A new species ofSaprositesRedtenbacher from North Island, New Zealand, with phylogenetic implications (Coleoptera, Aphodiinae, Eupariini)

Abstract

species-group (1). The discovery of additional New Zealand species apparently belonging to speciesgroup (1) permitted a test of the monophyly of the species-groups of Saprosites. I infer the phylogenetic relationships among New Zealand and South American species from a cladistic analysis of their morphological characters.Abstract A new Aphodiinae (Eupariini) species: Saprosites kaimai sp. nov. is described from North Island. This description increases the number of New Zealand members of Saprosites Redtenbacher to 10 recognised species. A cladistic analysis of the relationships among New Zealand and Neotropical species-groups of Saprosites is presented.

A revision of the Indonesian species of <I>Saprosites</I> Redtenbacher, 1858 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae: Eupariini)

“…The present study is a continuation of the series of papers dealing with world species of Saprosites REDTENBACHER and covers all species known to occur in Indonesia. The genus includes approximately 130 pantropical species distributed on the Southern Hemisphere and regional, local faunas have been treated or revised by the following authors: Indonesia (PAULIAN 1944), Central Africa (ENDRÖDI 1964), Madagascar (BORDAT et al 1990), Australia (STEBNICKA & HOWDEN 1996;STEBNICKA 2009b), New Guinea with Pacific Islands (STEBNICKA 1998), New Zealand (STEBNICKA 2001b, 2005 and Neotropical Region (STEBNICKA 2001a(STEBNICKA , 2009a).…”