Dendropaemon (Nigropaemon) 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) : 53

Dendropaemon (Nigropaemon) Génier & Arnaud , new subgenus

Type species: Dendropaemon (Nigropaemon) nigritulus Génier & Arnaud , new species; monotypy.

Description. Size small to moderate. Habitus elongated, parallel sided; body completely black, lacking metallic sheen on head, pronotum and elytra. Body strongly compressed dorsoventrally. Clypeal edge distinctly emarginate on external side of each clypeal tooth; clypeal teeth triangular. Pronotum with some minute to fine punctures on disc; anterior margin very wide and flat lateral to eyes; lateral fossae rounded and simple. Elytral base lacking margin. Meso and metatarsi similar in shape, three segmented, first segment approximately two times as long as wide at apex, last segment spiniformly produced internally, with setae apically.

Etymology. “ Nigrum ” (black) a Latin adjective pertaining to the coloration of the only species included in the subgenus, with the suffix “paemon” to keep the naming scheme similar to the genus. Gender masculine.