Homocoprini tribe nov.

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Type genus

Homocopris Burmeister, 1846, present designation.

Differential diagnosis

The only group of Scarabaeinae with a lateral pronotal carina combined with a setose elytral underside.

Description

Typical tunneler overall body shape. Size moderate to large; secondary sexual characters present and located on dorsum of head and pronotum; integument rather thin and flexible; antennal club elongate oval, symmetrical; internal surface of first segment of antennal club pubescent; distal edge of epipharynx straight; anterior pronotal membrane covering entire width of head insertion; lateral pronotal declivity with a strong carina connected to the lateral pronotal edge anteriorly, surface between carina and lateral edge flat and upright (slightly concave and overlapping only in A. achamas); posterior portion of pronotal lateral edge at most slightly sinuate; elytra with eight visible striae, stria eight absent or vestigial in some specimens of A. achamas (Fig. 62), stria 9 absent on basal fifth, distinct from stria 10 throughout; elytral internal surfaces with long semi erected setae; tarsal claws present; meso and metatibiae with four edges in mid cross section, expanding from base to apex and lacking transverse ridges on external surface; hindwings with AA3 connected to Cu and RP1 narrow and sharply defined throughout; apodeme of metasternalmetacoxal membrane present; unguinotarsal axillary lamellae present; medial endophallite absent.

Genera included

Andinocopris gen. nov. and Homocopris Burmeister, 1846.