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Genus Aptenocanthon
Species found in eastern NSW: A. hopsoni, A. rossi. Distribution Barrington Tops and the Illawarra to the Blue Mountains, New South Wales; north-east Queensland and the Northern Territory.
Description Elytra: elytra with 8 distinct striae, with pseudepipleura outside 7th stria. Hind wings: Entirely absent. Legs: Outer edge of fore tibiae with 3 teeth. Middle coxae moderately convergent. Middle and hind tibiae gradually but strongly widened apically. Spurs extremely short. Claws moderate, slender, simple. Abdomen: 5th and 6th sternites fused into a piece as long or longer than remaining sternites combined. Pygidium with a strong transverse basal groove continuing more shallowly around rest of disc.
Sexual dimorphism
Similar Genera
Ecology
References Matthews, E.G. (1974) A revision of the Scarabaeine dung beetles of Australia. II. Tribe Scarabaeini. Aust. J. Zool. Suppl. Ser. 24: 1-211. Storey, R. I. and Monteith, G. (2000) Five new species of Aptenocanthon Matthews (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) from tropical Australia, with notes on distribution. Mem. Qld. Mus. 46: 349-358. |
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