Schelodontes Koch, 1956

Kamiński, Marcin Jan, 2017, Three new species of trigonopoid Platynotina (Tenebrionidae: Pedinini) from the Baviaanskloof Nature Reserve, South Africa, Zootaxa 4236 (1), pp. 183-193 : 189

Genus Schelodontes Koch, 1956

Schelodontes Koch, 1956: 81 .

= Lawrenceus Iwan, 1998b: 307. Type species: Lawrenceus capensis Iwan, 1998 . = Warchalowskiellus Iwan, 1998a: 60. Type species: Trigonopus longulus Mulsant and Rey, 1853 . = Platycharlesus Iwan, 1998b: 307 . Type species: Trigonopus morosus Mulsant and Rey, 1853 .

Type species. Trigonopus immundus Mulsant & Rey, 1853 ; by original designation.

Diagnostic characters. This genus can be distinguished from other representatives of the trigonopoid Platynotina by the following character combination: antennomeres from 7th to 11th transverse; medial lobe of mentum hexagonal, narrowing towards apex, with median keel; pronotal base “v”-like, anterior border of pronotum complete, basal border absent (except S. capensis , S. longulus , S. omeri ) ( Fig. 4 G); elytral base “v”-like ( Fig. 4 H); and protibiae widened towards apex.

Notes. The most recent identification key to the species of Schelodontes was published by Iwan & Kamiński (2014) and includes all of the previously known species.

Species included (30). S. apicalis Koch, 1956 ; S. baviaanskloofensis sp. nov.; S. capensis (Iwan, 1998) ; S. chevrolati (Mulsant & Rey, 1853) ; S. dentatus (Iwan, 1998) ; S. dormitorius Iwan, 1998 ; S. gemmeulus Koch, 1956 ; S. grandis Koch, 1956 ; S. immundus (Mulsant & Rey, 1853) ; S. invenustus (Iwan, 1998) ; S. jani Iwan, 2008 ; S. longulus (Mulsant & Rey, 1853) ; S. mannerheimi (Mulsant & Rey, 1853) ; S. marseuli Iwan, 1998 ; S. medvedevi Iwan, 2006 ; S. morosus (Mulsant & Rey, 1853) ; S. muellerae Iwan & Kamiński, 2014 ; S. mulsanti Koch, 1956 ; S. nigerrimus (Mulsant & Rey, 1853) ; S. nitidus Iwan & Kamiński, 2014 ; S. oblitus Koch, 1956 ; S. omeri Koch, 1956 ; S. parvus Iwan, 1998 , S. rotundicollis Koch, 1956 ; S. scarabaeoides Iwan & Kamiński, 2014 ; S. simplimanus Koch, 1956 ; S. spinosis Iwan & Kamiński, 2014 ; S. terrenus Koch, 1956 ; S. tichyi Iwan, 2008 ; S. verreauxi (Mulsant & Rey, 1853) .

Figures

FIGURE 4. Morphology of the newly described species: Atrocrates smithi sp. nov., paratype (A – F) and Schelodontes baviaanskloofensis sp. nov., paratype (G – K). Head dorsal (A) and ventral (C) views, pronotum (B, G), elytra (D, F, H), intercoxal process of prosternum (I), 5 th abdominal ventrite, legs: dorsal (E 1) and ventral (E 2) views of male protibia, male metaleg (K), female protibia (paratype).