Allidiostomatinae

Allidiostomatinae is a subfamily of beetles in the scarab beetle family, Scarabaeidae. It is distributed in southern South America. Of the ten 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
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Suborder:
Polyphaga
Infraorder:
Scarabeiformia
Superfamily:
Scarabaeoidea
Family:
Scarabaeidae
Subfamily:
Allidiostomatinae

Arrow, 1940
Type species
Allidiostoma
Arrow, 1940
Genera
  • Allidiostoma
  • Parallidiostoma
Synonyms

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:

  • Allidiostoma
    • Allidiostoma bosqui
    • Allidiostoma halffteri
    • Allidiostoma hirtum
    • Allidiostoma landbecki
    • Allidiostoma monrosmuntanolae
    • Allidiostoma ramosae
    • Allidiostoma rufum
    • Allidiostoma simplicifrons
    • Allidiostoma strobeli
  • Parallidiostoma
    • Parallidiostoma tricornum[1]

References
  1. 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.
  2. Jameson, M. L. and F. C. Ocampo. Allidiostomatinae. Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles. University of Nebraska State Museum. 2005 Version.


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