Scarabaeus (Scarabaeolus) andreaei Zur Strassen 1963

Scarabaeus (Scarabaeolus) xavieri Ferreira 1968 new synonym

We have compared photographs of the holotype and paratype specimens of Scarabaeus (Scarabaeolus) andreaei Zur Strassen 1963, housed in the SAMC (type locality: Inhambane, coastal Mozambique), with the holotype of Scarabaeus (Scarabaeolus) xavieri Ferreira 1968, housed in the TMSA (type locality: Inharrime, coastal Mozambique) (Fig. 1), and are of the opinion that they are synonymous. The type of S. (S.) andreaei is female thus aedeagi could not be compared. However the fine dense punctation of the prothoracic disc and slightly convex interstriae is similar in both type specimens.