Araboplia lorisi new genus and species of Rutelinae from Saudi Arabia (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae), with comments on the subtribe Popilliina

  • Marco Uliana Museo di Storia Naturale di Venezia, S. Croce 1730, 30135 Venice
  • Guido Sabatinelli 493, route de la Fontaine, Le Grand Pré, villa 12, 01280 Prévessin
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2017.373
Keywords: Scarabaeoidea, Arabian Peninsula, new taxa, Anomalini, Popilliina

Abstract

Araboplia lorisi gen. et sp. nov. of Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802 Rutelinae MacLeay, 1819, is described based on a single male specimen from the Arabian Peninsula, and compared with the closest Palaearctic genera. Araboplia gen. nov. is placed in the tribe Anomalini C.E. Blanchard, 1851 subtribe Popilliina Ohaus, 1918. This decision is due to its similarity with other Popilliina genera but lacks strong characters-based evidence, due to the poor definition of the Popilliina itself, which is discussed.

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Published
2017-12-01
How to Cite
Uliana, M., & Sabatinelli, G. (2017). Araboplia lorisi new genus and species of Rutelinae from Saudi Arabia (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae), with comments on the subtribe Popilliina. European Journal of Taxonomy, (373). https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2017.373
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No. 373 (2017): Araboplia lorisi new genus and species of Rutelinae from Saudi Arabia (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae), with comments on the subtribe Popilliina
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Entomology
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