Enracius Dechambre, 1999

Hutchinson, Paul M. & Allsopp, Peter G., 2021, Revision of Anomalomorpha Arrow, 1908 and Enracius Dechambre, 1999, with Erbmahcedius new genus from southeastern Australia (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Pentodontini: Cheiroplatina), Zootaxa 5072 (5), pp. 439-462 : 440-441

Enracius Dechambre, 1999

Enracius Dechambre, 1999: 37 . Type species: Enracius longipes Dechambre, 1999 , by original designation.

Diagnosis ( Figs. 1–13 ). Body 13.5–21.0 mm long, dark-brown to black, ovate, low convex, head unarmed, male pronotum with weak node on anterior edge. Maxilla and galea reduced to small conical pieces, unarmed, terminated by pencils of sensory setae; mentum flat, ligula with apex rounded or truncate, palps globular and short; mandibles obscured by clypeus, external margin rounded. Antennae with 9 or 10 antennomeres, club with 3 lamellae, shorter than length of shaft. Clypeus subrectangular; clypeofrontal suture carinate and transverse to posteriorly arcuate. Pronotal anterior margin with weak node in male, absent to slight swelling in female, in front of a small flat area, lateral margins unguttered. Elytra with lateral margin unguttered, epipleural plane in anterior half vertical. Protarsomere 5 longer than protarsomere 1; proclaws of males asymmetrical; metafemur of male slender, of female broad with convex anterior margin; metatibia of female stout with apex dilated. Parameres with internal margin untoothed, external margin arcuate, glabrous.

Remarks. In his catalogue, Krajcik (2005) listed Enracius in the tribe Oryctini ; it should be in the Pentodontini.

Figures

FIGURES 1–4. Enracius longipes Dechambre, 1999, paratype male. 1, Dorsal view; 2, pygidium; 3, phallobase and parameres, lateral view; 4, labels (photograph by Fabien Dupuis).

FIGURES 5–7. Enracius longipes Dechambre, 1999, female. 5, Dorsal view; 6, ventral view; 7, lateral view.

FIGURES 8–13. Enracius richardsi Hutchinson & Allsopp new species, holotype female. 8, Dorsal view; 9, ventral view; 10, lateral view; 11, head dorsal view; 12, head ventral view; 13, labels and left antennomeres 2–10.