
Belongs within: Scarabaeinae.
The Eucraniini are an Argentinean group of mostly flightless dung beetles found in dry, sandy areas (Philips et al. 2004).
Synapomorphies (from Philips et al. 2004): Third labial palpomere attached basally on inner surface; basal glossal lobes elongate and distinct; mandible receptacle reduced or absent; antennal scape elbow absent; prothoracic apodemes composed of three large ventrally directed plates.
<==EucraniiniB14 |--Glyphoderus sterquilinusB14, PPS04 |--Anomiopsoides cavifronsB14, PPS04 |--Ennearabdus lobocephalusB14, PPS04 `--EucraniumB14 |--E. arachnoides Brullé 1834B14 |--E. belenaeB14 |--E. cyclosomaB14 |--E. dentifronsB14 |--E. planicolleB14 `--E. simplicifronsB14
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
[B14] Bouchard, P. (ed.) 2014. The Book of Beetles: A lifesize guide to six hundred of nature’s gems. Ivy Press: Lewes (United Kingdom).
[PPS04] Philips, T. K., E. Pretorius & C. H. Scholtz. 2004. A phylogenetic analysis of dung beetles (Scarabaeinae: Scarabaeidae): unrolling an evolutionary history. Invertebrate Systematics 18: 53–88.