.....Guide Home Taxa Map

Keys to Taxa

Catalogs Gallery Search
 
 

Neotrichonotulus Dellacasa M, Gordon and G. Dellacasa 2004
Neotrichonotulus Dellacasa M, Gordon and G. Dellacasa 2004: 1-2.

 
Neotrichonotulus inurbanus
(Gordon and Howden
)
Photo by P. Skelley.
Classification
Superfamily.....
Family........... Subfamily......
Tribe.............
Scarabaeoidea
Scarabaeidae
Aphodiinae
Aphodiini
 

 

Aphodiinae Overview

Aphodiinae Key

Aphodiini Key
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
.... Entomology Home Research UNSM Entomology Database Scarab Workers

Author: Paul Skelley

Generated on: 01/MAY/08.....Last modified: 01/MAY/08
University of Nebraska State Museum - Division of Entomology