Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de So Paulo, 04218-970 So Paulo-SP, Brazil. .
Zootaxa. 2021 Aug 6;5016(3):395-406. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5016.3.5.
Zagurya new genus is described from a species formerly placed in Plectris LePeletier Audinet-Serville, 1828: Zagurya eusquamosa (Frey, 1975), new combination (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Macrodactylini). The male of the species is described for the first time. Notes on classification, distribution, and comparison with the similar genus Mallotarsus Blanchard, 1850 are presented.
描述了一个以前归入 Plectris LePeletier Audinet-Serville, 1828 的物种的 Zagurya 新属:Zagurya eusquamosa (Frey, 1975),新组合(鞘翅目:金龟科:丽金龟亚科:大角丽金龟族)。该物种的雄性首次被描述。介绍了分类、分布以及与相似属 Mallotarsus Blanchard, 1850 的比较。