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Neorhyssemus Gordon and Pittino 1992
Neorhyssemus Gordon and Pittino 1992: 270.

 
Neorhyssemus quinquecostatus (Schmidt)
Photo by Paul Skelley.
Classification
Superfamily.....
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Subfamily......
Tribe.............
Scarabaeoidea
Scarabaeidae
Aphodiinae
Psammodiini
 

 

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Type species. Rhyssemus quinquecostatus Schmidt 1911: 15, by original designation.

 
 
Distribution. South America.
 
Composition. Neorhyssemus contains 4 species.

Neorhyssemus beccarii
(Balthasar 1939: 27) [Rhyssemus], British Guiana.
Neorhyssemus intrinsecus (Gordon and Cartwright 1980: 17) [Rhyssemus], Brazil.
Neorhyssemus lineatus (Gordon and Cartwright 1980: 16) [Rhyssemus], Brazil.
Neorhyssemus quinquecostatus (Schmidt 1911: 15) [Rhyssemus], Brazil.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Life History. Adults of some are collected at lights.
 
Larvae. Unknown.
 

References:
Gordon, R. D. , and O. L. Cartwright. 1980. The Western Hemisphere species of Rhyssemus and Trichiorhyssemus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 317: 1-29.
Gordon, R. D., and R. Pittino. 1992. Current status of the American genera and species of Psammodiini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae). Coleopterists Bulletin 46: 260-273.

 
 
 
 
 
 
   
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