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Phoberus nyansanus Haaf, new status

Description

Phoberus nyansanus (Haaf) new status

(Fig. 4A –C)

Trox nigrociliatus nyansanus Haaf, 1953: 330

Trox (Trox) nigrociliatus nyansanus: Scholtz 1980: 93; Scholtz 1982: 5 Trox (Phoberus) nigrociliatus nyansanus: Scholtz 1986: 361; Zidek 2013: 13 Phoberus nigrociliatus nyansanus: Strümpher et al. 2016: 78

Diagnosis. Phoberus nyansanus can be easily separated from other members of the group by the yellow fringes and tufts of setae on the pronotum and elytra; the other members have black setae. P. nyansanus is restricted to the lake areas of east-central Africa.

Notes

Published as part of Strümpher, Werner P. & Scholtz, Clarke H., 2017, A new brachypterous species of Phoberus MacLeay (Coleoptera: Trogidae) and status changes of species in the East African P. nigrociliatus group, pp. 292-298 in Zootaxa 4216 (3) on page 295, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.231847

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Haaf
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Trogidae
Genus
Phoberus
Species
nyansanus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic status
stat. nov.

References

  • Haaf, E. (1953) Die afrikanischen Arten der Gattung Trox F. (Col. Scarab.). Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum Georg Frey, 4, 309 - 346.
  • Scholtz, C. H. (1980) Monograph of the genus Trox F. (Coleoptera: Trogidae) of Subsaharan Africa. Cimbebasia Memoir, 4, 1 - 104.
  • Scholtz, C. H. (1982) Catalogue of world Trogidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea). Entomology Memoir, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Republic of South Africa, 54, 1 - 27.
  • Scholtz, C. H. (1986) Phylogeny and systematics of the Trogidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea). Systematic Entomology, 11, 355 - 363.
  • Zidek, J. (2013) Checklist and bibliography of the Trogidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea). Insecta Mundi, 314, 1 - 38.
  • Strumpher, W. P., Villet, M. H., Sole, C. L. & Scholtz, C. H. (2016) Overview and revision of the extant genera and subgenera of Trogidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea). Insect Systematics and Evolution, 47, 53 - 82. https: // doi. org / 10.1163 / 1876312 X- 46052133