Sisyphus manni Montreuil, 2015

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 : 15-16

Sisyphus manni Montreuil, 2015 ( Fig. 2E ).

Montreuil 2015c: 2–3

Type locality: Limpopo, Kruger National Park.

Size: Male: length: 5.5–4.0 mm; width: 2.5–2.0 mm. Female: length: 5.5–4.0 mm, width 2.5–2.0 mm.

Diagnosis: In S. manni , proximal elytral setae are primarily distributed uniformly becoming arranged in sparse tufts mid-basally and posteriorly, unlike in S. perissinottoi where dense tufts of setae occur across the entire elytra. S. manni bears three depressions on the pronotal disc, which are lacking in S. perissinottoi .

Examined type material

Holotype: (MHNH, through photograph without locality data).

Examined non-type material: See Supplementary information.

Distribution: S. manni is only known from South Africa. The species is associated with upland to highland grassland and open woodland in Gauteng (cited as S. alveatus by Davis et al. 2005), KwaZulu Natal, Mpumalanga and Northwest Provinces. It has also been collected in unshaded riverine vegetation in Limpopo ( Fig. 4 ).

Figures

Fig. 2. Images of the habitus of the muricatus species-group: A. S. muricatus; B. S. neobornemisszanus; C. S. fasciculatus; D. S. perissinottoi; E. S. manni; F. S. swazi sp. n. G. S. alveatus. I. Fully developed hind wing, which is typical to most of Sisyphus species in southern Africa H. Brachypterous hind wing of S. alveatus. J. Sclerite represents a reduced hind wing of S. swazi sp. n.

Fig. 4. Distribution map for the muricatus species-groups.