Dendropaemon (Sulcopaemon) 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) : 69

Dendropaemon (Sulcopaemon) Génier & Arnaud , new subgenus

Type species: Dendropaemon fasces Blut, 1939 ; present designation.

Description. Size small to moderate. Habitus elongated, parallel sided; with metallic sheen on head, pronotum and elytra. Body strongly compressed dorsoventrally. Clypeal edge distinctly emarginate on external side of each clypeal tooth; clypeal teeth acutely angular to ogival. Pronotum with some fine punctures on disc; anterior margin flat lateral to eyes; lateral fossae rounded and bordered anteriorly by a sharp carina. Elytral base lacking margin. Meso and metatarsi similar in shape, three segmented with the exception of D. (S.) quadratus Laporte which has two-segmented meso and metatarsi, first segment approximately two times as long as wide at apex, last segment spiniformly produced internally, with setae apically.

Etymology. “ Sulcus ” (furrow, groove) a Latin adjective pertaining to the deeply sulcate pronotum and elytra of the species included in the subgenus, with the suffix “paemon” to keep the naming scheme similar to the genus. Gender masculine.