Please be advised that the site will be down for maintenance on Sunday, September 1, 2024, from 08:00 to 18:00, and again on Monday, September 2, 2024, from 08:00 to 09:00. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
dc.contributor.author | Deschodt, Christian M.![]() |
|
dc.contributor.author | Davis, Adrian L.V.![]() |
|
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-12-06T06:26:07Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-12-06T06:26:07Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
dc.description.abstract | Taxonomic changes are made in the Byrrhidium group of Canthonini dung beetles. The genera Versicorpus Deschodt, Davis & Scholtz, 2011 and Namakwanus Scholtz & Howden, 1987 currently comprise one and four species, respectively. Re-examination of the type material of Namakwanus irishi Scholtz & Howden, 1987 indicates that the holotype and paratypes from mountains near Windhoek, Namibia, differ from the paratype from the Kuiseb River near Gobabeb in the Central Namib, warranting description of a new species, Namakwanus scholtzi spec. nov. Other species included in the genus, Namakwanus davisi Deschodt & Scholtz, 2007 and Namakwanus endroedyi Deschodt, Davis & Scholtz, 2011, differ sufficiently to warrant removal to a new genus, Namaphilus gen. nov. A further new species, Namaphilus ameibensis spec. nov., is added to the new genus. Namakwanus streyi Frolov, 2005 is transferred to Versicorpus. Lastly a new, updated key and some notes on all the known Byrrhidium group species are provided. | en_ZA |
dc.description.department | Zoology and Entomology | en_ZA |
dc.description.librarian | am2017 | en_ZA |
dc.description.sponsorship | JRS Biodiversity Foundation | en_ZA |
dc.description.uri | http://www.journals.co.za/content/journal | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.citation | DESCHODT, C. M. and DAVIS, A. 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). Annals of the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History 7: 109–114. | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.issn | 0041-1752 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/63430 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_ZA |
dc.publisher | Transvaal Museum | en_ZA |
dc.rights | Transvaal Museum | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Byrrhidium group | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Taxonomic changes | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Flightless dung beetles | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Key | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Canthonini dung beetles | en_ZA |
dc.title | 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) | en_ZA |
dc.type | Article | en_ZA |