Eremophygus bicolor (Gutiérrez) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae: Rutelini): a New Tribal and Generic Placement for the Bolivian Scarab Platycoelia bicolor (Gutiérrez) (Anoplognathini)
Abstract
Platycoelia bicolor (Gutiérrez) (Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) is transferred from the tribe
Anoplognathini, subtribe Platycoeliina, to the tribe Rutelini. Platycoelia bicolor is placed
in the genus Eremophygus Ohaus and the taxonomic history of the species is discussed.
The transfer creates a new combination, Eremophygus bicolor (Gutiérrez) and places
the generic name Heterocallichloris Gutiérrez as a junior synonym of Eremophygus (new
synonymy). Morphological characters that warrant the transfer are discussed.