Delopleurus Erichson, 1848

Scholtz, Clarke H., Davis, Adrian L. V. & Klerk, Hennie De, 2025, 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), Zootaxa 5711 (1), pp. 79-92 : 87

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5711.1.3
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17884261
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scientific name	Delopleurus Erichson, 1848
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Delopleurus Erichson, 1848 View in CoL

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Type species: Delopleurus pullus Boheman, 1857 View in CoL

Delopleurus View in CoL species are superficially similar, small (length: 3.5–6.1 mm), dark brown to black, and strongly convex (see description in Frolov 2014). Together with Coptorhina View in CoL , the genus shares a sinuate and mid-laterally, very convex epipleural margin with a somewhat rectangular metepisternon that is widest posteriorly. It can be separated from Coptorhina View in CoL by its quadridentate clypeus and smaller body size.