Rhyparini

Skelley, Paul E. & Minkina, Łukasz, 2025, Review of the Rhyparini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) of eastern Melanesia and Polynesia, with descriptions of new species, Zootaxa 5632 (1), pp. 115-137 : 117

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5632.1.6
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scientific name	Rhyparini
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Key to Rhyparini View in CoL genera and species of Fiji, New Caledonia, Samoa, and Vanuatu

For comparison with potentially related taxa in the broader region, this key includes species reported from the Solomon Islands ( Minkina et al. 2025). An asterisk “*” indicates species not presently known from the study region.

1 Metatibia greatly enlarged, broad, lobed or twisted ( Figs. 10 View FIGURES 10–16 , 17 View FIGURES 17–22 , 23 View FIGURES 23–27 ); elytra with caudal bulb small, trichome present or not; Fiji................................................................................................ 2