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Delopleurus Erichson 1848
Authors/Creators
- 1. Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, P / B X 20, Hatfield, 0028 South Africa
Description
Delopleurus Erichson, 1848
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Type species: Delopleurus pullus Boheman, 1857
Delopleurus species are superficially similar, small (length: 3.5–6.1 mm), dark brown to black, and strongly convex (see description in Frolov 2014). Together with Coptorhina, the genus shares a sinuate and mid-laterally, very convex epipleural margin with a somewhat rectangular metepisternon that is widest posteriorly. It can be separated from Coptorhina by its quadridentate clypeus and smaller body size.
Notes
Published as part of Scholtz, Clarke H., Davis, Adrian L. V. & Klerk, Hennie De, 2025, New tribes (Paraphytini, Coptorhinini) proposed for five African or Afro-Oriental dung beetle genera formerly classified in the tribe Ateuchini Perty, 1830 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae), pp. 79-92 in Zootaxa 5711 (1) on page 87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5711.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/17882919
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Erichson
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Scarabaeidae
- Genus
- Delopleurus
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Delopleurus Erichson, 1848 sec. Scholtz, Davis & Klerk, 2025
References
- Erichson, W. F. (1848) n. k. In: Naturgeschichte des Insecten Deutschland. I. Coleoptera, Scaphidilia, Scarabaeides. Nicolaischen Buchhandlung, Berlin, pp. 641 - 968. [1847-1848] https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.50882
- Frolov, A. V. (2014) Revision of the genus Delopleurus Boheman (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) with description of new species from Africa. Journal of Natural History, 49, 129-154. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2014.909072