''Phaeochrous'' is a genus of
beetles
Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 40 ...
belonging to the family
Hybosoridae
Hybosoridae, sometimes known as the scavenger scarab beetles, is a family of Scarabaeiformia, scarabaeiform beetles. The >600 species in 78 extant genera occur widely in the tropics, but little is known of their biology.
Hybosorids are small, 5 ...
. The species are widely distributed over tropical Africa, Madagascar, Aldabra, Yemen, South Asia, South-East Asia, New Guinea and Oceanian islands, as well as North and West Australia.
Description
Body length is approximately 8 to 17 mm. Eyes normally developed.
Pronotum
The prothorax is the foremost of the three segments in the thorax of an insect, and bears the first pair of legs. Its principal sclerites (exoskeletal plates) are the pronotum (dorsal), the prosternum (ventral), and the propleuron (lateral) on e ...
glabrous.
Elytra
An elytron (; ; : elytra, ) is a modified, hardened forewing of beetles (Coleoptera), though a few of the true bugs (Hemiptera) such as the family Schizopteridae are extremely similar; in true bugs, the forewings are called hemelytra (sometime ...
striate, without longitudinal carenae. Male is yellowish brown, via dark reddish brown, to nearly black. Margins of the head, pronotum and elytra lighter, or more reddish whereas the ventrum is about reddish to dark brown.
Labrum anteriorly emarginate, with a row of long, erect
seta
In biology, setae (; seta ; ) are any of a number of different bristle- or hair-like structures on living organisms.
Animal setae
Protostomes
Depending partly on their form and function, protostome setae may be called macrotrichia, chaetae, ...
e along its fore margin. Anterior margin of
clypeus is concave.
Gena
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One of the distinct fe ...
rounded and protruding laterally beyond eye, and clothed with a conspicuous tuft of yellowish, erect setae. Pronotum disc with double
isodiametric punctation and often a faint median longitudinal band is visible. Anterior margin of pronotum is
bisinuate, whereas the base is bisinuate. Elytra completely glabrous or with sparse, hardly discernible, short, erect setae in apical area. Elytral surface with around 16 to 18 striae, composed of round to quadrangular punctures. Mandibles are more or less strongly protruding beyond labrum. Parameres are strongly asymmetric. Females with less wide to hardly present lateral deplanations in pronotum. Elytral setae of lateral fringe much shorter. Mandibles much less to hardly protruding beyond labrum, and evenly rounded.
Species
* ''
Phaeochrous amplus''
Arrow, 1909
* ''
Phaeochrous australicus''
Kuijten, 1978
* ''
Phaeochrous beccarii
''Phaeochrous'' is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Hybosoridae. The species are widely distributed over tropical Africa, Madagascar, Aldabra, Yemen, South Asia, South-East Asia, New Guinea and Oceanian islands, as well as North and We ...
''
Harold, 1871
* ''
Phaeochrous behrensii''
Horn, 1867
* ''
Phaeochrous bicarinatus''
Kuijten, 1986
* ''
Phaeochrous borealis''
Kuijten, 1984
* ''
Phaeochrous burgoblitus''
Kuijten, 1986
* ''
Phaeochrous camerunensis''
Arrow, 1909
* ''
Phaeochrous compactus''
Kuijten, 1978
* ''
Phaeochrous davaonis''
Kuijten, 1981
* ''
Phaeochrous dispar''
Quedenfeldt, 1884
* ''
Phaeochrous dissimilis
''Phaeochrous'' is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Hybosoridae. The species are widely distributed over tropical Africa, Madagascar, Aldabra, Yemen, South Asia, South-East Asia, New Guinea and Oceanian islands, as well as North and We ...
''
Arrow, 1909
* ''
Phaeochrous diversipes
''Phaeochrous'' is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Hybosoridae. The species are widely distributed over tropical Africa, Madagascar, Aldabra, Yemen, South Asia, South-East Asia, New Guinea and Oceanian islands, as well as North and We ...
''
Pic, 1928
* ''
Phaeochrous dubius
''Phaeochrous'' is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Hybosoridae. The species are widely distributed over tropical Africa, Madagascar, Aldabra, Yemen, South Asia, South-East Asia, New Guinea and Oceanian islands, as well as North and We ...
''
(Westwood, 1845)
* ''
Phaeochrous elevatus
''Phaeochrous elevatus'', is a species of scavenger scarab beetle native to South India and Sri Lanka.
Description
Body length of male is about 10.3 to 10.7 mm. There are 13 denticles in fore tibia and hardly heterogeneous 5th, 9th and 13th in ...
''
Kuijten, 1978
* ''
Phaeochrous emarginatus''
Castelnau, 1840
* ''
Phaeochrous enigmaticus''
Kuijten, 1978
* ''
Phaeochrous gambiensis''
(Westwood, 1841)
* ''
Phaeochrous gigas''
Schouteden, 1918
* ''
Phaeochrous hainanensis''
Zhang, 1990
* ''
Phaeochrous indicus''
(Westwood, 1845)
* ''
Phaeochrous intermedius''
Pic, 1928
* ''
Phaeochrous lobatus''
Kuijten, 1978
* ''
Phaeochrous madagascariensis''
(Westwood, 1845)
* ''
Phaeochrous madrassicus''
Kuijten, 1978
* ''
Phaeochrous nicolasi''
Keith, 2002
* ''
Phaeochrous nitidus''
Arrow, 1909
* ''
Phaeochrous orbachi
''Phaeochrous'' is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Hybosoridae. The species are widely distributed over tropical Africa, Madagascar, Aldabra, Yemen, South Asia, South-East Asia, New Guinea and Oceanian islands, as well as North and We ...
''
Keith & Ballerio, 2019
* ''
Phaeochrous philippinensis''
(Westwood, 1841)
* ''
Phaeochrous pletus''
Kuijten, 1978
* ''
Phaeochrous portuum''
Kuijten, 1978
* ''
Phaeochrous pseudintermedius''
Kuijten, 1978
* ''
Phaeochrous rhodesianus''
Schouteden, 1918
* ''
Phaeochrous rudis''
Kuijten, 1984
* ''
Phaeochrous ruficollis''
Fairmaire, 1893
* ''
Phaeochrous rufus''
Pic, 1928
* ''
Phaeochrous schoutedeni''
Burgeon, 1928
* ''
Phaeochrous senegalensis''
Castelnau, 1840
* ''
Phaeochrous separabilis
''Phaeochrous'' is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Hybosoridae. The species are widely distributed over tropical Africa, Madagascar, Aldabra, Yemen, South Asia, South-East Asia, New Guinea and Oceanian islands, as well as North and We ...
''
Zhang, 1990
* ''
Phaeochrous stupendus''
Kuijten, 1986
* ''
Phaeochrous sulawesi''
Kuijten, 1978
* ''
Phaeochrous tanzanianus''
Tagliaferri, 2002
* ''
Phaeochrous tertiarium''
(Deichmüller, 1881)
* ''
Phaeochrous tokaraensis''
Nomura, 1961
* ''
Phaeochrous tonkineus''
Pic, 1943
* ''
Phaeochrous tumbanus''
Burgeon, 1928
* ''
Phaeochrous turcanicola''
Kuijten, 1986
* ''
Phaeochrous uelensis''
Burgeon, 1928
* ''
Phaeochrous usambarae''
Burgeon, 1928
References
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Scarabaeoidea genera