Paraphytus Harold, 1877

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 : 84

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5711.1.3
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17884245
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scientific name	Paraphytus Harold, 1877
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Paraphytus Harold, 1877 View in CoL

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Type species: Paraphytus doriae Harold, 1877 View in CoL

Species of Paraphytus View in CoL are small (length: 4–8 mm), dark brown to black, elongate, oval and strongly flattened (see description in Paulian 1936). Their body shape is similar to many species in the Aphodiinae View in CoL , which is the sister subfamily of the Scarabaeinae View in CoL . The character of dorsally excavated apices of the protibiae in Paraphytus View in CoL is shared with the Oriental coprine genus, Onychothecus Boucomont, 1912 View in CoL ( Lopes et al. 2024) but differentiates it from all other scarabaeine genera.