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Issue: Vol. 5093 No. 4: 28 Jan. 2022
Type: Article
Published: 2022-01-28
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5093.4.2
Page range: 414-420
Abstract views: 537
PDF downloaded: 31

An unexpected new flightless dung beetle species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Endroedyolini) from the Cederberg Mountains, South Africa

Department of Terrestrial Invertebrates, National Museum, 36 Aliwal Street, Bloemfontein, South Africa. 2Department of Biological & Environmental Sciences, Walter Sisulu University, Mthatha, South Africa.
Ditsong National Museum of Natural History, PO Box 413, Pretoria 0001, South Africa.
Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X20, Hatfield, 0028 South Africa.
Coleoptera Afrotropical Region flightless taxa Fynbos riparian vegetation taxonomy Scarabaeoidea Silvaphilus joselmae Western Cape Province

Abstract

Silvaphilus joselmae Daniel, Strümpher & Deschodt, new species is diagnosed and described from the Cederberg Mountains, South Africa. The tribal affiliation of Silvaphilus Roets & Oberlander, 2010 is briefly discussed. We revise some generic characters and update the key for the species and genera in the tribe Endroedyolini Davis, Deschodt & Scholtz, 2019. We also provide a distribution map of the two Silvaphilus species.

 

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