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The recently revised genus Adorodocia Brenske, 1893 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae: Adoretini), comprises 17 species, one of them represented by two subspecies (Montreuil Frolov 2014). This genus forms, together with Paradorodocia… Click to show full abstract
The recently revised genus Adorodocia Brenske, 1893 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae: Adoretini), comprises 17 species, one of them represented by two subspecies (Montreuil Frolov 2014). This genus forms, together with Paradorodocia Machatschke, 1957 (four species: Montreuil 2010), and Metadorodocia Machatschke, 1957 (two species: Akhmetova Montreuil 2010), the subtribe Adorodociina Ohaus, 1912, endemic to Madagascar (Ohaus 1912). Representatives of this subtribe are characterized by a strong prominent prosternal apophyse. In addition, all the species of this subtribe have a rather large body and bear a few strong long hairs on the apical hump of the elytra and more or less strong scale-like setae distributed over the elytra.
Journal Title: Zootaxa
Year Published: 2018
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