Pachysoma

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scarabaeoidea

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Familia: Scarabaeidae
Subfamilia: Scarabaeinae
Tribus: Scarabaeini
Genus: Pachysoma
Species: P. aesculapius - P. bennigseni - P. denticolle - P. endroedyi - P. fitzsimonsi - P. gariepinum - P. glentoni - P. hippocrates - P. rodriguesi - P. rotundigenum - P. schinzi - P. striatum - P. valeflorae
[list of species after Harrison, Scholtz & Chown (2003)]

Name

Pachysoma Macleay, 1821

Gender

neuter

Synonyms

• Pachysoma Macleay, 1821
  • Scarabaeus (Pachysoma) Macleay, 1821; Harrison & Philips, 2003
  • Artalus Gistl, 1848
  • Pachysoma Macleay, 1821; Forgie et al., 2006
• Irrorhotides Shipp, 1896
• Neopachysoma Ferreira, 1953

[list of synonyms after Harrison, Scholtz & Chown (2003: 311)]

Type species

• Irrorhotides Shipp: Irrorhotides fryi Shipp, 1896 [=Pachysoma striatum Castelnau, 1840], by monotypy
• Neopachysoma Ferreira: Pachysoma denticolle Péringuey, 1888, by original designation
• Pachysoma Macleay: Pachysoma hippocrates MacLeay, 1821, by original designation

References

cited sources

• Forgie, S.A.; Kryger, U.; Bloomer, P.; Scholtz, C.H. 2006: Evolutionary relationships among the Scarabaeini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) based on combined molecular and morphological data. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 40: 662-678. ISSN: 1055-7903 doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2006.04.018
• Harrison, J.du G.; Philips, T.K. 2003: Phylogeny of Scarabaeus (Pachysoma MacLeay) stat.n. and related flightless Scarabaeini (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae). Annals of the Transvaal Museum, 40: 47–71. ISSN: 0041-1752 [not seen]
• Harrison, J.du G.; Scholtz, C.H.; Chown, S.L. 2003: A revision of the endemic south-western African dung beetle subgenus Scarabaeus (Pachysoma) MacLeay, including notes on other flightless Scarabaeini (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae). Journal of natural history, 37: 305-355. ISSN: 1464-5262 (electronic) 0022-2933 (paper) doi: 10.1080/713834683

additional references

• Sole, C.L.; Scholtz, C.H.; Bastos, A.D.S. 2005: Phylogeography of the Namib Desert dung beetles Scarabaeus (Pachysoma) MacLeay (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Journal of biogeography, 32: 75-84. ISSN 0305-0270 doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2004.01124.x

links

• ION
• Nomenclator Zoologicus