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Athliini Smith & Evans 2018

Description

Key to the genera of Athliini new tribe

1. Each claw with fleshy lobe directly underneath (Fig. 59). Chile............................... Dihymenonyx Gutiérrez

- Claws without fleshy lobes, but instead with a short, setose onychium in between................................... 2

2. Antennae with 9 antennomeres. Argentina, Brazil, Chile ........................................... Athlia Erichson

- Antennae with 8 antennomeres........................................................................... 3

3. Elytra with mottled appearance and distinctly setose; metatibial notch with upper apical spur set directly below tarsal articula- tion. Argentina (Neuquén, Río Negro), Chile....................................................... Ulata Saylor

- Elytra unicolored, glabrous; metatibial notch with apical spurs set on each side of tarsal articulation. Argentina (Buenos Aires), Uruguay............................................................. Apteroathlia Smith & Evans, new genus

Notes

Published as part of Smith, Andrew B. T. & Evans, Arthur V., 2018, Taxonomic review of Athliini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae), a new tribe of scarab beetles endemic to South America, pp. 279-308 in Zootaxa 4471 (2) on page 281, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4471.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/1439674

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Smith & Evans
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Scarabaeidae
Taxon rank
tribe
Taxonomic concept label
Athliini Smith, 2018 sec. Smith & Evans, 2018