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Issue: Vol. 4728 No. 3: 23 Jan. 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-01-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4728.3.4
Page range: 357–362
Abstract views: 79
PDF downloaded: 5

Upsa centennial, a new genus and species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Endroedyolini) from the Southern Mistbelt forest in South Africa: celebrating 100 years of entomology at the University of Pretoria

Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, P/B X20, 0028 Hatfield, South Africa.
Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, P/B X20, 0028 Hatfield, South Africa.
Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, P/B X20, 0028 Hatfield, South Africa.
Coleoptera Minute dung beetle species forest endemic monotypic genus

Abstract

Upsa centennial Deschodt, Sole & Scholtz, new genus and species is described, celebrating a century of entomology at the University of Pretoria. This new genus in the dung beetle tribe Endroedyolini (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) occurs in the Albany Coastal Mistbelt forest in the Eastern Cape Province in South Africa. A distribution map and key for all genera and species in the tribe are provided.[Genus Zoobank url: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:92A64613-A8CE-48DF-84D9-7450EA1D40AA]

 

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