Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 37(2) 1994

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VOL 37(2) 1994

Keywords:

Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea, Aphodiinae, Dialytes, Aphodius (Aparammoecius), taxonomy, new genus, new species

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The status of some taxa of Aphodiinae with descriptions of new genus and species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea)

• Zdzisława STEBNICKA

Abstract:

The genus Dialytes Harold is redefined, D. granifer A. Schmidt and D. paramonstrosus Petrovitz are synonymized, the Neotropical and Madagascan species are removed and a new generic name for four Asian species is proposed. Subgenus Paremadus Nakane of Aphodius ILLIGER and A. langtangicus STEBNICKA are synonymized, A. tarokensis from Taiwan is described as new, 20 species are combined with Aphodius subgenus Aparammoecius PETROVITZ.