A	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Bartlett, Justin S.	Bartlett, Justin S. (2026): Australian Opilonini (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Clerinae) part III: taxonomy of Neoscrobiger Blackburn, Olesterus Spinola, Scrobiger Spinola and Trogodendron Spinola, resurrection of Dyslophocera Schenkling rev. stat., with descriptions of Allotrogodendron gen. nov., Parascrobiger gen. nov., and two new species. Zootaxa 5853 (1): 27-46, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5853.1.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5853.1.2
2864C778A20FFFD7FF01FEB5FDAF3816.text	2864C778A20FFFD7FF01FEB5FDAF3816.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Trogodendron Spinola 1841	<div><p>Trogodendron Spinola</p><p>(Figs 81–88)</p><p>Trogodendron Spinola, 1841: 73 .</p><p>Type species: Clerus fasciculatus Schreibers, 1802, by subsequent monotypy (see Spinola 1845: 212). Gender: Masculine.</p><p>Xanthocerus Newman, 1842: 363 . Type species: Clerus fasciculatus Schreibers, 1802, by subsequent designation of Corporaal (1950: 202). Gender: Masculine. Note: Described as a subgenus of Clerus Fabricius, 1775 .</p><p>Diagnosis. Trogodendron sensu stricto (i.e., Trogodendron fasciculatum (Schreibers) and species with close resemblance) differs morphologically from former Trogodendron species transferred above to Allotrogodendron gen. nov. as follows: elytra short and broad (length to width ratio range 1.95–2.19:1), elytral post-basal umbo more prominent; scutellum elevated, projecting above elytral surface, scutellar plate anteriorly-directed; meso- and metasternal processes between mesocoxal cavities ventrally projecting; all tibiae with complete longitudinal carinae; males with setal sex patches on abdominal segments four and five; tegmen with ventral sinus less than half as long as dorsal sinus.</p><p>The concave ocular hind margin, V-shaped spicular fork, slender pygidial arms and broadly open tegminal dorsal sinus separates Trogodendron from Olesterus and Dyslophocera . Tibial spur formula 1-2-2, rounded (non-truncate) elytral apices and males without grossly enlarged terminal antennomeres separates Trogodendron from Parascrobiger gen. nov. Distance between eyes (1.5 eye widths or less) separates Trogodendron from Allotrogodendron gen. nov. and Dyslophocera . The eye facets are notably finer in Trogodendron compared to those of Allotrogodendron gen. nov., Olesterus and Dyslophocera .</p><p>Revised description. Body length range 11–24 mm; eyes separated by 1.3–1.45 eye widths, facets extremely fine, ocular hind margin concave (Fig. 82); antennae yellow to orange, 11-segmented, long, flagellum robust, no segments slender filiform, gradually thickening distad, terminal three segments not particularly club-like (Fig. 81); terminal labial palpomeres strongly securiform, ratio of outer to inner margins ranging from 2.4:1 to 3.2:1; terminal maxillary palpomeres sub-securiform, ratio of outer to inner margins ranging from 1.2:1 to 1.8:1; pronotal length to width ratio range 1.0–1.15:1; procoxal cavities open posteriorly, about three-quarters closed by postcoxal hypomeral processes and large distal expansion of prosternal process; elytra short and broad, length to width ratio range 1.95– 2.2:1, elytra (see Figs 81, 83) with basal half areolate-foveolate (up to median fascia), apical half impunctate, extreme apices wrinkled, margins rounded (not truncated as in Scrobiger and Parascrobiger), post-basal umbo prominent, vested with dense penicillate tuft of black setae (Fig. 83); scutellum elevated, projecting above elytral surface, scutellar plate anteriorly-directed; mesosternum with a single central bulbous projection between anterior part of mesocoxal cavites; metasternum with pair of small well separated node-like projections at the posterior rim of the mesocoxal cavities; tibial longitudinal carinae spanning entire tibial length, tibial spur formula 1-2-2; males with setal sex patches on abdominal segments four and five; tegmen (Figs 85, 86) with tegminal arms not looping below point of fusion with phallobasic apodeme, ventral sinus less than half as long as dorsal sinus; median lobe apically nodulate (Figs 87); male spicular fork (Fig. 88) V-shaped, dividing near base; male pygidium (Fig. 84) approximately quadrate, pygidial arms slender.</p><p>Remarks. Variation observed in external and internal morphology (based on dissection of males) across the distributional range of specimens presently diagnosable as Trogodendron fasciculatum requires further investigation.</p><p>Distribution. The author is aware of Trogodendron specimens from ACT, NSW, Qld (as far north as Cooktown), SA, Vic, WA (southern, to northern Perth region).</p><p>Included species. Trogodendron now contains only T. fasciculatum . Specimens from Kangaroo Island should be examined to determine the status of the available name Clerus honestus Newman, synonymised with T. fasciculatum by Lacordaire (1857). Differences observed in tegminal form, and in the shape of the pronotum, antennomeres and elytral fascia in specimens from different regions, suggest the possibility that further species, superficially resembling T. fasciculatum, await description.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2864C778A20FFFD7FF01FEB5FDAF3816	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Bartlett, Justin S.	Bartlett, Justin S. (2026): Australian Opilonini (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Clerinae) part III: taxonomy of Neoscrobiger Blackburn, Olesterus Spinola, Scrobiger Spinola and Trogodendron Spinola, resurrection of Dyslophocera Schenkling rev. stat., with descriptions of Allotrogodendron gen. nov., Parascrobiger gen. nov., and two new species. Zootaxa 5853 (1): 27-46, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5853.1.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5853.1.2
