Hybochaetodus Arrow, 1909

Ocampo, Federico C., 2006, Two new species of Hybochaetodus Arrow (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Hybosoridae: Anaidinae) from Peru, Zootaxa 1304, pp. 49-59 : 51

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.173700

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4891604

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scientific name

Hybochaetodus Arrow, 1909
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Type species: Hybochaetodus obscurus Arrow, 1909: 500 .

Diagnosis. This genus is distinguished from other genera of Hybosoridae in the New World by the following combination of characters: Mandibles protruding beyond labrum; pronotum with basiomedial fovea or concave area at base in middle, lacking dorsal carinae ( Figs. 1, 2, 5–8 View FIGURES 5 – 6 View FIGURE 7 – 8. 7 ); elytra convex or flat; metasternum shortest at middle; and meso­ and metatibiae lacking transverse carinae. All known species of Hybochaetodus have their hind wings completely reduced and are flightless.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

SuperFamily

Scarabaeoidea

Family

Hybosoridae

SubFamily

Anaidinae

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