Sisyphus genierorum Montreuil, 2015

Daniel, Gimo M., Davis, Adrian Lv., Sole, Catherine L. & Scholtz, Clarke H., 2020, Taxonomic review of the tribe Sisyphini sensu stricto Mulsant, 1842 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) in southern Africa, including new species descriptions, Insect Systematics & Evolution 51 (1), pp. 1-61 : 22

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https://doi.org/ 10.1163/1876312X-00002195

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3794421

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scientific name

Sisyphus genierorum Montreuil, 2015
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Sisyphus genierorum Montreuil, 2015 View in CoL ( Figs. 5 View Fig , 6C View Fig ).

Montreuil 2015a: 91, 93, 99–100

Type locality: Quirimbas National Park, Mareja (Cabo Delgado, Moçambique) Size: Male: length: 10–8.0 mm, width: 5.5– 5 mm. Female: length: 9.5– 8.5 mm, width: 5.0– 4.7 mm.

Diagnosis: S. genierorum resembles S. sordidus . In both species, tufts of epipleural setae are visible from above at the outer margin of the elytra ( Fig. 5H View Fig ); also, pronotal setae arise from the centre of ocellate punctures. However, S. genierorum differs by the much finer and uniformly arranged setae on the elytral interstriae. It is also much larger than S. sordidus .

Examined type material

Paratypes: (2♀ CMN) MOZAMBIQUE: / Cabo Delgado, Taratibu (site 3), P.N. Quirimbas, 340 m ; 12°48’02”S 39°41’49”E, 8.i.2013, eastern Miombo woodlands, dung trap 24 h. F & S. Génier. 2013-47 GoogleMaps /; /World Scarab database WSD00024494/, Sisyphus genierorum n. sp.; O. Montreuil dét. 2014. (1♀, 3♂ CMN) MOZAMBIQUE: / Cabo Delgado, Mareja (site 2), P.N. Quirimbas, 200 m ; 12°51’41”S 40°09’31”E, 24.xii.2012, eastern Miombo woodlands, dung trap (shaded), leg: F & S. Génier. 2012-08 GoogleMaps /; /World Scarab database WSD00024355/, / Sisyphus genierorum n. sp.; O. Montreuil dét. 2014/.

Distribution: S. genierorum is currently only known from Quirimbas National Park (Cabo Delgado, Mozambique) ( Fig. 7 View Fig ), where it is associated with the Eastern Miombo Woodlands ecoregion of Olson et al. (2001).

CMN

Canadian Museum of Nature

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Scarabaeidae

Genus

Sisyphus

Loc

Sisyphus genierorum Montreuil, 2015

Daniel, Gimo M., Davis, Adrian Lv., Sole, Catherine L. & Scholtz, Clarke H. 2020
2020
Loc

Montreuil 2015a: 91 , 93, 99–100
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