A new dung beetle genus and species is described and pictured following its recent discovery on a farm in South Africa.
Hathor spinosa Deschodt, new species belongs to the subfamily Scarabaeinae, tribe Onthophagini Streubel, 1846, it
shows a unique set of characters. A map is provided to show the type locality of the new genus and species that has a
putative association with ants.
