Pseudataenius, Brown, 1927

Stebnicka, Z. Teresa & Skelley, Paul E., 2009, Taxonomic redefinition of the genera Parataenius Balthasar and Pseudataenius Brown, with descriptions of three new species (Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae: Eupariini), Insecta Mundi 2009 (66), pp. 1-18 : 10

Key to the species of Pseudataenius

1. Clypeal median emargination narrow, deep, genae obtuse, slightly prominent ( Fig. 18, 20 ); posterior angles of pronotum emarginate ( Fig. 21-22 ); protibia in both sexes with 3 lateral teeth. Male terminal spur of protibia long, incurved downwards ( Fig. 19 ). Female clypeal surface with fine, close rugulae ( Fig. 22 ). Brazil, Bolivia....................................... P. gracilitarsis (Petrovitz)

— Clypeal median emargination wide, shallow, genae right angled, protruding ( Fig. 24, 26 , 29, 31 ); posterior angles of pronotum contiguously rounded ( Fig. 27-28 , 32-33 ); protibia in male with 1 or 2 lateral teeth ( Fig. 25 , 30 ). Male terminal spur of protibia variously shaped. Female clypeal surface punctate or with transverse rugulae. United States.................................................. 2

Figures

Figure 18-23. Pseudataenius gracilitarsis. 18) Male, dorsal habitus. 19) Male, protibia. 20) Female, dorsal habitus. 21) Male, anterolateral view, head and pronotum. 22) Female, anterolateral view, head and pronotum. 23) Male, lateral habitus.

Figure 24-28. Pseudataenius contortus. 24) Male, dorsal habitus. 25) Male, protibia. 26) Female, dorsal habitus. 27) Male, anterolateral view, head and pronotum. 28) Female, anterolateral view, head and pronotum.

Figure 29-33. Pseudataenius socialis. 29) Male, dorsal habitus. 30) Male, protibia. 31) Female, dorsal habitus. 32) Male, anterolateral view, head and pronotum. 33) Female, anterolateral view, head and pronotum.