New genus, new combination and new tribal placement for the enigmatic species Stenocrates nasutus Dechambre, 1979 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Dynastinae)

RESUMO: Monneocrates gen. nov. is proposed herein to accommodate the enigmatic species Stenocrates nasutus Dechambre, 1979 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae), resulting in a new combination. Additionally, Monneocrates parabolicus sp. nov. is also described. The new genus is placed within the tribe Phileurini based on the characters of the mentum: laterally expanded and nearly entirely covering the first labial palpomere in ventral view. Illustrations, diagnoses, and a geographical distribution map are provided for Monneocrates species, including a first record of S. nasutus from Brazil. Finally, a discussion on the diagnostic characters used to define the new genus and the differences of its species from Stenocrates Burmeister, 1847, as well as the justification for placing the new genus within Phileurini, are presented.

doi: https://doi.org/10.11606/1807-0205/2026.66.special-issue-1.014

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