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Parataenius derbesis

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Laboratorio de Scarabaeoidologia, Programa de Pós-graduação em Zoologia, Departamento de Biologia e Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso. Av. Fernando Correa da Costa, 2367 Boa Esperança, Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil. & Programa de Pós-graduação em Entomologia e Conservação da Biodiversidade, Faculdade de Ciências Biológicas e Ambientais, Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados, Rodovia Dourados / Itahum, Km 12 - Unidade II, Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.
  • 2. Florida State Collection of Arthropods, 1911 SW 34 Street, Gainesville, Florida 32608, USA. & Paul.
  • 3. Laboratorio de Scarabaeoidologia, Programa de Pós-graduação em Zoologia, Departamento de Biologia e Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso. Av. Fernando Correa da Costa, 2367 Boa Esperança, Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil. & Instituto Nacional de Coleoptera (INCol) an INCT (National Institute of Science and Technology) by Brazil's National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) (408430 / 2024 - 9).

Description

Parataenius derbesis (Solier, 1851)

Figs 12F, 51B

Aphodius derbesis Solier, 1851: 72.

Euparia rubripes Boheman, 1858: 51.

Ataenius laborator Harold, 1869b: 102.

Euparia cribricollis Burmeister, 1877: 411.

Parataenius mirabilis Balthasar, 1961: 121.

Parataenius derbesis – Dellacasa 1987: 120.

Diagnosis

Length 4.5 – 5.0 mm. Body suboval, dorsally glabrous. Head with transverse wrinkles; clypeus impunctate, emarginate. Pronotum convex, with moderate punctures distributed across its surface; lateral margin crenulate, fringed with setae. Abdominal ventrites weakly strigate, except the sixth one; ventrites with punctures of two sizes, larger punctures setiferous.

Material examined

ARGENTINA – Mendoza • 1 spec.; Reserva La Payunia, Valle del Saino; 36°07′01″ S, 68°48′01″ W; elev. 1706 m; 6 Jan. 2003; F.C. Ocampo and A.B.T. Smith leg.; guanaco dung; CEMT.

Sexual dimorphism

Without evident dimorphism.

Collecting information

Specimens were collected with light traps and are attracted to cow and guanaco Lama guanicoe (Müller, 1776) feces (Stebnicka & Skelley 2007).

Notes

Published as part of Gama, Emanuel R. R., Skelley, Paul E. & Vaz-De-Mello, Fernando Z., 2026, Identification guide to the Aphodiinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of Brazil, pp. 1-225 in European Journal of Taxonomy 1038 (1) on pages 145-146, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1038.3175, http://zenodo.org/record/19369988

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Additional details

Identifiers

URL
http://treatment.plazi.org/id/038D87BEFF34FF62FD9BF997FD6FFD6F

Cites
Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.19370025 (DOI)
Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.19370120 (DOI)
Is part of
Journal article: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1038.3175 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/19369988 (URL)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFB4FFC6FFA4FFF3FFDCFF9DFFF4FFB3 (URL)
Journal article: http://zoobank.org/09FBBB01-5A0B-4329-A627-3946B9814D44 (URL)
Is source of
https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/038D87BEFF34FF62FD9BF997FD6FFD6F (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/318350584 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/314725/taxon/038D87BEFF34FF62FD9BF997FD6FFD6F.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Collection code
CEMT
Event date
2003-01-06
Verbatim event date
2003-01-06
Scientific name authorship
Solier
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Scarabaeidae
Genus
Parataenius
Species
derbesis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Parataenius derbesis (Solier, 1851) sec. Gama, Skelley & Vaz-De-Mello, 2026

References

  • Solier A. J. J. 1851. Fauna Chilena. Insectos. Coleopteros. In: C. Gay (ed.) Historia fisica y politica de Chile segun Documentos Adquiridos en esta Republica durante doce anos de ella y Publicada bajo los Auspicios del Supremo Gobierno por Claudio Gay. Zoologia. Tomo quinto. C. Gay, Paris. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.16172
  • Boheman C. H. 1858. Coleoptera. Species novas descripsit. In: Virgin C. A. (ed.) Kongliga Svenska Fregatten Eugenies Resa omkring jorden under befal af C. A. Virgin, Aren 1851 - 1853. Vetenskapliga Jakttagelser pa H. M. K. Oscar den Forstes befallning utgifna af K. Svenska Vetenskaps Akademien. Andra delen. Zoologi. 1. Insecta. Almqvist & Wiksells, Uppsala. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2467
  • Harold E. 1869 b. Diagnosen neuer Coprophagen. Coleopterologische Hefte 5: 94-104.
  • Burmeister H. 1877. Die Argentinischen Aphodiaden. Entomologische Zeitung 38 (10 - 12): 401-414. Available from https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34261713 [accessed 26 Feb. 2024].
  • Balthasar V. 1961. Eine neue Gattung und neue Arten der Unterfamilie Aphodiinae. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 8 (1 - 2): 121-130.
  • Dellacasa M. 1987. Contribution to a world-wide catalogue of Aegialiidae, Aphodiidae, Aulonocnemidae, Termitotrogidae (Coleoptera Scarabaeoidea). Memorie della Societa Entomologica Italiana 66: 1-455.