Tosevskiana Pavićević, 1985, an enigmatic genus of European Melolonthinae Rhizotrogini removed from Pachydeminae (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae)

Abstract

On the consideration of the morphological characters of its type-species, especially the shape and structure of the aedeagus, the genus Tosevskiana Pavicevic, 1985, is removed from the subfamily Pachydeminae, in which it was originally described, to the subfamily Melolonthinae. The new combination Tosevskiana sithoniensis (Král, 1998) comb. n. is also proposed. Thus, the genus Tosevskiana is now composed of two species localized in the south east of the Balkan Peninsula. In addition, the restoration of the combination Rhizotrogus camusi Antoine, 1959, is based on the examination of the genital segment of the type-specimen. © 2003 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.