Termitodiellus mindanaoensis, a new species of Rhyparini Schmidt, 1910 (Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) from the Philippines

Authors

Łukasz Minkina, Nowy Targ, PolandFollow
Showtaro Kakizoe, The Kyushu University MuseumFollow

Date of this Version

4-24-2020

Citation

Łukasz Minkina and Showtaro Kakizoe (2020). Termitodiellus mindanaoensis, a new species of Rhyparini Schmidt, 1910 (Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) from the Philippines, Insecta Mundi 0762: 1–6

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Published in 2020 by Center for Systematic Entomology, Inc. Copyright held by the author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons, Attribution Non-Commercial License,

Abstract

A new species of the genus Termitodiellus Nakane, 1961—T. mindanaoensis Minkina and Kakizoe, new species from Mindanao Island in the Philippines is described and illustrated. Photographs of the epipharynx of Termitodiellus species are provided for the first time. A short discussion of the phylogeny of Rhyparini Schmidt, 1910 is presented.