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Neodiapterna Dellacasa 1986
Neodiapterna Dellacasa 1986: 244.


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Scarabaeoidea
Scarabaeidae
Aphodiinae
Aphodiini
 

 

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Type species. Aphodius erichsoni Harold 1861: 104, by original designation.

 
 
Diagnosis. Body length 5-9 mm, elongate, robust, black with elytra yellowish to black. Head smooth, lacking tubercles. Head and pronotal punctures widely separated, unevenly distributed. Metatibial apical spinules unequal in length; superior metatibial spur shorter than basal tarsal segment. Male lacking modified protibial spur and basal metatarsal segment of Diapterna.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Distribution. South America.
 
Composition. Neodiapterna contains 2 species.

Neodiapterna erichsoni
(Harold 1861: 104) [Aphodius], Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina.
Neodiapterna tognoni (Dellacasa and Dellacasa 1997: 1) [Aphodius], Bolivia.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Life History. Unknown. Some specimens have been collected in cow dung.
 
 
Larvae. Unknown.
 

References:
Dellacasa, G. 1986. A world-wide revision of Aphodius sharing a large scutellum (Coleoptera Scarabaeidae Aphodiinae). Frustula Entomologica, Nuova Serie 7-8: 173-282.

 
 
 
   
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