Pleuraphodius vespuccii (Petrovitz, 1972) Aphodius vespuccii Petrovitz, 1972: 162. Pleuraphodius vespucci – Skelley et al. 2007: 6. Diagnosis Length 3.5 mm. Body narrow, weakly arched. Head densely punctured with anterior margin somewhat elevate, clypeus faintly sinuate. Pronotum with posterior marginal line. Elytra with humerus lacking teeth; interstriae somewhat raised, third, fifth and sixth interstriae more elevate than others. Sexual dimorphism No information available in literature. Collecting information No information available in literature. Remarks Pleuraphodius is a genus considered to be restricted to the Old World (Dellacasa et al. 2001a). Pleuraphodius vespuccii was described from Serra de Paranapiacaba, São Paulo State, Brazil, but Skelley et al. (2007) comment on how this species may have been described based on a mislabeled specimen and should probably be removed from the list of New World taxa.

Published as part of Gama, Emanuel R. R., Skelley, Paul E. & Vaz-De-Mello, Fernando Z., 2026, Identification guide to the Aphodiinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of Brazil, pp. 1-225 in European Journal of Taxonomy 1038 (1) on page 56, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1038.3175