Published February 2, 2024 | Version v1
Taxonomic treatment Open

Proagoderus unidens

  • 1. Department of Terrestrial Invertebrates, National Museum, 36 Aliwal Street, Bloemfontein, South Africa & Department of Biological & Environmental Sciences, Walter Sisulu University, Mthatha, South Africa & Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 S DuSable Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605, USA
  • 2. 17, Rue G. Apollinaire; F 56190 Muzillac; France & Association Catharsius, 10, Rue Baudouin, 75013 Paris
  • 3. Faculty of Natural Sciences, Lúrio University, Pemba P. O. Box 958, Mozambique
  • 4. Department of Terrestrial Invertebrates, National Museum, 36 Aliwal Street, Bloemfontein, South Africa & Ditsong National Museum of Natural History, PO Box 413, Pretoria 0001, South Africa & Department of Terrestrial Invertebrates, National Museum, 36 Aliwal Street, Bloemfontein, South Africa

Description

Proagoderus unidens (Quedenfeldt, 1884)

= Onthophagus suspectus Péringuey, 1892 (type locality: Kunene River, Ovamboland, Namibia [“ Ovampoland ”]).

Type locality: “ Malange ” [Malanje Province, Angola].

Distribution: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Angola, Namibia (Quedenfeldt 1884; d’Orbigny 1913; Palestrini 1992; Josso unpublished data).

Notes

Published as part of Daniel, Gimo M., Josso, Jean-François, Nganhane, Isildo De N. & Strümpher, Werner P., 2024, Dung beetle fauna from Mount Mabu, Mozambique. Part 3: A new species of Proagoderus van Lansberge, 1883 with an annotated checklist of the Proagoderus dives (Harold, 1877) species-group (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae), pp. 175-189 in Zootaxa 5406 (1) on page 187, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5406.1.10, http://zenodo.org/record/10611256

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References

  • Quedenfeldt, G. (1884) Verzeichniss der von Herrn Major a D von Mechow in Angola und am Quango-strom 1878 - 1881 gesammelten Pectinicornen und Lamellicornen Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift, 28, 268 - 280. https: // doi. org / 10.1002 / mmnd. 18840280207
  • d'Orbigny, H. (1913) Synopsis des Onthophagides d'Afrique. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France, 82, 1 - 742.
  • Palestrini, C. (1992) Sistematica e zoogeografia del genere Onthophagus sottogenere Proagoderus Lansberge. Memorie della Societa Entomologica Italiana, 71 (1), 1 - 358.