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Classification ........Brachysternus Guérin-Méneville, 1831




Brachysternus prasinus Guérin-Méneville.
Illustation by Dan Schmidt
Distribution of Brachysternus species.
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Superfamily.....
Family............ Subfamily.......
Tribe..............
Subtribe..........
Scarabaeoidea
Scarabaeidae
Rutelinae
Anoplognathini
Brachysternina
 
Rutelinae Tribes 

Anomalini
Anoplognathini
Geniatini
Rutelini
Spodochlamyiini

 

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Distribution: Chile, Argentina
 

Revision: Jameson, M. L. and A. B. T. Smith. 2002. Revision of the South American genus Brachysternus Guérin-Méneville (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae: Anoplognathini: Brachysternina). Coleopterists Bulletin 56:321-366.

 
 
 
 
Biological Data: Found in Nothofagus forest habitats. Larvae found under rotting Nothofagus logs.
 

Temporal Distribution: November-March

 

Larvae: Unknown.

 

Composition: 7 species.

   
   
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