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Selviria Stebnicka 1999
Selviria Stebnicka 1999: 287.
Photo by P. Skelley.
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Type species. Selviria matogrossoensis Stebnicka 1999a: 288, by original designation.
Diagnosis. Body length 4.8-5.0 mm, elongate, parallel-sided, reddish, glossy. Head broad. Pronotal surface weakly punctured, laterally explanate; lateral margin with dense fringe of scale-like setae. Elytra with lateral margin shelf-like. Meso- and metatibia slender.
Distribution. Brazil.
Composition. Selviria contains 2 species.
Selviria anneae Stebnicka 2005: 23-25, Brazil.
Selviria matogrossoensis Stebnicka 1999: 288, Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul), Bolivia.
Life History. Known specimens probably collected at light. Selviria matogrossoensis has been reported from the nest of a fire ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren (Stebnicka 2007).
Larvae. Unknown.
References:
Stebnicka, Z. T. 1999. Neotropical Eupariini: New and little known genera and species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 106: 285‑300.
Stebnicka, Z. T. 2007. New species of Iarupea Martínez and morphological specializations among related taxa associated with ants and termites (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Eupariini). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 114(3): 573-590.
Stebnicka, Z. T. 2005. A second species of Selviria Stebnicka from Brazil (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Eupariini). Coleopterists Bulletin 59(1): 23-25.
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| Author: Paul Skelley Generated on: 09/JAN/08.....Last modified: 09/JAN/08 University of Nebraska State Museum - Division of Entomology |