Epectinaspis pictipennis Bates photo by Federico Ocampo

Distribution of Epectinaspis species

Distribution: central Mexico to northwestern Venezuela.

Revision or Synopsis: Paucar-Cabrera, A. 2003. Systematics and phylogeny of the genus Epectinaspis Blanchard (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) and description of a new genus of Anomalini from Mexico. Coleopterists Society Monographs 2:1-60.

Composition: 9 species.

Phylogeny

Cladogram based on 37 morphological characters for the genus Epectinaspis, 11 species of Anomalini, and Pelidnota notata (outgroup). (*) Epectinaspis species transferred to the genus Balanogonia. For detail on morphological characters see Paucar-Cabrera, A. 2003. Systematics and phylogeny of the genus Epectinaspis Blanchard (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) and description of a new genus of Anomalini from Mexico. Coleopterists Society Monographs 2:1-60.
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Key to species

Species profiles: (click on species names)

E. ambigens Bates E. bisyrica Paucar-Cabrera E. chalconota Bates E. chelifera Bates E. guatemalensis Ohaus E. mexicana (Burmeister) E. moreletiana (Blanchard) E. opacicollis Bates E. pictipennis Bates