2026/06/01 by Paulo Roberto Marinho Duarte, Paulo R. M. Duarte, Paschoal Coelho Grossi +2
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution #Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies #Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography
paper · doi:10.11606/1807-0205/2026.66.special-issue-1.014
crossref issued 2026/06/01 · crossref published 2026/06/01 · crossref published-online 2026/06/01 · openalex publication_date 2026/06/01 · crossref created 2026/06/11 · crossref deposited 2026/06/11 · openalex created_date 2026/06/12 · crossref indexed 2026/07/30 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01
Monneocrates gen. nov. is proposed herein to accommodate the enigmatic species Stenocrates nasutus Dechambre, 1979 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae), resulting in a new combination. Additionally, Monneocrates parabolicus sp. nov. is also described. The new genus is placed within the tribe Phileurini based on the characters of the mentum: laterally expanded and nearly entirely covering the first labial palpomere in ventral view. Illustrations, diagnoses, and a geographical distribution map are provided for Monneocrates species, including a first record of S. nasutus from Brazil. Finally, a discussion on the diagnostic characters used to define the new genus and the differences of its species from Stenocrates Burmeister, 1847, as well as the justification for placing the new genus within Phileurini, are presented.