Diastellopalpus infernalis van Lansberge, 1887

Daniel, Gimo M., Strümpher, Werner P., Josso, Jean-François & Davis, Adrian L. V., 2024, Taxonomic revision of Mozambique dung beetle species in the genus Diastellopalpus van Lansberge, 1886 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae), Zootaxa 5447 (1), pp. 29-54 : 35

Diastellopalpus infernalis van Lansberge, 1887

( Figs. 6 , 9, 14 , 18–23 , 32 )

Diastellopalpus infernalis van Lansberge, 1887: 109–110 ; d’Orbigny 1902: 311, 321; d’Orbigny 1908: 202, 206; d’Orbigny 1913: 584, 722; Marcus 1914: 210–211; Ferreira 1965: 1176; Ferreira 1967: 474, 479–480, 764; Ferreira 1972: 548, 1024; Josso & Prévost 2000: 20, 41, 102, 105; 112–113, 118; Davis & Scholtz 2010: 415, 421; Davis et al. 2008: 196, 267; Gillet & Barr 2018: 437 .

Type locality: “Humpata Afr. occ” [ Humpata , Huíla Province, Angola] ( Fig. 29 ) .

= Diastellopalpus nyassicus Kolbe, 1901: 73–74 ; Kolbe 1904: 292; d’Orbigny 1904: 328, 330; d’Orbigny 1908: 202, 207; d’Orbigny 1913: 722; Ferreira 1965: 1176; Ferreira 1967: 479; Ferreira 1972: 548; Josso & Prévost 2000: 41. (Junior subjective synonym confirmed).

Type locality: “Nord-Nyassa, Kivira-FLuss, Massewe” [ Kivira River , Rungwe District and Kyela District, Mbeya Region, Tanzania] .

= Onthophagus (Diastellopalpus) tridepressus d’Orbigny, 1902: 309–312 ; d’Orbigny 1904: 328, 331; d’Orbigny 1913: 721, 723; Ferreira 1965: 1176; Ferreira 1967: 479; Ferreira 1972: 548; Josso & Prévost 2000: 41; d’Orbigny 1904: 328; Kolbe 1904: 292; d’Orbigny 1908: 202, 208; Péringuey 1904: 224. (Junior subjective synonym confirmed).

Type locality: “ Nord du Mozambique: riviére Loudjenda [Lugenda River, northern Mozambique] ( Fig. 32 ).

Figures

FIGURE 32. Distribution of Diastellopalpus van Lansberge, 1886 species in Mozambique: red circles: Diastellopalpus scholtzi Daniel, Strümpher, Josso & Davis new species; blue circle: Diastellopalpus infernalis van Lansberge, 1887; yellow circle: Diastellopalpus neavei (d’Orbigny, 1914); pink circles: Diastellopalpus orbignyi Péringuey, 1904, valid species; green circles: Diastellopalpus quinquedens Bates, 1888.

FIGURES 5–7. Head and pronotal disc, dorsal view. 5, Diastellopalpus scholtzi Daniel, Strümpher, Josso & Davis new species, holotype (Photo by W.P. Strümpher); 6, Diastellopalpus infernalis van Lansberge, 1887, holotype (Photo courtesy of Yvonne van Dam, copyright RMNH); 7, Diastellopalpus orbignyi Péringuey, 1904, valid species (Photo by W.P. Strümpher).

FIGURES 8–17. Male genitalia, lateral view (8–12) and dorsal (13–17). Diastellopalpus scholtzi Daniel, Strümpher, Josso & Davis new species, holotype (8, 13); Diastellopalpus infernalis van Lansberge, 1887 (9, 14); Diastellopalpus neavei (d’Orbigny, 1914) (10, 15); Diastellopalpus orbignyi Péringuey, 1904, valid species (11, 16); Diastellopalpus quinquedens Bates, 1888 (12, 17). Photos by W.P. Strümpher (8, 10–12, 13, 15–17) and J.-F. Josso (9, 14).

FIGURES 18–19. Diastellopalpus infernalis van Lansberge, 1887, holotype (RMNH). 18, habitus, dorsal view; 19, labels. Photos courtesy of Yvonne van Dam, copyright RMNH.

FIGURES 20–21. Diastellopalpus nyassicus Kolbe, 1901 (= junior subjective synonym of Diastellopalpus infernalis), lectotype (MFNB). 20, habitus, dorsal view; 21, labels. Photos courtesy of Bernd Jaeger, copyright MFNB.

FIGURES 22–23.Onthophagus(Diastellopalpus) tridepressus d’Orbigny, 1902(= juniorsubjectivesynonym of Diastellopalpus infernalis), Lectotype (MNHN). 22, habitus, dorsal view; 23, labels. Photos courtesy of Olivier Montreuil, copyright MNHN.

FIGURES 28–29. Diastellopalpus quinquedens Bates, 1888, lectotype (MNHN). 28, habitus, dorsal view; 29, labels. Photos courtesy of Olivier Montreuil, copyright MNHN.