Published January 26, 2026 | Version v1
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Chalcoderus longiceps Moretto & Deschodt & Davis 2026, new combination

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Description

Chalcoderus longiceps (d’Orbigny, 1904), new combination

(Fig. 6)

Onthophagus longiceps d’Orbigny, 1904: 285.

Type material examined (photos only): Lectotype ♂, present designation “afr. or. / allem. {handwritten} // longiceps / n. sp. d’Orb. {handwritten by d’Orbigny} // Ex-Typis {printed in red, framed in black} // cf. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. / XLI.1904, p. 285 {handwritten} // J.J. Gillet det. vend. / O.(Onthophagus) / longiceps d’Orb. / R.M.H.N. Belg. 10.640 // Lectotype Onthophagus / longiceps d’Orbigny, 1904 / Moretto, Deschodt & Davis / des. 2025 {red} // Chalcoderus longiceps / (d’Orbigny, 1904) / Moretto, Deschodt & Davis / det. 2025” (IRSNB). Paralectotype ♀ “afr. or. / allem. {handwritten} // Ex-Typis {printed in red, framed in black} // cf. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. / XLI.1904, p. 285 {handwritten} // J.J. Gillet det. vend. / O.(Onthophagus) / longiceps d’Orb. / R.M.H.N. Belg. 10.640 // Paralectotype Onthophagus / longiceps d’Orbigny, 1904 / Moretto, Deschodt & Davis det. 2025 {red} // Chalcoderus longiceps (d’Orbigny, 1904) / Moretto, Deschodt & Davis det. 2025” (IRSNB).

Type locality: “Afrique orientale allemande” [Tanzania].

Notes

Published as part of Moretto, Philippe, Deschodt, Christian M. & Davis, Adrian L. V., 2026, The genus Chalcoderus Erichson, 1847: synonymy of Parascatonomus (Morettoeus) Ochi & Kon, 2023, and transfer of group 15 (d'Orbigny 1913, 1915) Afrotropical Onthophagus Latreille, 1802 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae), pp. 63-84 in Zootaxa 5752 (1) on page 74, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5752.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/19171508

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
IRSNB
Scientific name authorship
Moretto & Deschodt & Davis
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Scarabaeidae
Genus
Chalcoderus
Species
longiceps
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic status
comb. nov.
Type status
lectotype , paralectotype
Taxonomic concept label
Chalcoderus longiceps (d'Orbigny, 1904) sec. Moretto, Deschodt & Davis, 2026