Orodaliscoides giulianii ( Gordon, 1977 ) Dellacasa & Dellacasa & Gordon, 2012

Dellacasa, Marco, Dellacasa, Giovanni & Gordon, Robert D., 2012, Systematic revision of the genus Orodaliscoides Schmidt, 1913 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae), Insecta Mundi 2012 (269), pp. 1-9 : 4

Orodaliscoides giulianii ( Gordon, 1977) new combination

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Aphodius giulianii Gordon, 1977: 232 .

Aphodius (Trichonotulus) giulianii ; Dellacasa 1988: 261.

Tetraclipeoides giulianii ; Gordon and Skelley 2007: 303.

Type locality. “Sand dunes” 48 km S Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico.

Type repository. United States National Museum, Washington (paratype examined).

Redescription. Length 5.5-6.5 mm, elongate, convex, moderately shiny, elytra distinctly pubescent laterally and preapically. Pale brownish-yellow; head, pronotum and juxtasutural interstria of elytra yellowish-red; legs brownish-red; antennal club testaceous. Head with epistome feebly convex, faintly alutaceous, very sparsely, finely punctured; clypeus feebly sinuate medially, broadly round at sides, distinctly bordered, edge upturned and elongately ciliate laterally; genae obtusely round, elongately densely ciliate, distinctly protruding from the eyes; frontal suture subcariniform, not tuberculate; front with few fine punctures on sides. Pronotum transverse, convex, faintly alutaceous thus rather shiny, dually punctured, punctures irregularly spaced, more denser and coarser on sides; large punctures, three to four times larger than small ones, lacking on disc; lateral margins feebly arcuate, thickly bordered, edge elongately ciliate; hind angles obtusely round; base slightly bisinuate, thinly bordered, evenly rather shortly ciliate. Scutellum somewhat elongate, distinctly alutaceous, with few small punctures irregularly sparse on basal half. Elytra subparallel-sided, epipleura elongately fimbriate; striae feebly impressed, superficially punctured, faintly crenulate; interstriae slightly convex, strongly alutaceous thus almost dull, irregularly almost imperceptibly punctured near striae, the lateral ones shortly and sparsely pubescent, the pubescence becoming longer and denser on preapical declivity. Hind tibiae superior spur somewhat longer than first tarsal segment; latter as long as following three segments combined. Male: pronotum relatively more broadly transverse; fore tibiae spur narrowed and bent inward at apex ( Fig. 12); middle tibiae inferior spur nearly straight, truncate and sharply hooked only inwardly at apex ( Fig. 13); metasternal plate deeply excavate, coarsely irregularly punctured and with distinct longitudinal groove medially; aedeagus Fig. 14-15. Female: pronotum relatively narrower; spur of fore tibiae and inferior spur of middle tibiae regularly acuminate; metasternal plate nearly flat.

Material examined. MEXICO: Chihuahua: 48 km S Juarez, 28.IV.1974, sand dunes, leg. D. Giuliani (2 paratypes, CSCA, DCGI).