Oedanomerus squamosus Lacroix, 2005

Sehnal, Richard, 2018, Two new Oedanomerus species from Zimbabwe (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Tanyproctini), Zootaxa 4377 (4), pp. 593-600 : 599-600

Oedanomerus squamosus Lacroix, 2005 ( Figs. 1C , 2C , 3C , 4C, 4G , 5G )

Type material studied. Holotype: “ HOLOTYPE [red label, printed] | Botswana | Shakawe—Camp | 22.-24. ii. 1958 |

leg. U. Göllner [blue label, printed] || Oedanomerus | squamosus n. sp. [handwritten] | M. LACROIX det. 2005 [white

label, printed]” deposited in Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz-Gemeinschaft, Berlin, Germany . Other material studied. Namibia: Kavango region: 130 km E Rundu, 1030 m, 13–31.xii. 2013, S. Murzin, two

males deposited in Národní muzeum Praha, Czech Republic, 22 males deposited in Richard Sehnal collection, Velenice,

Czech Republic.

Note. To date, the species has been known only from the holotype. Specimens from Kavango Region near Rundu ( Fig. 4G ) represent the only additional material collected outside of the type locality. The species is recorded here for the first time from Namibia. Variability in males (between holotype and males from Kavango): body length 5.1–8.2 mm (holotype = 8.0), slightly variable in dorsal punctation density and length and distribution of scales. Color as in holotype. Detailed photographs are here presented for the first time.

Figures

FIGURES 1A–D. Habitus, dorsal and lateral views. A, Oedanomerus bidentatus Sehnal, new species, holotype male; B, Oedanomerus lupanus Sehnal, new species, holotype male; C, Oedanomerus squamosus Lacroix, 2005, holotype male; D, Oedanomerus uhligi Lacroix,2005,holotype male.Scalebar = 1 mm.

FIGURES 2A–L. Antenna (A–D), clypeus (E–H) and pronotal disc (I–L). A, E, I, Oedanomerus bidentatus Sehnal, new species, holotype male; B, F, J, Oedanomerus lupanus Sehnal, new species, holotype male; C, G, K, Oedanomerus squamosus Lacroix, 2005, holotype male; D, H,L, Oedanomerusuhligi Lacroix,2005, holotype male.Scale bar = 1 mm.

FIGURES 3A–D. Aedeagus, dorsal (left) and lateral (right) views. A, Oedanomerus bidentatus Sehnal, new species, holotype male; B, Oedanomerus lupanus Sehnal, new species, holotype male; C, Oedanomerus squamosus Lacroix, 2005, holotype male; D, Oedanomerus uhligi Lacroix,2005,holotype male.Scalebar = 1 mm.

FIGURE 5. Map with currently known geographic distribution in southern Africa: A—Oedanomerus bicolor Evans, 1987; B— Oedanomerus capriviensis Evans, 1987; C—Oedanomerus hirsutus Waterhouse, 1875; D—Oedanomerus longicornis Arrow, 1987; E—Oedanomerus pilosus Frey, 1960; F—Oedanomerus snizeki Lacroix, 2005; G—Oedanomerus squamosus Lacroix, 2005; H— Oedanomerus uhligi Lacroix, 2005; J—Oedanomerus bidentatus Sehnal, new species; K—Oedanomerus lupanus Sehnal, new species.Reddots indicatenew species or new locality.

FIGURES4A–H. Metafemur withmetatibia (A–D)and protibia(E–F).A, E, Oedanomerus bidentatusSehnal,new species, holotype male; B, F, Oedanomerus lupanus Sehnal, new species,holotype male; C, G, Oedanomerus squamosus Lacroix,2005,holotype male; D, H,Oedanomerus uhligi Lacroix,2005,holotype male.Scale bar = 1 mm.