Deschodt, Christian M.Sole, Catherine L.2024-07-242024-07-242023-11-22Deschodt, C.M., Sole, C.L. A new genus and species in the diverse dung beetle tribe Onthophagini Streubel, 1846 (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) from South Africa. Zootaxa. 2023 Nov 22; 5375(2): 279-284. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5375.2.9.1175-5326 (print)1175-5334 (online)10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5375.2.9http://hdl.handle.net/2263/97188A 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.en© 2023 Magnolia Press.Putative ant associationDung beetleAfrotropical regionSDG-15: Life on landScarabaeinaeOnthophagini StreubelArticle