Deschodt, Christian M.Davis, Adrian L.V.2023-03-242023-03-242022-07-28Deschodt, C.M. & Davis, A.L.V. 2022, 'Comparison with a syntype of Kheper cupreus (Laporte de Castelnau, 1840) confirms that Kheper namibicus Krajcik, 2006 is a synonym', Zootaxa, vol. 5169, no. 2, pp. 193-196, doi : 10.11646/zootaxa.5169.2.8.1175-5326 (print)1175-5334 (online)10.11646/zootaxa.5169.2.8http://hdl.handle.net/2263/90214Following its original description, Kheper namibicus Krajcik, 2006, was synonymized with Kheper cupreus (Laporte de Castelnau, 1840) by Deschodt et al. (2011) but later re-erected as a valid species or subspecies (Krajcik 2020). This paper discusses the evidence for validity versus synonymy and provides further support that Kheper namibicus is, indeed, a junior subjective synonym of Kheper cupreus.en© 2022 Magnolia Press.Kheper cupreusKheper namibicusArticle