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Issue: Vol. 5633 No. 2: 12 May 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-05-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5633.2.10
Page range: 384-393
Abstract views: 44
PDF downloaded: 6

Studies on Eupariini Schmidt, 1810 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) with description of the new species of Ataenius Harold, 1867 and Saprosites Redtenbacher, 1857

os. Polana Szaflarska 4/39; 34-400 Nowy Targ; Poland.
Florida State Collection of Arthropods; 1911 SW 34th Street; Gainesville; FL; USA.
Coleoptera Taxonomy Airapus Ataenius Saprosites Brasil Halmahera island Siberut island neotropical region Oriental region

Abstract

Two new species Eupariini Schmidt, 1810: Ataenius trox Minkina & Skelley, new species from Mato Grosso in Brasil and Saprosites halmaheiraensis Minkina & Skelley, new species from Halmahera Island in the Northern Moluccas, Indonesia are described and illustrated. The male of Airapus rudolphi Bellmann & Minkina, 2023 is described supplementarily; its aedeagus is presented for the first time, and the species is reported from Mentawai Islands, Indonesia for the first time.

 

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How to Cite

Minkina, Łukasz & Skelley, P. (2025) Studies on Eupariini Schmidt, 1810 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) with description of the new species of Ataenius Harold, 1867 and Saprosites Redtenbacher, 1857. Zootaxa, 5633 (2), 384–393. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5633.2.10