Tibiodrepanus sulcicollis ( Laporte, 1840 )

Barbero, Enrico, Palestrini, Claudia & Roggero, Angela, 2011, Tibiodrepanus tagliaferrii — a new Afrotropical Drepanocerina species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Oniticellini), with notes on phylogeny and distribution of the genus, Zootaxa 2923, pp. 27-47 : 41-43

Tibiodrepanus sulcicollis ( Laporte, 1840)

( Figs. 15 , 19, 23 , 27 )

Oniticellus sulcicollis Laporte, 1840

Drepanocerus sulcicollis ( Laporte, 1840) Drepanocerus dispar Boheman, 1857

Sulcodrepanus sulcicollis ( Laporte, 1840)

Type material. Holotype: 3, “ SOUTH AFRICA: Cape Prov., George, Saasveld n° 192, Breytenbach” ( TMSA).

Additional material examined. We examined more than 350 specimens of T. sulcicollis . We excluded specimens with a label that are considered too generic (see remarks for further information). The number of individuals for each locality is given within brackets.

ANGOLA: [2] Rocadas, 19–22.ii.1972, Cunene leg. ( BMNH); [8] Santa Comba (3mls. N), 7–8.iii.1972 ( BMNH); [1] Luimbale (12 mls SW), 5500ft ca., 20–21.iii.1972 ( BMNH). BENIN: [1] N Benin, Djona Reserve, piste Guéné, 28.ix.2003, Josso, Juhel & Monfort leg. (CJO). BURKINA FASO: [1] Upper Volta, Arly National Park, 17–18.i.1973, Nicolas & Wyon leg. ( MHNL); [1] Upper Volta, Arly National Park, 17/ 18.I.1973, Nicolas leg. ( MHNL). BURUNDI: [1] Muramba, viii.1984, Mukabayire leg. ( GCCR); [1] [ Urundi] Bururi, Giraudin leg. ( NHMB). CAMEROON: [4] Adamaoua, Ngaoundaba, iv.1976, Nicolas & Nicolas leg. ( MHNL); [1] Adamaoua, Ngaoundaba, 29.iii / 2.iv 1975, Nicolas leg. ( MHNL); [1] Bertoua, v.2003, Ondoa leg. ( CDK); [1] Mt. Bana, Bernaud leg. ( MHNL); [1] Dschang, 5.viii.2002, Dongmo leg. ( CDK). CONGO: [1] Odzala National Park, Mboko, 7.xi.1992, Carpaneto leg. ( GCCR); [8] same locality and collector, 25–30.ix.1993 ( GCCR); [1] Loudima Sagro fields, 5.iii.1963, Endrödy-Younga leg. ( HNHM). DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: [1] High Zaire, High Uele, Nagero, 7–20.i.1986, Germi leg. ( GCCR); [1] Kivu river, Lwiro, 5–14.viii.1985, Carpaneto leg. ( GCCR); [1] Zaire river (Kivu river) [Riv. Aux Craby], escarpment between Buhadu and Vjumbura, 14.v.1950, Bomans leg. ( MHNL); [1] Lualala, Kolinage, 30.x.1960, Allard leg. ( NMPC); [3] Elisabethville [=Lubumbashi], 19.ii.1941, Brédo leg. ( IRSNB); [1] Kivu, Bukavu, viii.1954, Brédo leg. ( NMPC); [1] Mt. Fouari Reservation, near Gabon, 14.xii.1963, Endrödy-Younga leg. ( HNHM); [1] Garamba National Park, 28.ii.1951, De Saeger leg. ( NMPC); [12] Sibiti Irho milk-farm, 29.xi.1963, Endrödy-Younga leg. ( NMPC, HNHM, TMSA); [1] Sud-Ubangi, Libenge, 13.i.1948, Cremer & Neuman leg. ( IRSNB). ETHIOPIA: [1] Abyssinia, Abasse Lake, Kovács ( HNHM); [1] Abyssinia, Shalo Lake, Kovács ( HNHM); [1] Galla-Sidama, Abaya Lake [=Margherita Lake], i.1938, Vatova leg. ( MCST); [1] Galla-Sidama, Irgalem, Laghetto Dichiccia, 27.ii.1937, Vatova leg. ( MCST). GABON: [9] Bakoumba-Savane, ii.1992, Pageix leg. ( PMOC). GAMBIA: [2] Bathurst, 22.i.1968, Leiler leg. ( NHRS); [1] Bathurst, i.1968, Palm leg. ( MZLU); [2] Sangajor, 24.i.1968, Leiler leg. ( NHRS); [1] Sangajor, 24.i.1968, Palm leg. ( MSNG). GHANA: [3] Eastern region, Kpong, 23m, 10.i.1968, Endrody-Younga leg. ( TMSA). GUINEA: [1] Kolenté, Salung Plateau, 2.xii.1956, Knorr leg. ( NHMB); [1] Fouta Djallon, Dalaba, 1200m, 13.vi.1951, Bechyne leg. ( NHMB). IVORY COAST: [1] Lamto, vii.1979, Cambefort leg. ( GCCR); [1] Lakes Region, Bringakro env., 16.vi.2003, Newman et al. leg. ( BMNH). KENYA: [1] Fort Hall (6 kms NE), 1200 m ca., 10.v.1975, Davis & Dewhurst leg. ( SANC); [1] Kakamenga Rain Forest (13–15 kms NE), 1550 m 17.iv.1975, Davis & Dewhurst leg. ( SANC); [1] Kikuyu, Muguga Research Station, 22.vi.1973, Macqueen leg. ( SANC); [4] same locality and collector, 1–2.vii.1973 ( SANC); [1] Masai Mara Game Reserve, Research Station, 25.xi.1975, 1500 m, Dewhurst leg. ( SANC); [2] Masai Mara Game Reserve, Base of Lolgorien Escarpment, 25.xi.1975, 1500 m, Dewhurst leg. ( SANC); [5] Masai Mara Game Reserve, near Serena Lodge, 1550 m, 25.xi.1975, Dewhurst leg. ( SANC, CMN); [1] same locality, 19.iv.1975, Davis & Dewhurst leg. ( SANC); [1] Lambwe Valley Game Reserve, 1200 m, 23.xi.1975, Dewhurst leg. ( SANC); [10] Mount Kenya, Chogaria, 1520m, 10.ii.1974, Bernon leg. ( TMSA); [19] Nairobi, 8 kms W Dagoretti, Ngong Road, 1850 m, 6.iv.1975, Davis & Dewhurst leg. ( SANC); [3] Nairobi National Park, 1.ii.1983, Mourglia leg. ( EBCT); [7] Ngong Hills, viii.1925, Gedye leg. ( USNM, BMNH); [1] Naro Moru (5 km E), 2140 m, 3.ii.1992, Merki leg. ( HNHM); [6] Nkubu, Meru, 1500 m, 1–10. iv.1987, Mourglia leg. ( MSNG, CSH, EBCT, IBCT); [3] W Kenya, Kapenguria env., Kitale, 2300 m, 22–27.xii.1995 ( CSH, EBCT); [2] W Kenya, Migori (13 kms SE), 24.xi.1975, 1500 m, Dewhurst leg. ( SANC); [1] W Kenya, Nanyuki, Ol Kalou, 1800m, 10.vii.1991, Casale leg. ( EBCT); [8] W Kenya, Rongo (8 km E), 1300 m, 24.xi.1975, Dewhurst leg. ( SANC, CMN); [1] Thika (22 kms NE), 14.iv.1975, Davis & Dewhurst leg. ( SANC). MALI: [1] Bamako, 20.vii.1951, Bechyne leg. ( NHMB). MOZAMBIQUE: [2] Beira District, Vila de Manica, 30.VIII.1964 ( USNM); [1] Gobongora [ten dos du sunuove et Riv Vunduzicalt], 40m, 1907, Vasse leg. ( IRSNB). RWANDA: [1] Rutare, Lake Mohasi, 1570 m, v.1968, Vertriest leg. ( NHMB); [1] Urundi, Kisozi, 2117m, 1940, Brédo leg. ( IRSNB). SENEGAL: [1] Casamance, Ziguinchor env., 28–31.iii.1977, Nicolas & Nicolas leg. ( MHNL). SOUTH AFRICA: Eastern Cape: [8] Cape of Good Hope ( MNHN, MHNG, ZMHB); [12] same locality, Victorin leg. ( NHRS); [2] same locality, Krebs leg. ( ZMHB); [1] same locality, 1837, Verreaux leg. ( IRSNB); [3] Amatole, Isidenge Forest Station, 19.xi.1987, Endrödi-Younga leg. ( TMSA); [1] Berlin (1 mi E), 17.v.1971, Aschenborn leg. ( CMN); [2] Bedford ( SAMC, IRSNB); [2] East London, x.1966, Zumpt leg. ( NHMB); [2] George, Saasveld, 1– 2.x.1990, Breytenbach leg. ( TMSA); [3] same locality and collector, 31.ix–1.x.1989 ( TMSA); [2] same locality and collector, 11.xii.1979 ( TMSA); [2] same locality and collector, 2.iii.1980 ( TMSA); [1] same locality and collector, 26.ii.1980 ( TMSA); [2] same locality and collector, 4–5.viii.1980 ( TMSA); [10] same locality and collector, no date ( TMSA); [2] Grahamstown, 15.xii.1901, le Doux leg. ( ZMHB); [4] same locality, ix.1909, le Doux leg. ( USNM); [1] same locality, iv.1885, Billingghurst leg. ( SANC); [1] same locality, v.1892, Father O’Neal leg. ( AMGS); [1] same locality, Marshall ( BMNH); [1] Grahamstown, Glenthorpe, 2.xi.1981, Weaving leg. ( AMGS); [3] same locality and collector, 3.xi.1981 ( AMGS); [15] same locality and collector, 31.x.1981 ( AMGS); [2] same locality and collector, 4.xi.1981 ( AMGS); [3] same locality and collector, 7.xi.1981 ( AMGS); [1] King Williams Town (12 kms NE), 4.ii.1973, Davis leg. ( SANC); [1] Komga (32 kms W), 11.ix.1974, Temby leg. ( SANC); [3] Kudu Reserve, 16.ii.1982, Weaving leg. ( AMGS); [1] Peddie (6 km SW), 27.i.1977, Bornemissza leg. ( SANC); [1] Port Alfred (33 kms NW), 30.viii.1977, Davis leg. ( SANC); [6] same locality, 22–25.viii.1989, Minet leg. ( MHNL, CDK); [2] Transkei, Butterworth, 19.v.1971, Aschenborn leg. ( SANC); [1] Transkei, Mount Frere (2 kms NE), 5.ii.1973, Davis leg. ( SANC); [6] Transkei, Magwa waterfall, 7.xii.1988, Endrody-Younga leg. ( TMSA); [1] Uitenhage, Father O’Neil ( BMNH); [13] Zuurberg, 19/ 20.viii.1989, Minet leg. ( MHNL, PMOC); Free State: [2] Houtberg, 19.x.1954, Ferreira leg. ( NHMB, MZLU); KwaZulu-Natal: [1] Dargle, 15.iii.2003, Perissinotto & Clennell ( PMOC); [1] Drakenberg, Cathedral Peak Station, 18.i.1996, Endrody-Younga leg. ( TMSA); [1] Himeville, ix.1970, Marthot leg. ( MHNG); [1] Hluhluewe, 1950, Zumpt ( NHMB); [1] Hluhluwe Game Reserve, 15.xi.1985, Aschenborn leg. ( LACM); [1] same locality (15 kms S), 31.x.1978, Bornemissza & Aschenborn ( SANC); [3] same locality, 27.xi.1992, Endrody-Younga leg. ( TMSA); [2] same locality, i.1986 ( MSNG); [1] same locality, 13.i.1986, Aschenborn leg. ( MSNG); [1] Itala Reserve, 13–14.i.1999, Davis leg. ( BMNH); [1] Karkloof Forest, 1300m, 11.xii.1989, Endrody & Klimaszew leg. ( TMSA); [1] Malvern, viii.1897, Marshall leg. ( BMNH); [8] Newcastle, 32 kms N, 27.i.1973, Bornemissza & Insley leg. ( SANC, NHMB); [1] Northern Drakensberg, Bergville, 31.viii.1971, Bornemissza & Insley leg. ( NHMB); [2] Pietermaritzburg, 1919, Schwarze ( NMPC); [2] same locality, 26.iii.1919, Andreal leg. ( TMSA); [2] Pietermaritzburg, Fort Napier, ix.1917 – v.1919, Seligmann leg. ( MCST); [1] Sisonke District, Kokstad (7 kms SE), 5.ii.1973, Davis leg. ( SANC); [1] Weenen, iii.1924, Thgomasset leg. ( BMNH); Limpopo: [3] Zoutpansberg District, xi.1924, Heske leg. ( TMSA); [1] same locality, date and collector ( HNHM); Mpumalanga: [1] Aquarius Platinum Mine, 1.x.2002, Burger leg. ( TMSA); [4] Badplaas (20 mi NE), 7.v.1972, Bornemissza & Insley leg. ( NHMB, SANC, CMN); [1] Bethal (24 kms NW), 27.i.1973, Bornemissza & Insley leg. ( SANC); [1] Moedig, 30.v.1971, Aschenborn leg. ( NHMB); [3] Nelshoogte Forest Station, 3.xii.1996, Endrödi-Younga leg. ( TMSA); [2] Piet Retief (37 kms E), 18.x.1972, Olsen leg. ( NHMB, SANC); [1] Volksrust (22 kms S), 24.x.1977, Aschenborn leg. ( SANC); Western Cape Province: [3] Little Karoo, Avontuur (23 kms S), 570 m, 4.v.1976, Davis & Aschenborn leg. ( SANC); [2] Avontuur (23 kms S), Sandy Loam, 570 m, 2.ix.1977, Davis leg. ( SANC); [4] Knysna (9 kms E), 3.ii.1973, Davis leg. ( SANC, CMN); [2] Knysna, i.1979, Tonder leg. ( SANC); [4] Marathon, 9.xii.1976, Endrody-Younga leg. ( TMSA); [1] Outeniekwaberga 3.XII.1977 leg. Endrödi- Younga ( TMSA); [1] Uniondale (10 kms NE), 970 m, 4.v.1976, Davis & Aschenborn leg. ( SANC). TANZANIA: [18] [Africa or.] Arusha, Lake Jipe [=Arusha-Chini, Lake Djipé], vi.1905, Katona leg. ( HNHM); [1] [W. Afr.] Tanganyika, Kigonsera, 1950, Hartl leg. ( NHMB); [1] Iringa dept., Mkimbizi Mt., 3.x.2005, Angelus leg. ( PMOC); [2] Kilimandjaro, Kibonoto, 1000–1300m, viii.1905-6, Sjöstedt leg. ( ZMHB); [1] Tanganjika, Songea, Litembo, 1500m, 15.ix.1952, Lindemann & Pavlitzki leg. ( ZSM); [1] Tanganjika, Songea, Peramiho, 1000m, 27.xi.1958, Lindemann leg. ( NMPC); [1] Usambara Mts., Lushoto, 15.i.1996, Snizek leg. ( EBCT). TOGO: [1] Bismarckburg 11–17.i.1993, Conradt leg. ( ZMHB); [1] same locality and collector, 23.xi–2.xii.1992 ( ZMHB); [1] same locality and collector, no date ( ZMHB). UGANDA: [1] Ankole District, Kichwamba, 25–30.iv.1968, Spangler leg. ( USNM); [1] Busoga District, Jinja env., i–iii.1968, Rwabuneza ( NHMB); [1] Entebbe, Kisubi forest, 8.iii.1999, Lequeux leg. (CJO); [1] Entebbe 20–28.v.1914, Gowdey ( BMNH).

Diagnosis. This species can be easily identified by the protibiae bearing four normally shaped outer teeth. This characteristic is unique for the genus.

Distribution. Mali, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Togo, Benin, Gabon, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Gambia, Guinea, Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Angola, Mozambique and South Africa.

Literature. Oniticellus sulcicollis . Laporte 1840:92, Lacordaire 1856:111. Drepanocerus sulcicollis . Harold 1869:1041, Péringuey 1901:113, Gillet 1911:100, Boucomont 1921: 202 and 226, Boucomont 1935:289, Boucomont 1937:128, Janssens 1953:32, Ferreira 1954:257, Ferreira 1955:80, Janssens 1956:345, Ferreira 1958a:150, Ferreira 1958b:494, Ferreira 1961:90, Ferreira 1962:36, Balthasar 1967:68, Ferreira 1967a:45, Ferreira 1967b:145, Ferreira 1968 –69:377, Cambefort 1971:421, Lumaret & Cambefort 1980:385, Cambefort 1984:93, Simonis 1985:295, Breytenbach & Breytenbach 1986:363, Hanski & Cambefort 1991: App. B.9(1) App. B.9(2), Davis & Dewhurst 1993:305, Moretto & Bordat 2006:121, Gordon & Barbero 2008:151. Drepanocerus dispar . Boheman 1857:324. Sulcodrepanus sulcicollis . Krikken 2009:21.

Remarks. The species was described by Laporte (1840) and included in the genus Oniticellus , but soon afterwards was transferred to Drepanocerus by Harold (1869). Drepanocerus dispar was described by Boheman (1857) from Eastern Cape province, South Africa and then synonymized with D. sulcicollis by Harold (1869). The species was included in Sulcodrepanus by Krikken (2009). We excluded specimens with a label that was considered too generic, such as specimens labeled “Sammers Jan 7.i.1884 ” (SANC), or “ South Africa, Great Karoo” (OUMNH), or “Caffraria” (ZMUC). Furthermore, we are sure that the data from Vaseli, Bulgaria (15 specimens, NHMB) are erroneous.

Figures

FIGURES 12 – 15. Epipharynx. Tibiodrepanus hircus: 12; T. setosus: 13; T. sinicus: 14; T. sulcicollis: 15. Scale bar = 0.2 mm.

FIGURES 16 – 23. Male genitalia. Tibiodrepanus hircus aedeagus: 16; T. setosus aedeagus: 17; T. sinicus aedeagus: 18; T. sulcicollis aedeagus: 19; Tibiodrepanus hircus endophallus laminae: 20; T. setosus endophallus laminae: 21; T. sinicus endophallus laminae: 22; T. sulcicollis endophallus laminae: 23. Aedeagus scale bar = 0.5 mm, endophallus laminae scale bar = 0.2 mm.

FIGURES 24 – 27. Female genitalia. Tibiodrepanus hircus vagina and receptaculum seminis: 24; T. setosus vagina and receptaculum seminis: 25; T. sinicus vagina and receptaculum seminis: 26; T. sulcicollis vagina and receptaculum seminis: 27. Scale bar = 0.2 mm.