Euotophorus, Dellacasa & Dellacasa & Gordon, 2016

Dellacasa, Marco, Dellacasa, Giovanni & Gordon, Robert D., 2016, Euotophorus imeldae new genus and new species of Mexican Aphodiini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae), Insecta Mundi 2016 (507), pp. 1-3 : 2

Genus Euotophorus new genus

Type species. Euotophorus imeldae new species.

Diagnosis. Small species (length 4.5 mm), broadly oval, convex, shiny, glabrous. Dark brown. Head with epistome alutaceous, rather densely irregularly punctured; clypeus weakly sinuate at middle, round at sides; genae strongly auriculate and strongly protruding from the eyes; frontal suture not tuberculate. Pronotum transverse, dually punctured; hind angles widely subtruncate; base not bordered. Scutellum small, triangular. Elytra strongly broadly oval, not denticulate at shoulder, finely deeply striate; striae crenulate; interstriae flat, distinctly punctured. Fore tibiae distally tridentate and proximally weakly serrulate at outer margin; upper side smooth. Hind tibiae with strong transverse carinae on outer face, apically fimbriate with spinules rather stout, alternately and somewhat irregularly elongate. Pygidium alutaceous, sparsely roughly punctured; each puncture with a long recumbent hair; apical margin with sparse long setae. Aedeagus rather stout, with parameres lacking membranous process and distinctly angulate toward the acute apex. Epipharynx weakly inwardly sinuate at front margin, round at sides; epitorma subpyriform; corypha moderately protruding from the anterior margin, apically with clump of short celtes; pedia finely pubescent mostly toward epitorma and with a series of short strong spines toward proplegmatium only; chaetopariae moderately elongate and moderately dense.

Distribution. Mexico.

Etymology. The name is from the combination of the genus name Otophorus and the prefix eu- [good, true]. The gender is masculine.