IADIZA   20886
INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE INVESTIGACIONES DE LAS ZONAS ARIDAS
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
The Central American genus Aporolaus, new status and taxonomic revision (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Hybosoridae: Hybosorinae)
Autor/es:
FEDERICO C. OCAMPO
Revista:
Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad
Editorial:
Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Referencias:
Lugar: México, DF; Año: 2010 vol. 81
ISSN:
1870-3453
Resumen:
The hybosorine genus Aporolaus Bates is taxonomically revised. The genus was previously considered as synonym of Dicraeodon Erichson and, based on a detailed morphological study, is reinstated herein. A generic description and diagnosis for A. fimbriatus Bates, the only known species in the genus, is provided along with illustrations of diagnostic characters. A lectotype is designated for A. fimbriatus Bates.