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Issue: Vol. 4999 No. 4: 13 Jul. 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-07-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4999.4.3
Page range: 335-342
Abstract views: 473
PDF downloaded: 31

A new dung beetle species of the genus Stiptopodius Harold, 1871 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) recorded from xeric savanna in Namibia

Ditsong National Museum of Natural History, PO Box 413, Pretoria 0001, South Africa.
Department of Terrestrial Invertebrates, The National Museum, 36 Aliwal Street, Bloemfontein, South Africa. Department of Biological & Environmental Sciences, Walter Sisulu University, Mthatha, South Africa
Afrotropical Region alpha taxonomy ant or termite-associated checklist distribution new taxon Onthophagini Coleoptera

Abstract

A new species of dung beetle, Stiptopodius brancoi Strümpher & Daniel, new species, from Namibia, is diagnosed, described, and illustrated. The new species is the first Stiptopodius recorded from the country and belong to the “singularis species group”. A revised key as well as a checklist of Stiptopodius species recorded from the African continent are provided.

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