Aidophus flechtmanni Stebnicka & Dellacasa 2001

Aidophus flechtmanni Stebnicka & Dellacasa, 2001 Figs 1E–G, 33A Aidophus flechtmanni Stebnicka & Dellacasa in Dellacasa et al. 2001: 200. Diagnosis Length 3.0–4.0 mm. Head with clypeus slightly emarginate and with fine and scarce punctures; gena obtusely rounded; frons with large punctures. Pronotum with punctures of two sizes; punctures symmetrically distributed on disc, but closer on sides; posterior angles of pronotum obtusely rounded. Elytra shagreened; interstriae discretely convex with finely punctate. Type material Paratypes BRAZIL • 1 ♀; “[white paper, printed] BR-MS-Selvíria/UNESP Farm / Black light trap / Brachiaria decumbens pasture / C.A.H. Flechtmann. col/ [handwritten to the side] 28/XI/1998. // [white paper, handwritten] Alex 08. // [red paper, printed] Aidophus / flechtmanni n. sp. / ALLOTYPE/ DELLACASA M & ALII DES. 2001”; CEMT • 1 ♀; “[white paper, printed] BR-MS- Selvíria /UNESP Farm / Black light trap / Brachiaria decumbens pasture / C.A.H. Flechtmann. col/ [handwritten to the side] 14/III/1996. // [red paper, printed] Aidophus / flechtmanni n. sp. / PARATYPUS / DELLACASA M & ALII DES. 2001”; CEMT • 1 ♀; “[white paper, printed] BR-MS-Selvíria/UNESP Farm / Black light trap / Brachiaria decumbens pasture / C.A.H. Flechtmann. col/ [handwritten to the side] 14/III/1996. // [white paper, printed RS24. // [red paper, printed] Aidophus / flechtmanni n. sp. / PARATYPUS / DELLACASA M & ALII DES. 2001”; CEMT • 2 ♀♀; “[white paper, printed] BR-MS-Selvíria/UNESP Farm / Black light trap / Brachiaria decumbens pasture / C.A.H. Flechtmann. col/ [handwritten to the side] 28/XI/1998. // [red paper, printed] Aidophus / flechtmanni n. sp./ PARATYPUS / DELLACASA M & ALII DES. 2001”; CEMT. Other material examined BRAZIL – Mato Grosso do Sul • 4 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀; Selvíria, UNESP Farm; 28 Nov. 1993; C.A.H. Flechtmann leg.; Guzera bovine dropping; Brachiaria decumbens pasture; CEMT • 2 ♂♂; same data as for preceding 31 Oct. 1993; Bubalus bubalis dropping; CEMT • 1 ♂; Inocência, Fazenda Moinho; 19°13′12″ S, 52°9′34″ W; elev. 502 m; 21 Oct. 2018; H.L. Rainho leg; light; CEMT. Sexual dimorphism Males with protibial apical spine robust, abruptly downward bent, hook like. Abdomen of males with evident median fovea. Collecting information Individuals can be collected with light traps and from bovine feces in pasture of Urochloa decumbens (Stapf) R.D. Webster (Dellacasa et al. 2001b; Mesquita et al. 2017).