Diastellopalpus neavei ( d’Orbigny, 1914 )

Daniel, Gimo M., Strümpher, Werner P., Josso, Jean-François & Davis, Adrian L. V., 2024, Taxonomic revision of Mozambique dung beetle species in the genus Diastellopalpus van Lansberge, 1886 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae), Zootaxa 5447 (1), pp. 29-54 : 40

Diastellopalpus neavei ( d’Orbigny, 1914) , new country record

( Figs. 10, 15 , 24–25 , 32 )

Onthophagus (Diastellopalpus) neavei d’Orbigny, 1914: 460 ; d’Orbigny 1915: 399, 401; Cambefort & Mauchamp 1980: 180; Josso & Prévost 2000: 20, 58, 101, 103, 112–113, 119; Davis & Scholtz 2010: 419.

Type locality: “Nyasaland, Mlanje” [ Malawi, Southern Region , Mulanje] .

Figures

FIGURE 32. Distribution of Diastellopalpus van Lansberge, 1886 species in Mozambique: red circles: Diastellopalpus scholtzi Daniel, Strümpher, Josso & Davis new species; blue circle: Diastellopalpus infernalis van Lansberge, 1887; yellow circle: Diastellopalpus neavei (d’Orbigny, 1914); pink circles: Diastellopalpus orbignyi Péringuey, 1904, valid species; green circles: Diastellopalpus quinquedens Bates, 1888.

FIGURES 8–17. Male genitalia, lateral view (8–12) and dorsal (13–17). Diastellopalpus scholtzi Daniel, Strümpher, Josso & Davis new species, holotype (8, 13); Diastellopalpus infernalis van Lansberge, 1887 (9, 14); Diastellopalpus neavei (d’Orbigny, 1914) (10, 15); Diastellopalpus orbignyi Péringuey, 1904, valid species (11, 16); Diastellopalpus quinquedens Bates, 1888 (12, 17). Photos by W.P. Strümpher (8, 10–12, 13, 15–17) and J.-F. Josso (9, 14).

FIGURES 24–25. Diastellopalpus neavei (d’Orbigny, 1914), lectotype (MNHN). 24, habitus, dorsal view; 25, labels. Photos courtesy of Olivier Montreuil, copyright MNHN.