Neotrichaphodioides forsterianus ( Balthasar, 1960 ) Dellacasa & Dellacasa & Skelley, 2010

Dellacasa, Marco, Dellacasa, Giovanni & Skelley, Paul E., 2010, Neotrichaphodioides, new genus of Neotropical Aphodiini, with description of a new species from Peru (Scarabaeoidea: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae), Insecta Mundi 2010 (133), pp. 1-12 : 5

Neotrichaphodioides forsterianus ( Balthasar, 1960) , new combination

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Aphodius (Gonaphodiellus) forsterianus Balthasar, 1960: 2 ; Dellacasa 1988: 239.

Type locality. Yungas de Arepucho, Sihuencas, 2200-2500 m, Bolivia.

Type repository. Bayerischen Staatssammlung, München, Germany.

Redescription. Length 5.0-6.0 mm, oblong, moderately convex, shiny, glabrous. Brown-reddish; head anteriorly, sides of pronotum and elytra reddish-testaceous; latter, on preapical declivity, with a rounded paler spot vaguely surrounded by a piceous border; legs pale brown-reddish; antennal club brownish. Head with epistome feebly convex, finely, regularly and sparsely punctured throughout; clypeus faintly truncate anteriorly, widely rounded at sides, thickly bordered, border somewhat thickened anteriorly; genal sutures distinct; genae small, somewhat depressed; obtusely angulate, almost not ciliate, protruding beyond eyes; frontal suture obsolete; front finely, sparsely and regularly punctured. Pronotum transverse, feebly convex, finely microreticulate so subshiny on disc, dually punctured; large punctures, two to three times larger than small, densely scattered on sides only, mixed small punctures somewhat coarser and denser anteriorly and laterally; lateral margins subparallel, thinly bordered; hind angles obtusely truncate, faintly inwardly sinuate; base distinctly bisinuate. Scutellum narrow, apically acuminate, finely microreticulate, impunctate. Elytra oval-elongate, subparallel-sided, faintly denticulate at shoulder; striae fine, superficially punctured, subcrenulate; intervals almost convex, shiny, finely and sparsely punctured on disc, preapically flat, impunctate and strongly microreticulate so dull. Hind tibiae superior apical spur a quarter shorter than first tarsal segment; latter longer than following three combined. Male: head and pronotum relatively more transverse, less convex and more sparsely punctured; fore tibiae slender and more elongate; their apical spur short, stout and downward bent; metasternal plate excavate at middle, finely and sparsely punctured, median longitudinal groove moderately impressed; aedeagus Fig. 16-17 . Female: head and pronotum relatively somewhat narrowed frontwardly; more convex and more densely punctured; fore tibiae shorter and stouter, their apical spur slender and nearly straight; metasternal plate almost flat.

Material examined. BOLIVIA, Yungas de Corani , m 2500, 30.09.1953, W. Forster leg. (allotype male BCMN) ; COSTA RICA, Tierra Blanca , m 2300, 04.05.1945, A. Bierig leg. (2 DCGI) .

Figures

Figure 15-19. Neotrichaphodioides forsterianus (Balthasar, 1960) (allotype male). 15) Morphological details of habitus. 16-17) Aedeagus (dorsal and lateral view). 18) Epipharynx. 19) Habitus.