Entypophana biapicata Moser, 1913

Vitali, Francesco, 2019, Catalogue of the types of the Scarabaeidae in the National Museum of Natural History of Luxembourg (Coleoptera), ZooKeys 814, pp. 95-114 : 97

Entypophana biapicata Moser, 1913 Figure 1

Entypophana biapicata Moser, 1913a: 295 (type locality: "Neu-Bethel, Usambara").

Syntype.

Usambara / Neu Bethel / VII.1903 // Entypophana / biapicata Mos. / cotype ♀ [handwritten by Moser] // Donateur 1188d / J. Moser, / Berlin II.1917 // 3197, 1♀.

Remarks.

This species was described from an unknown number of specimens of both sexes measuring between 18 and 19 mm collected by Henri Dupré at Neu-Bethel, Usambara, in October 1903. The type locality is today named Mnazi and it is located in the Tanga region (Tanzania) between the Mkomazi National Park and the West Usambaras Lushoto Mountain Reserve. Dupré was a missionary in the Berlin-based protestant Bethel Mission, also known as Berlin III, Evangelische Missionsgesellschaft für Deutsch-Ostafrika ( Dupré 1906). Most of his material is therefore conserved in Berlin.

The specimen preserved in the MNHNL does not correspond to the original description in the collecting date (July rather than October) but it was collected prior to the quoted type and belonged to the descriptor. Moreover, it carries Moser’s handwritten label of cotype, suggesting that the author donated this specimen to Ferrant and considered it as a cotype.