Dichotomius (Homocanthonides) Luederwaldt, 1929

Dichotomius (Homocanthonides) Luederwaldt, 1929 View in CoL

Type species: Copris smaragdinus Perty, 1830 View in CoL ; by original monotypy.

Diagnosis: this subgenus is distinguished from others by the following combination of characters: Body with a green metallic. Clypeal margin with central single rounded tooth on clypeal margin ( Fig. 1e, g View Figure 1 ). Ventral clypeal process pronounced into a small tubercle, not bifurcated. Clypeo-genal junction with division and lacking angulation ( Fig.1e, g View Figure 1 ). Ventral thoracic ventrites glabrous. Sixth abdominal ventrite of females not differentiated by the presence of tubercles, lobe or emarginations ( Fig.1f, g View Figure 1 ). Parameres lacking excavations, apex elongated; subgenital plate reduced, weakly sclerotized. ME with a square-shapedand with dorsal projection. Brazilian Cerrado (Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Goiás, Distrito Federal, Maranhão, Minas Gerais and São Paulo states) (modified from Maldaner et al., 2018).