Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 42(2) 1999

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VOL 42(2) 1999

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Scarabaeoidea, Aphodiinae, Eupariini, genera, new taxa, New World

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A new genus and species of termitophilous Eupariini from Ecuador with checklist of the Neotropical genera (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Aphodiinae)

• Zdzisława STEBNICKA

Abstract:

Napoa peckorum, new genus, new species of termitophilous Eupariini from Napo, Ecuador is described and illustrated, notes on its affinities and adaptive characters are provided, the structures of possible mycangial function are found among Aphodiinae for the first time. A checklist of the Neotropical genera of Eupariini is included.