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Issue: Vol. 4763 No. 3: 14 Apr. 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-04-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4763.3.4
Page range: 394–404
Abstract views: 81
PDF downloaded: 6

The enigmatic dung beetle genus Stiptopodius Harold, 1871 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) revisited: new species descriptions from southern Africa

Department of Terrestrial Invertebrates, The National Museum, 36 Aliwal Street, Bloemfontein, South Africa
Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X20, Hatfield, 0028 South Africa.
Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X20, Hatfield, 0028 South Africa.
Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X20, Hatfield, 0028 South Africa.
Coleoptera Afrotropical Alpha taxonomy Angola Botswana South Africa

Abstract

It is proposed that the genus Stiptopodius Harold, 1871 should be subdivided into two species groups based on the shape of the lateral edge of the pronotum. Three new species are described from southern Africa: Stiptopodius peringueyi Daniel & Deschodt, new species, Stiptopodius savuti Daniel & Deschodt, new species, and Stiptopodius muellerae Daniel & Deschodt, new species. Stiptopodius savuti new species is the first record of the genus from Botswana. A distribution map for the new taxa is provided. The identification key to the known species of Stiptopodius is updated.

 

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