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Namakwanus irishi Scholtz & Howden 1987

  • 1. Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

Description

Namakwanus irishi Scholtz & Howden, 1987.

Known only from the four specimens in the type series. Not collected since its description in 1987. Most probably occurs in the mountains around Windhoek [c. 22.571°S 17.086°E].

Notes

Published as part of Deschodt, Christian M. & Davis, Adrian L. V., 2017, Transfer of three species of Namakwanus Scholtz & Howden to Versicorpus Deschodt, Davis & Scholtz or to Namaphilus gen. nov., with descriptions of two new species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae), pp. 109-114 in Annals of the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History 7 (7) on page 114, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5562912

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Scientific name authorship
Scholtz & Howden
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Scarabaeidae
Genus
Namakwanus
Species
irishi
Taxon rank
species
Type status
type
Taxonomic concept label
Namakwanus irishi &, 1987 sec. Deschodt & Davis, 2017

References

  • SCHOLTZ, C. H. and HOWDEN, H. F., 1987. A revision of the southern African Cathonina [sic] (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae). Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 50: 75 - 119.