Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 46(3) 2003

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VOL 46(3) 2003

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Scarabaeidae, Aphodiinae, Ataenius imbricatus-group, taxonomy, phylogeny, new species, New World

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The New World species of Ataenius HAROLD, 1867. III. Revision of the A. imbricatus-group sensu lato (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae: Eupariini)

• Zdzisława STEBNICKA

Abstract:

The imbricatus-group of the New World species of Ataenius HAROLD is revised. Nineteen species are recognised, including A. pseudostercorator sp. n. described from South America. Lectotype of A. scabrellus SCHMIDT is here designated, two new synonyms and one replacement name for a junior homonym are proposed as follows: A. scabrellus SCHMIDT, 1909 (=A. havanensis BALTHASAR,1938 syn. n.), A. luctuosus [(BURMEISTER,1877) =A. tectus PETROVITZ, 1973 syn. n.)] and A. schmidti nom. n. (=A. argillaceous SCHMIDT). A key to species, diagnostic characters, distributions and available biological information are given, a cladistic analysis is presented for the hypothetical relationships among discussed taxa.