TABLE 1 in New tribes (Paraphytini, Coptorhinini) proposed for five African or Afro-Oriental dung beetle genera formerly classified in the tribe Ateuchini Perty, 1830 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)

TABLE 1. Phenetic characters to separate Sarophorus and Pedaria (Frolov & Scholtz 2003). CharacterSarophorusPedariaGular plateWith longitudinal grooveWithout longitudinal grooveEyesSmall: distance between eye and gula approximately twice the width of eye in ventral viewLarge: distance between eye and gula approximately half the width of eye in ventral viewGenaeMore protruding past eyesLess protruding past eyesBody shapeSomewhat rectangularSub-ovalAbdominal sternitesAll sternites visible on discSternite 6 widened and approaching metacoxaeMetacoxaeSeparated from epipleura by abdominal sternite 1Contiguous to epipleuraLateral margins of elytraMore or less sinuate in basal partStraight in basal partMetepisternaWidened, with convex lateral marginSlender, with straight or slightly concave lateral marginParameresSymmetricalAsymmetricalDiel activityDiurnalNocturnal