S. (Scarabaeolus) canaliculatus Fairmaire, 1888

Scarabaeus canaliculatus Fairmaire 1888: 177 . Péringuey 1901: 56; Gillet 1911: 308; Janssens 1940: 18, 38; zur Strassen 1967: 143, fig. 16a–b; Ferreira 1953b: 400, pl. 4, fig. 65; 1968a: 8; 1972: 38; Zidek and Pokorný 2004: 12; Deschodt et al. 2015: 507, 522, fig. 2.

HT—MNHN, from Namibia: Namaland . Namibia, w. RSA.

Length 10–20 mm.

Scarabaeus reichei Waterhouse 1890: 365; Péringuey 1901: 57; Gillet 1911: 308 (syn. of S. canaliculatus); Janssens 1940: 38 (syn.); zur Strassen 1967: 143 (syn.); Ferreira 1972: 38 (syn.); Zidek and Pokorný 2004: 12, 18 (syn.); Deschodt et al. 2015: 507, 522 (stat. rev.).

HT—BMNH, from RSA: Western Cape Province, Cape of Good Hope .