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Byrsopolis Burmeister,
1844
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Byrsopolis
quadraticeps
photo by Matthew
R. Moore
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distribution of Byrsopolis species
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Byrsopolis
quadraticeps
photo by Matthew
R. Moore
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Diagnosis: Byrsopolis
is distinguished from the other Rutelinae and Areodina by the
following combination of characters: (1) apex of metatibia with more
than 10 spinules, (2) mandibles entirely rounded, not sickle shape,
(3) antenaa 10-segmented, (4) mesosternum without keel extending
anteriorly beyond mesocoxae, and (5) antenna with club twice as long
as segments 2-7 combined (Jameson 1990).
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Distribution: Guyana
and Brazil (Goyaz, Minas Geraes, Rio de Janeiro, and Sao Paulo) (Ohaus
1934).
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Composition: The
genus Byrsopolis contains six species: B. aenescens Ohaus,
1915; B. castanea Burmeister, 1844; B. crassa Blanchard,
(1850); B. cribicollis Ohaus, 1912; B. laticollis Burmeister,
1855; B. quadraticeps Blanchard, (1850).
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References:
Jameson, Mary Liz. 1990. Revision, phylogeny and biogeography of the
genera Parabyrsopolis Ohaus and Viridimicus, new genus
(Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae). Coleopterists Bulletin 44(4):
377-422.
Ohaus, F. 1934. Coleoptera Lamellicornia. Fam. Scarabaeidae, Subfam.
Rutelinae. Genera Insectorum, Fasc. 199A: 1-172.
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Author: Matthew R. Moore
Generated on: 7/MAY/07.....Last
modified: 7/MAY/07
University of Nebraska State Museum - Division of Entomology
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