Athliini, Smith & Evans, 2018

Smith, Andrew B. T. & Evans, Arthur V., 2018, Taxonomic review of Athliini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae), a new tribe of scarab beetles endemic to South America, Zootaxa 4471 (2), pp. 279-308 : 281

Key to the genera of Athliini new tribe

1. Each claw with fleshy lobe directly underneath ( Fig. 59 ). Chile............................... Dihymenonyx Gutiérrez

- Claws without fleshy lobes, but instead with a short, setose onychium in between................................... 2

2. Antennae with 9 antennomeres. Argentina, Brazil, Chile........................................... Athlia Erichson

- Antennae with 8 antennomeres........................................................................... 3

3. Elytra with mottled appearance and distinctly setose; metatibial notch with upper apical spur set directly below tarsal articula- tion. Argentina (Neuquén, Río Negro ) , Chile....................................................... Ulata Saylor

- Elytra unicolored, glabrous; metatibial notch with apical spurs set on each side of tarsal articulation. Argentina (Buenos Aires) , Uruguay............................................................. Apteroathlia Smith & Evans , new genus

Figures

FIGURES 57–60. Dihymenonyx micropterus Mondaca, 2007. 57, dorsal habitus; 58, oblique habitus; 59, protarsus; 60, head and pronotum.