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Published: 2008-10-27
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The genus Xenaclopus Arrow (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae): redescription and removal from the Aclopinae, with systematic notes

Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de Zonas Áridas, CCT-CONICET, Mendoza. CC 507. 5500. Mendoza, Argentina
Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Biologia e Zoologia, Avenida Fernando Corrêa, s/nº, CCBS II, Boa Esperança, Cuiabá, MT 78060-900, Brazil
Coleoptera Melolonthinae new subfamily placement Oriental Region

Abstract

The monotypic genus Xenaclopus Arrow is redescribed and illustrated, based in its lectotype and paralectotypes. Characters examined indicate that this genus should be removed from the Aclopinae and placed into the subfamily Melolonthinae as insertae sedis at the tribal level.

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