Towards a revision of the Palaearctic species of Aphodius Hellwig, 1798, subgenus Liothorax Motschulsky, 1860 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Aphodiinae).

ABSTRACT: The Palaearctic species of Aphodius Hellwig, 1798, subgenus Liothorax Motschulsky, 1860 are revised using a combination of chromosome analysis, molecular phylogenetics and morphological statistical analysis. Sixteen species are recognised, one of which is shown to comprise two subspecies. Based mainly on the morphology of the aedeagal endophallus and the phylogenetic analysis, they are placed in two groups: the. niger group, apparently monophyletic, comprising Aphodius (Liothorax) niger Illiger, 1798, A. (L.) muscorum (Ádám, 1994), stat. rest., A. (L.) felixsp. nov., A. (L.) bellumgerenssp. nov., A. (L.) bameulisp. nov., A. (L.) krellisp. nov., A. (L.) isikdagensis (Balthasar, 1953), A. (L.) albertisp. nov. and A. (L.) wilsonae Maté et Angus

SUBMITTER: Angus RB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11287083 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature