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Issue: Vol. 5375 No. 2: 22 Nov. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-11-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5375.2.9
Page range: 279-284
Abstract views: 330
PDF downloaded: 21

A new genus and species in the diverse dung beetle tribe Onthophagini Streubel, 1846 (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) from South Africa

Department of Zoology and Entomology; University of Pretoria; Private Bag X20; 0028 Hatfield; South Africa
Department of Zoology and Entomology; University of Pretoria; Private Bag X20; 0028 Hatfield; South Africa
Coleoptera Putative ant association dung beetle Afrotropical region

Abstract

A new dung beetle genus and species is described and pictured following its recent discovery on a farm in South Africa. Hathor spinosa Deschodt, new species belongs to the subfamily Scarabaeinae, tribe Onthophagini Streubel, 1846, it shows a unique set of characters. A map is provided to show the type locality of the new genus and species that has a putative association with ants.

 

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