Péringuey, 1901 : 301
Janssens 1939 : 29
Ferreira 1969 : 320
Frolov & Scholtz 2005 : 392
An update to the taxonomy of the genus Macroderes Westwood 1842 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) with descriptions of new species from South Africa
Abdalla, Ishtiag H.
Deschodt, Christian M.
Scholtz, Clarke H.
Sole, Catherine L.
Zootaxa
2018
2018-10-23
4504
1
41
75
3X4TH
Peringuey, 1901
Peringuey
1901
[151,589,418,444]
Insecta
Scarabaeidae
Macroderes
GBIF
Animalia
Coleoptera
31
72
Arthropoda
species
dubius
Macroderes dubius Péringuey, 1901: 301; Janssens 1939: 29; Ferreira 1969: 320; Frolov & Scholtz 2005: 392.
Typelocality. Cape Colony(no exact locality). Typematerial examined.None. No indication of where the typewas deposited in Péringuey’s original description.
Remarks.Unfortunately we could not locate the holotypeof this species, but according to Péringuey’s (1901: 301)original description, body size is 11 mmin length and 7.5 mmin width and it resembles M. politulusin size, shape, head, and punctuation of the pronotum. Péringuey (1901)mentioned that this species differs from M. politulusby bearing a more convex and rounded pronotum without any observed excavation antero-laterally. In addition, the species has even elytral intervals covered by finer and shallower punctures than M. politulus, costate and punctate striae. He also observed an unusual elytral shape in the specimen he studied and attributed this to a malformation.
2028137835
[151,677,556,581]
Colony
31
72
1
Western Cape
holotype