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Acanthaphodius Schmidt, 1909
Acanthaphodius Schmidt, 1909: 67.
Acanthaphodius bruchi Schmidt
Photo by Paul Skelley.
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Type species: Acanthaphodius bruchi Schmidt, 1909 by monotypy.
Diagnosis: Size small, length 3–4 mm. Color with distinct light orange and dark brown color pattern. Head lacking tubercles. Apical protibial tooth anteriorly pointing. Metatibia with apical spurs separated by metatarsus. Males have a large, finger-like projection on the back margin of each metafemur.
Remarks: A full description and illustrations of Acanthaphodius and the single included species are present in Dellacasa and Gordon (1997) and Dellacasa et al. (2001).
References:
Dellacasa, G. & Gordon, R.D. (1997) Nearctic and neotropical genus-group taxa of Aphodiini and their type species (Coleoptera: Aphodiidae). Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale “Giacomo Doria”, 91, 355–382.
Dellacasa, M. & Stebnicka, Z.T. (2001) Acanthaphodius bruchi A. Schmidt, 1909, femina nondum cognita (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae). Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 44(4), 431–433.
Excerpt from: Smith, A. B. T. and P. E. Skelley. 2007. A review of the Aphodiinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of southern South America. Zootaxa 1458: 1-80.
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| Authors: Andrew Smith ( Canadian Museum of Nature) and Paul Skelley (Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services). Generated on: 08/JAN/08.....Last modified: 08/JAN/08 University of Nebraska State Museum - Division of Entomology |