Dendropaemon (Glaphyropaemon) 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) : 46

Dendropaemon (Glaphyropaemon) Génier & Arnaud , new subgenus

Type species: Dendropaemon angustipennis Harold, 1869 ; 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 unmodified, convex lateral to eyes, if appearing flat lateral to eyes then lateral fossae simply rounded and concave. Elytral base lacking margin. Meso and metatarsi similar in shape, three segmented, approximately two times as long as wide at apex, last segment spiniform, lacking setae apically.

Etymology. “ Glaphyros ” (smoothed, polished) a Greek adjective pertaining to the overall aspect of the tegument of the species included in the subgenus, with the suffix “paemon” to keep the naming scheme similar to the genus. Gender masculine.