Neosisyphus fortuitus ( Péringuey, 1901 )

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 : 47-48

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1163/1876312X-00002195
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3794467
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scientific name	Neosisyphus fortuitus ( Péringuey, 1901 )
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Neosisyphus fortuitus ( Péringuey, 1901) View in CoL ( Figs. 20 View Fig , 21A View Fig )

Sisyphus fortuitus Péringuey, 1901 View in CoL

Péringuey 1901: 103; Arrow 1927: 464; Gillet 1911: 23; Haaf 1955: 371; Ferreira 1972: 819; Montreuil 2015b: 9.

Type locality: Durban, Natal ( South Africa)

Size: Male: length: 11.1–9.0 mm; width: 5.7–5.0 mm. Female: length: 11.5–9.0 mm; width: 6.0– 4.4 mm.

Diagnosis: Neosisyphus fortuitus is distinguished from other members of the spinipes species group in southern Africa by lacking a spine or projection on the mid-posterior edge of the metafemur. In addition, the projecting metatrochanter is almost ½ of the length of the metafemur in major males. The parameres are distinctly different to those of the other two species within the group ( Fig. 21A View Fig ).

Examined type material

Lectotype: (1♂ SAM) /Natal, Durban/ (red label) / S. fortuitus Pér , Lectotype, det. E. Haaf, 1954/.

Examined non-type material: See Supplementary information.

Distribution: N. fortuitus occurs in shaded vegetation in southern ( South Africa, Mozambique, Zimbabwe) and East Africa ( Kenya) ( Fig. 22 View Fig ).