Prodoretus dilatatus Benderitter, 1928

Limbourg, Pol, Dekoninck, Wouter & Seidel, Matthias, 2024, Contribution to the knowledge of Afrotropical Rutelinae VII (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Rutelinae), Belgian Journal of Entomology 145, pp. 1-48 : 43-46

Prodoretus dilatatus Benderitter, 1928

Figs 25–26

Prodoretus dilatatus BENDERITTER, 1928: 420–421 (described)

Prodoretus dilatatus GRIDELLI, 1940: 256-257 (listed)

Prodoretus dilatatus MACHATSCHKE, 1965: 115 (catalogued)

Prodoretus dilatatus MACHATSCHKE, 1972a: 344 (catalogued)

Prodoretus dilatatus KRAJCIK, 2007: 114 (catalogued)

Prodoretus snizeki LIMBOURG, 2016: 28–29 , Figs 79-80, 83-84 (described, habitus and genitalia figured) syn. nov.

TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED.

Lectotype ♀ of Prodoretus dilatatus Benderitter, 1928 present des. Pol Limbourg, 2024

AETHIOPIA. [ Prodoretus dilatatus Bend. Type ♀ Bend. E. Benderitter, dét.] [ Prodoretus dilatatus Benderitter, 1928 Type ♀ Bend., E. Benderitter det.] [SYNTYPUS Prodoretus dilatatus Benderitter, 1928 ♀] [[af. Or. Jvg, Moyale, 1200m, Tonckas, 13.III] [Mus. Civ. Genova] [ Prodoretus dilatatus Bend., DET. E. Gridelli 1938 Typus!!!] ( MCSN)

Paralectotype ♀ of Prodoretus dilatatus Benderitter, 1928 det. Pol Limbourg, 2024: AETHIOPIA. [ Prodoretus dilatatus BEND. Type ♀ Bend. E. Benderitter, dét.] [SYNTYPUS Prodoretus dilatatus Benderitter, 1928 ♀] [Moyale, O N, Gurar, 21.III.20] [Mus. Civ. Genova] [ Prodoretus dilatatus Bend., DET. E. Gridelli 1938 Autortyp !! (unreadable)] ( MCSN) Paralectotype ♀ of Prodoretus dilatatus Benderitter, 1928 det.Pol Limbourg,2024:AETHIOPIA. [ Prodoretus dilatatus Bend. Type ♀ E. Benderitter, dét.] [Holotypus] [Musée du Congo, Afriq. Or. Anglaise, Mogale, Coll. Benderitter] [Af. Or. Angl., Moyale, “Touches?”] [R. Dét. 1853 i] [ Prodoretus dilatatus (unicum) Bend./vu par Ohaus] ( MRAC)

Holotype ♂ of Prodoretus snizeki Limbourg, 2016

KENYA. [Coll. I.R.Sc. N.B., KENYA S.E., Tana Riv. Prov. , 14km N. of Garsen, 09.iv.2004, Lgt. Snížek] ( RBINS) .

Paratypes ♂ of Prodoretus snizeki Limbourg, 2016

KENYA. Paratypes 11♂♂, 7♀♀: same collection data as for holotype ( RBINS) ; 1♂: [ Kenya S.E., Tana Riv. Prov., 14km N. of Garsen , 09.iv.2004, Leg. M. Snížek] ( RBINS) ; 4♀♀: [Coll. I.R.Sc. N.B., KENYA Coast, N.W. of Garsen , 22.iv.2008 /I.G.31.411, Lgt. Snížek] ( RBINS) ; 1♂, 1♀: [Coll. I.R.Sc. N.B., KENYA Coast, N.W. of Garsen , 22.iv.2008, Lgt. Snížek] ( RBINS) ; 2♂♂: [Coll. I.R.Sc. N.B., Kenya S. E., Voi, S. Foot Sagala Mts. , 12.xii.2007, Leg. M. Snížek, I.G. 31.411] ( RBINS) ; 6♂♂, 1♀: [Coll. I.R.Sc. N.B., KENYA S.E., S. Foot Sagala, 12.xii.2007, I.G.31.208, Leg. Snížek] ( RBINS) ; 1♂: [ Kenya, eastern Mwingi, Ngumi env., 28.xi.1999, Leg. M. Snížek] ( RBINS) .

REMARKS.

After the examination of the female syntype of Prodoretus dilatatus Benderitter, 1928 it is deemed conspecific with Prodoretus snizeki Limbourg, 2016 . Therefore, the latter species becomes a new junior subjective synonym.

Figures

Fig. 25. Prodoretus dilatatus Benderitter, 1928. Holotype of junior synonym of Prodoretus snizeki Limbourg, 2016 ♂ (RBINS). A-B, habitus, A, dorsal view. B, lateral view. ♀ Paratype of junior synonym of Prodoretus snizeki Limbourg, 2016 (RBINS). C-D, habitus. C, dorsal view. D, lateral view. E-F, aedeagus. E, lateral view. F, dorsal view. G, distribution map.

Fig. 26. Prodoretus dilatatus Benderitter, 1928. Lectotype ♀ (MCSN). A-B, habitus. A, dorsal view. B, lateral view. C, labels. Paralectotype ♀ (MCSN). D-E, habitus, D, dorsal view. E, lateral view. F, labels. Paralectotype ♀ (MRAC). G-H, habitus. G, dorsal view. H, lateral view. I, labels.