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ZOOTAXA
Volume 5099, Issue 4, Pages 475-484Publisher
MAGNOLIA PRESS
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5099.4.3
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Australia; nomenclature; taxonomy; classification; chafers; melolonthines
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The genus Allothnonius Britton is revised based on known species from Queensland and a new species from the Northern Territory. The study provides diagnostic characters to distinguish Allothnonius from other Australian Melolonthini, and includes a description of the female of a previously known species.
The genus Allothnonius Britton, 1978 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Melolonthini) is revised based on material of the two previously described Queensland species, A. barretti Britton, 1978 and A. brooksi Britton, 1978; and A. mouldsi Allsopp & Smith, new species, from the northwest of the Northern Territory. The diagnostic characters of the genus are revised, distinguishing it from other Australian Melolonthini. The female of A. brooksi is described for the first time. An identification key, distribution map and notes on the natural history of the three species are included.
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