Silva Fernando A B, Vaz-de-Mello Fernando
Universidade Federal do Pará, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, setor de Zoologia. Rua Augusto Corrêa, 01. Guamá. Belém PA 66075-110, Brazil.; Email:
Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Biologia e Zoologia. Av. Fernando Correa da Costa, 2367. Boa Esperança. Cuiabá MT 78060-900, Brazil.; Email:
Zootaxa. 2015 May 6;3955(4):505-20. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3955.4.3.
Aphengium Harold, a dung beetle genus endemic to the Atlantic forests of Brazil, comprises four valid species: A. sordidum Harold, 1868, A. cupreum Shipp, 1897, A. ibateguara sp. nov., A. curtum sp. nov.. In this revision of the genus each species is analyzed as follows: a detailed literature review, a diagnosis, illustrations of key morphological characters, a listing of material examined and geographic distribution. A lectotype is designated for A. sordidum, and a neotype for A. cupreum.
阿芬吉蜣螂属（Aphengium Harold）是巴西大西洋森林特有的蜣螂属，包含四个有效物种：1868年的污色阿芬吉蜣螂（A. sordidum Harold）、1897年的铜色阿芬吉蜣螂（A. cupreum Shipp）、新物种伊巴泰瓜拉阿芬吉蜣螂（A. ibateguara sp. nov.）、新物种短阿芬吉蜣螂（A. curtum sp. nov.）。在该属的本次修订中，对每个物种进行了如下分析：详细的文献综述、诊断、关键形态特征的图示、所检查材料的清单以及地理分布。为污色阿芬吉蜣螂指定了一个选模标本，并为铜色阿芬吉蜣螂指定了一个新模标本。
