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Issue: Vol. 5627 No. 3: 29 Apr. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-04-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.12
Page range: 587-593
Abstract views: 49
PDF downloaded: 21

Paraphacosomoides Balthasar, 1968, a junior synonym of Lepanus Balthasar, 1966 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae), with redescription of Lepanus curvipes (Balthasar, 1966)

Biodiversity and Geosciences Program; Queensland Museum Kurilpa; Grey Street; South Brisbane; 4001; Australia
Beaty Centre for Species Discovery; Canadian Museum of Nature; 1740 Chemin Pink; Gatineau; Quebec; J9J 3N7; Canada
Australian National Insect Collection; CSIRO National Research Collections Australia; Clunies Ross Street; Black Mountain; Canberra; 2601; Australia
Coleoptera New Guinea Phacosomoides Australasian endemic genera

Abstract

The monotypic genus Paraphacosomoides Balthasar, 1968 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) is treated as a junior synonym of the genus Lepanus Balthasar, 1966, and Lepanus curvipes (Balthasar, 1966), new combination is proposed for Paraphacosomoides curvipes (Balthasar, 1966). The invalid genus-group names Phacosomoides Balthasar, 1966 and Pseudophacosoma Paulian, 1975 are also placed in synonymy with Lepanus. Morphological evidence supports this synonymy and the tentative placement of Lepanus curvipes in the Lepanus villosus species group.

 

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How to Cite

Gunter, N.L., Génier, F. & Weir, T.A. (2025) Paraphacosomoides Balthasar, 1968, a junior synonym of Lepanus Balthasar, 1966 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae), with redescription of Lepanus curvipes (Balthasar, 1966). Zootaxa, 5627 (3), 587–593. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.12