Review of New World Aegialiini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae), with descriptions of two new genera from South America

Authors

Zdzislawa Stebnicka, Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals, Polish Academy of Sciences
Marco Dellacasa, Università di Pisa, Centro interdipartimentale
Paul E. Skelley, FDACS-DPI

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

March 2003

Comments

Published in INSECTA MUNDI, Vol. 17, No. 1-2, March-June, 2003. Copyright © 2003 Zdzislawa Stebnicka, Marco Dellacasa, and Paul E. Skelley. Used by permission.

Abstract

Two new taxa of Aegialiini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) are described from South America: Argeremazus neuquen Stebnicka and Dellacasa, n. gen, n. sp, and Amerisaprus valdivia Stebnicka and Skelley, n. gen, n. sp. Both genera are presently monotypic. Discussion on the generic status of Caelius Lewis is presented. A key to genera and checklist of aegialiine taxa occurring in the New World are presented.