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Issue: Vol. 4743 No. 2: 25 Feb. 2020
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2020-02-25
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4743.2.13
Page range: 289–294
Abstract views: 116
PDF downloaded: 6

Discovery of the genus Termitodiellus Nakane, 1961 in China, with description of Termitodiellus hainanensis Jiang & Wang, new species
(Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae)

College of Marine Science and Biological Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, 53 Zhengzhou Road, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China.
College of Marine Science and Biological Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, 53 Zhengzhou Road, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China.
Coleoptera Scarabaeidae Aphodiinae

Abstract

The genus Termitodiellus Nakane, 1961 is a member of the tribe Rhyparini, which includes several morphologically similar genera. Members of Rhyparini can be readily recognized by their carinate dorsal surface, elytral apex with bulbous projection bearing trichomes, hastate posterior prosternal process, and greatly reduced tibial spurs (Howden & Storey 1992, 2000; Skelley 2007; Howden 1995; Pittino 2006).

 

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