Dendropaemon (Streblopaemon) Génier & Arnaud, 2016

François Génier & Patrick Arnaud, 2016, Dendropaemon Perty, 1830: taxonomy, systematics and phylogeny of the morphologically most derived phanaeine genus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae, Phanaeini), Zootaxa 4099 (1) : 68

Dendropaemon (Streblopaemon) Génier & Arnaud , new subgenus

Type species: Dendropaemon fractipes Felsche, 1909 ; monotypy.

Description. Size large. Habitus rectangular in dorsal view, parallel sided; lacking metallic sheen on head, pronotum and elytra. Body strongly compressed dorsoventrally. Clypeal edge acutely emarginate on external side of each clypeal tooth; clypeal teeth broadly triangular. Pronotum with moderate punctures on disc, punctures larger anteriorly; anterior margin unmodified lateral to eyes; lateral fossae more or less oval, simple. Elytral base lacking margin. Meso and metatarsi similar in shape, three segmented, first metatarsal segment more than three times as long as long as wide at apex, last segment spiniform, lacking setae apically.

Etymology. “ Streblos ” (twisted, crooked) a Greek adjective pertaining to the mesotibial shape of the only species included in the subgenus, with the suffix “paemon” to keep the naming scheme similar to the genus. Gender masculine.