Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 41(2) 1998

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VOL 41(2) 1998

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Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea, Eupariini, taxonomy, Neotropical Region

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Lectotype designations, new synonymies and distribution records of the Neotropical Eupariini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Aphodiinae)

• Zdzisława STEBNICKA

Abstract:

Lectotypes of Ataenius crenator HAROLD, 1876, A. purator HAROLD, 1868 and A. transversarius SCHMIDT, 1909 are designated and discussed. Six species of Ataenius HAROLD are recognized synonyms: A. auropunctatus PETROVITZ, 1973 (= petrovitzi BALTHASAR, 1960), A. drifti ENDRÖDI. 1963 (= opacipennis SCHMIDT, 1910), A. gothi BALTHASAR, 1933 and A. splendens ENDRÖDI, 1963 (= purator HAROLD, 1868), A. granulipennis PETROVITZ, 1973 (= carinatipennis PETROVITZ, 1973) and A. lorettii MARTINEZ, 1952 (= complicates HAROLD, 1869). Ataenius transversarius SCHMIDT, 1909 is transferred to Phalangochaeta MARTINEZ, Dialytes impressus PETROVITZ, 1963 to Ataenius HAROLD and Saprosites convexus HAROLD, 1880 to Aphotaenius CARTWRIGHT with A. colombiensis CARTWRIGHT, 1952 a new junior synonym.