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Passaliolla Balthasar 1945
Passaliolla Balthasar 1945: 104.
Photo by P. Skelley.
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Type species. Passaliolla depressa Balthasar 1945: 105, by monotypy (= Saprosites cancellatus Bates 1887: 92).
Diagnosis. Body length 2.8-4.0 mm, elongate, parallel-sided, distinctly flattened, dark reddish-brown, glossy. Head broad. Clypeus granulate, margin lacking teeth. Meso- and metatibia with 3 accessory spines at apex. Abdominal sternites 3-5 flattened, sutures obliterated medially.
Distribution. Mexico to South America.
Composition. Passaliolla contains 5 species.
Passaliolla aspericeps (Harold 1876: 98) [Saprosites], Brazil, Colombia.
= Passaliolla brasiliana Balthasar 1965: 443.
Passaliolla eugastrica (Harold 1869: 101) [Saprosites], Brazil, Argentina.
Passaliolla cancellata (Bates 1887: 92) [Saprosites], Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador.
= Passaliolla depressa Balthasar 1945: 105.
Passaliolla corticalis (Bates 1887: 93) [Saprosites], Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, Suriname.
= Passaliolla imitatrix Balthasar 1965: 444.
Passaliolla cossonoides (Bates 1887: 93) [Saprosites], Mexico to Panama.
Life History. Adults have been collected under bark in the frass and spoils of wood feeding insects.
Larvae. Unknown.
References:
Stebnicka, Z. T. 2000. The genus Passaliolla Balthasar, 1945 in Central and South America (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae: Eupariini). Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 43: 233‑239.
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| Author: Paul Skelley Generated on: 09/JAN/08.....Last modified: 09/JAN/08 University of Nebraska State Museum - Division of Entomology |