Haroldius convexus ( Philips & Scholtz, 2000 )

Daniel, Gimo M., Strümpher, Werner P. & Snäll, Stanislav, 2021, A new species and new distributional records of Haroldius Boucomont, 1914 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) from southern Africa, Zootaxa 5072 (1), pp. 34-42 : 41

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5072.1.4

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7FFA2C8D-6ED2-497E-A55C-05F50417016A

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5728965

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03848789-2512-FFEA-FF49-327FFAF4FC41

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Plazi

scientific name

Haroldius convexus ( Philips & Scholtz, 2000 )
status

 

Haroldius convexus ( Philips & Scholtz, 2000) View in CoL

Material examined: 1 spec. unsexed ( ESRC) https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/86602129 SOUTH AFRICA: North West Province, 10 km N of Brits [25°30’46.46”S 27°46’39.47”E], 17.xi.2019, leg. S. Snäll. Determined by S. Snäll GoogleMaps . 1 spec. unsexed ( USNM): SOUTH AFRICA: KwaZulu-Natal [Province]: Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Game Reserve, Mpila Camp , 300m, 28°18’36.00”S 31°51’43.20”E, 28.i.2018, KK18_036. K. Kanda, R. A. Gomez. Determined by G. M. Daniel through detailed photographs GoogleMaps .

Distribution: South Africa: Gauteng ( Philips & Scholtz, 2000), new provincial records for North West and KwaZulu-Natal.

Biological note. The adult specimen from the North West Province was collected in a nest of Pheidole tenuinodis Mayr, 1901 ( Hymenoptera : Formicidae : Myrmicinae) ants under a rock in open field. Similarly, the specimen from KwaZulu-Natal was also collected from the nests of myrmicine ants (genus unknown) under a stone.

ESRC

Nova Scotia Department Natural Resources

USNM

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History

R

Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Scarabaeidae

Genus

Haroldius

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