Allidiostomatinae
Allidiostomatinae is a subfamily of beetles in the scarab beetle family, Scarabaeidae. It is distributed in southern South America. Of the eleven species, seven are endemic to Argentina. Others can also be found in Chile and Peru.[1] Little is known about the biology of these beetles.[2]
| Allidiostomatinae | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Superfamily: | Scarabaeoidea |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Allidiostomatinae Arrow, 1940 |
| Type genus | |
| Allidiostoma Arrow, 1940 | |
| Genera | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Idiostomatinae Arrow, 1904 | |
The subfamily was made up of the single genus Allidiostoma until 2009, when a second was erected for the new species Parallidiostoma tricornum.[1]
Genera and species include:[3]
- Genus Allidiostoma Arrow, 1940
- Allidiostoma bosqui Gutiérrez, 1946 - Chile
- Allidiostoma halffteri Martinez, 1956 - Argentina
- Allidiostoma hirta (Ohaus, 1910) - Argentina
- Allidiostoma landbecki (Philippi, 1873) - Chile, Argentina
- Allidiostoma monrosmuntanolae Martinez, 1947 - Argentina
- Allidiostoma porteri (Ruiz, 1924) - Chile
- Allidiostoma ramosae Martinez, 1947 - Argentina
- Allidiostoma rufum (Arrow, 1904) - Chile, Argentina
- Allidiostoma simplicifrons (Fairmaire, 1885) - Peru, Chile
- Allidiostoma strobeli (Steinheil, 1872) - Argentina
- Genus Parallidiostoma Ocampo & Colby, 2009
- Parallidiostoma tricornum Ocampo & Colby, 2009 - Peru[1]
References
- Ocampo, F. C. and J. Colby. (2009). Parallidiostoma tricornum Ocampo and Colby, a new genus and species of Allidiostomatinae from Peru (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Zootaxa 2287 64-68.
- Jameson, M. L. and F. C. Ocampo. Allidiostomatinae. Archived 2018-09-19 at the Wayback Machine Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles. University of Nebraska State Museum. 2005 Version.
- "Allidiostomatinae Arrow, 1940". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
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