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        Neodiapterna Dellacasa 1986Neodiapterna Dellacasa 1986: 244.
 
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      Type species. Aphodius erichsoni Harold 1861: 104, by original designation. | 
  
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    |  | 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. | 
  
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    |  | 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.
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    |  | Life History. Unknown. Some specimens have been collected in cow dung. | 
  
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      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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          | Author: Paul Skelley
 Generated on: 01/MAY/08.....Last 
              modified: 01/MAY/08
 University of Nebraska State Museum - Division of Entomology
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