Dedalopterus Sabatinelli & Pontuale 1998
- 1. Institute of Ecology and Biological resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam. & Museum A. Koenig, Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB), Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn; Germany.
- 2. Museum A. Koenig, Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB), Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn; Germany.
- 3. Muséum d'histoire naturelle, C. P. 6434, CH- 1211 Genève 6, Switzerland.
Description
Key to the species of Dedalopterus (males only)
Based on the key of Sabatinelli & Pontuale (1998), modified and updated
1 Antennal club less than twice as long as remaining antennomeres................................................ 2
- Antennal club twice or more than twice as long as remaining antennomeres....................................... 6
2 Parameres of unequal length............................................................................ 3
- Parameres of equal length.............................................................................. 4
3 Protibia bidentate, tegument of elytra light-brown to yellow, parameres short............... D. fujianensis (Zhang, 1990)
- Protibia tridentate (basal tooth small), tegument of elytra dark brown, parameres longer.................................................................................................... D. itohi Sabatinelli & Pontuale, 1998
4 Parameres curved ventrally by 40 o at distal third (lateral view).......................... D. fencli Zídek & Krajčík, 2007
- Parameres entirely straight (lateral view)................................................................... 5
5 Right paramere rather straight and larger.......................................... D. melanodiscus (Zhang, 1990)
- Right paramere curved moderately dorsally at apex and slender.......................... D. hainanensis (Zhang, 2002)
6 Pygidium apically rounded.............................................................................. 7
- Pygidium apically triangular............................................................................. 8
7 Parameres rather straight and long, right paramere width almost equal to the left one (see Fig. 3; Sabatinelli & Pontuale, 1998).......................................................................... D. signatus (Moser, 1908)
- Parameres rather curved and short, right paramere narrower than left one (see Fig. 2, Sabatinelli & Pontuale, 1998).................................................................................... D. intermedius (Zhang, 1990)
8 Frontal depression deep; apical segment of maxillary palp with a large callus on its outer surface...................... 9
- Frontal depression superficial, apical segment of maxillary palp with a minor callus on its outer surface................................................................................................. D. malyszi Bunalski, 2001
9 Parameres unequal in length, right paramere shorter and slender than the left one............................................................................................ D. lexuanhuei Pham, Ahrens& Sabatinelli, new species
- Parameres equal in length............................................. D. pulchellus Sabatinelli & Pontuale, 1998
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Scarabaeidae
- Genus
- Dedalopterus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Sabatinelli & Pontuale
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Dedalopterus Sabatinelli, 1998 sec. Pham, Ahrens & Sabatinelli, 2024
References
- Sabatinelli, G. & Pontuale, G. (1998) Description of the genus Dedalopterus and notes on genus Malaisius Arrow and Cyphochilus Waterhouse (Col. Scarabaeoidea, Melolonthinae). Lambillionea, 97 (1), 60 - 76.
- Zhang, Y. W. (1990) Notes on the genus Malaisius Arrow with four new species from China (Col. Melolonthinae). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 15 (2), 188 - 195.
- Zidek, J. & Krajcik, M. (2007) Remarks on the genus Dedalopterus (Melolonthinae: Leucopholini), with descriptions of two new species. Animma. x, 21, 1 - 14.
- Zhang, Y. W. (2002) Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea. In: Huang, F. S. (Ed.), Forest Insects of Hainan. Science Press, Beijing, pp. 327 - 336. [in Chinese, with English description of new species]
- Moser, J. (1908) Neue Melolonthiden und Cetoniden. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique, 52 (12), 353 - 367. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 5014
- Bunalski, M. (2001) A new species of the genus Dedalopterus (Col. Melolonthidae) from Vietnam. Polish Journal of Entomology, 70, 247 - 251.