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Mysarus Petrovitz 1962
Mysarus Petrovitz 1962: 129.

 

  
Mysarus peruanus Petrovitz
Photo by Paul Skelley.
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Scarabaeoidea
Scarabaeidae
Aphodiinae
Psammodiini
 

 
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Type species. Mysarus peruanus Petrovitz 1962: 129, by original designation.
 
 
Diagnosis. Body length 3.0 mm, elongate, reddish-brown to almost black, dorsal surfaces strongly alutaceous with short setae. Head surface granulate, frontal suture indistinct, eyes present. Clypeus with tooth each side of median emargination. Pronotum with weak transverse depressions indicating 2 grooves. Elytra elongate, base not margined; intervals convex. Metafemur elongate. Metatibia gradually widening to apex. Metatarsi elongate, basal segment moderately widened apically.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Distribution. Peru.
 
Composition. Mysarus contains a single species.

Mysarus peruanus Petrovitz 1962: 129, Peru.
 
 
 
Life History. Unknown.
 
Larvae. Unknown.
 

References:
Petrovitz, R. 1962. Neue und verkannte Aphodiinae aus allen Erd­teilon (Col. Scarab.) III. Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum Georg Frey 13: 101-136.

 
 
 
   
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