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Ferrerianus M. Dellacasa, G. Dellacasa and Gordon 2007
Ferrerianus M. Dellacasa, G. Dellacasa and Gordon 2007: 1-3.

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Scarabaeoidea
Scarabaeidae
Aphodiinae
Aphodiini
 

 

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Type species. Aphodius biimpressus Schmidt 1909, by original designation.

 
 
Diagnosis. Body length 2.5-3.0 mm, elongate, dark brownish-red. Head smooth, lacking tubercles. Pronotum distinctly depressed before hind angles, base thickly margined. Protibial dorsal surface impunctate; male protibial spur absent. Metatibial apical spinules alternately unequal.
 
 
 
 
Distribution. Paraguay.
 
Composition. Ferrerianus contains a single species.
Ferrerianus biimpressus Schmidt 1909: 177 [Aphodius], Paraguay.
 
 
Life History. Unknown.
 
Larvae. Unknown.
 
References:
Dellacasa, M., G. Dellacasa, and R. D. Gordon. 2007. Ferrerianus, new genus for Aphodius biimpressus Schmidt A., 1909 (Scarabaeoidea: Aphodiidae). Insecta Mundi 0011: 1-4.
 
 
 
   
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