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Neotrichonotulus Dellacasa M, Gordon and G. Dellacasa 2004
Neotrichonotulus Dellacasa M, Gordon and G. Dellacasa 2004: 1-2.
(Gordon and Howden)
Photo by P. Skelley.
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Type species. Aphodius inurbanus Gordon and Howden 1973: 442, by original designation.
Diagnosis. Body length 3.2-5.0 mm, elongate, dark brown to black; head, pronotum and elytra densely punctured, dulled, often covered with setae. Head smooth. Clypeus lacking teeth. Pronotum with anterior angles not explanate; base with marginal line weak or absent. Elytral humerus dentate; intervals flat. Metatarsomeres distinctly longer than wide.
Distribution. Mexico and southwestern US.
Composition. Neotrichonotulus contains 3 species.
Neotrichonotulus inurbanus (Gordon and Howden 1973: 442) [Aphodius], Mexico, AZ-USA.
Neotrichonotulus perotensis (Deloya and Lobo 1995: 50) [Aphodius], Mexico.
Neotrichonotulus urangai (Islas 1955: 225) [Aphodius], Mexico.
Life History. Members of Neotrichonotulus inhabit pocket gopher burrows, having been collected in dung chambers or burrows on several occasions.
Larvae. Unknown.
References:
Dellacasa, M., R. D. Gordon and G. Dellacasa. 2004. Neotrichonotulus, a new genus for three Mexican Aphodiini (Scarabaeoidea, Aphdodiidae). Acta Zoologica Mexicana (n.s.) 20(2): 1-7.
Gordon, R. D., and P. E. Skelley. 2007. A monograph of the Aphodiini inhabiting the United States and Canada (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 79: 580 pp.
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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 |