Gonaphodioides sincerus ( Petrovitz, 1973 ) Dellacasa & Dellacasa & Gordon, 2012

Dellacasa, Marco, Dellacasa, Giovanni & Gordon, Robert D., 2012, Systematic revision of Gonaphodiellus taxa, with description of two new genera and fourteen new species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae), Insecta Mundi 2012 (230), pp. 1-41 : 20-21

Gonaphodioides sincerus ( Petrovitz, 1973) new combination

( Fig. 94-98 )

Aphodius (Gonaphodiellus) sincerus Petrovitz, 1973: 142 ; Dellacasa 1988: 240.

Gonaphodiellus (s. l.) sincerus ; Skelley et al. 2007: 4.

Type locality: Cuyabá, Mato Grosso, Brasilien [ Brazil].

Type repository. Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland (type examined).

Redescription. Length 3.5-4.0 mm; oblong, convex, moderately shiny, glabrous. Reddish-testaceous; basal margin of pronotum and elytral suture brown-reddish; legs yellowish; antennal club pale yellow. Head with epistome shiny, slightly gibbous on disc, finely rather sparsely somewhat irregularly punctured; clypeus angulately sinuate at middle, subangulate at sides, very finely bordered, edge slightly upturned, glabrous; genae obtusely round, very shortly ciliate, not protruding from the eyes; frontal suture distinctly impressed; front coarsely, rather densely, regularly punctured. Pronotum transverse, moderately convex, shiny, rather irregularly punctured; punctation sparser and more superficial on disc, denser and more coarse on sides; intermingled with the large punctures there are many extremely minute and nearly imperceptible punctures; lateral margin feebly arcuate, finely bordered, edge glabrous; hind angles widely truncate; truncature inwardly sinuate; base distinctly bisinuate. Scutellum elongate superficially microreticulate, almost impunctate. Elytra oval-elongate, moderately convex; epipleural carina distinct at shoulder; striae fine and rather superficial on disc, wide and deeper toward apex, superficially punctured, almost not crenulate; interstriae feebly convex, on disc superficially microreticulate on each side near striae, more strongly microreticulate and almost dull on preapical declivity, sparsely and very finely punctured. Hind tibiae upper spur one third shorter than first tarsal segment; first tarsal segment somewhat shorter than following four segments combined. Male: head and pronotum relatively more wide, and less coarsely punctured; aedeagus Fig. 97-98 . Female: head and pronotum relatively narrower, more convex and more coarsely punctured.

Material examined. BOLIVIA: Santa Cruz, Buena Vista vic., Flora & Fauna Hotel, 22-26.X.2000, leg. Morris & Wappes (6 exx., DCGI, MCGA) ; Santa Cruz, 3.7 Km SSE Buena Vista, Hotel Flora & Fauna, m 430, 23-26.X.2000, leg. Thomas M. C., tropical transition forest (3 exx., FSCA) ; idem, 14- 28.X.2000, leg. Dozier B. K. (1 ex., FSCA) ; Santa Cruz, 5 Km ESE Warnes, Hotel Rio Selva , 20.X.2000, leg. Thomas M. C., black light (3 exx., FSCA) . BRAZIL: Ariquemes, nr. Fazenda Rancho Grande , Rondonia, 03-15.XII.1996, leg. Eger J. E., black light trap (4 exx., DCGI) ; Bahia, Encruzilhada , m 980, XI.1972, leg. Alvarenga M. (1 ex., DCGI) ; Mato Grosso, Cuyaba (1 ex., male, type of Aphodius (Gonaphodiellus) sincerus Petrovitz, 1973 , MHNG) ; Minas Gerais, Viçosa , XI.1996, leg. Vaz de Mello F. (2 exx., DCGI, ISEA) ; Sao Paulo, Sidrolandia, Route Campo Grande-Sao Paulo, Pk 68, leg. Degallier N., piège d’interception (1 ex., BCSC) . PARAGUAY: Dept. Guaira, Calle Forida , VIII.1993 (1 ex., DCGI) .

Distribution. Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay.

Bionomics. Almost unknown. The specimens examined were collected in summer and autumn.

Figures

Figure 89-98. Gonaphodioides ratcliffei, new species (20 mi. S Juchatango, Oaxaca, Mexico). 89) Epipharynx. 90-91) Habitus (length ideogram and morphological details). 92-93) Aedeagus (dorsal and lateral view). Gonaphodioides sincerus (Petrovitz, 1973) (Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil). 94) Epipharynx. 95-96) Habitus (morphological details and length ideogram). 97-98) Aedeagus (dorsal and lateral view).