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Rhysothorax Bedel 1911
Rhysothorax Bedel 1911: 93.
Photo by P. Skelley.
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| Aegialiini Key |
Type species. Scarabaeus rufa Fabricius 1792: 39, by monotypy. = Anomalaegialia Brown 1931: 15. Type species: Aegialia spissipes LeConte 1878: 611, by monotypy.
Diagnosis. Body length 3.6-5.5 mm, elongate, robust; reddish brown. Terminal segment of maxillary palpus widened at basal third. Pronotum with basal line indistinct or lacking.
Distribution. Palearctic; boreal North America.
Composition. Worldwide, Rhysothorax contains a single species which also occur in the New World.
Rhysothorax rufus (Fabicius 1792: 39) [Scarabaeus], Europe, northern North America (introduced?)
= Scarabaeus sabuleti var $ Paykull 1798: 27.
= Aegialia spissipes LeConte 1878: 611.
= Aegialia (Rhysothorax) rufina Silfverberg 1977: 91, (see ICZN 1998: 54).
= Monthon arnoldii Medvedev 1951: 546.
= Aegialia spissa LeConte, misspelling in Schmidt 1912: 7.
Life History. Some specimens were recently collected in sandy areas near bodies of water.
Larvae. Unknown.
References:
Gordon, R. D., and O.L. Cartwright. 1988. North American representatives of the tribe Aegialiini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 461: 1-37.
Stebnicka, Z. T. 1977. A revision of the world species of the tribe Aegialiini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae). Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 22(11): 397‑506.
Stebnicka, Z. T., M. Dellacasa, and P. E. Skelley. 2004. Review of the New World Aegialiini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae), with the description of two new genera from South America. Insecta Mundi [2003] 17(1-2): 73-83.
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Author: Paul Skelley Generated on: 28/APR/08.....Last modified: 28/APR/08 University of Nebraska State Museum - Division of Entomology |