Adoretus divergens 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 : 38-39

Adoretus divergens Benderitter, 1928

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Adoretus divergens Benderitter, 1928: 422 (described from north of Kenya).

Adoretus calvusoides Limbourg, 2019: 9–11 , Figs 31-37 (described from Kenya, figured with genitalia), syn. nov

TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED.

Holotype ♀ of Adoretus divergens Benderitter, 1928

KENYA. [Gurar, 29.III.20, Patrizi] [Mus. Civ. Genova] [ Adoretus divergens type ♀, E. Benderitter, det.] [HOLOTYPUS Adoretus divergens Benderitter, 1928 ♀] ( MCSN) .

Holotype ♂ of A. calvusoides Limbourg, 2019

KENYA. [KENYA, Eastern Mwingi , Nguni env., 28.xi.1999, M. Snížek leg.] [Coll.I.R.Sc. N.B., don P. Limbourg, I.G.: 32.642] ( RBINS) .

Paratypes 3♂♂, 5♀♀ of A. calvusoides Limbourg, 2019

KENYA. 3♂♂, 5♀♀ same collection data as for holotype ( RBINS) ; 2♂♂, 7♀♀: [ KENYA, Eastern Mwingi , Nguni env., 26.xi.1999, M. Snížek lgt.] [Coll.I.R.Sc. N.B., don P. Limbourg, I.G.: 32.642] ( RBINS) ; 2♀♀: [ KENYA, Eastern Kalulu-Kithioko , 27.xi.1999, M. Snížek leg.] [Coll.I.R.Sc.N.B., don P. Limbourg, I.G.: 32.642] ( RBINS) ; 3♂♂, 17♀♀: [Coll.I.R.Sc. N.B., KENYA E., Mwingi , Nguni, 28.xi.1999, Snížek lgt., I.G.: 31.411] (3♂♂, 14♀♀: RBINS; 1♀: BMNH; 1♀: MFNB; 1♀: MSPC) ; 1♂: [Coll.I.R.Sc.N.B., KENYA, Eastern , E 729, Sosoma, 202km E. of Thika, 20.IX.2007, M. Snížek leg., I.G.: 31.208] ( RBINS) ; 2♂♂, 5♀♀: [Coll.I.R.Sc.N.B., KENYA, Eastern , E. of Thika , Mwingi, Nguni, 29.IX.2007, M. Snížek leg., I.G.: 31.208] ( RBINS) ; 9♂♂, 20♀: [Coll.I.R.Sc. N.B., KENYA, Coast E., E. of Thika , Mwingi, Nguni, 29.xii.2007, M. Snížek lgt., I.G.: 31.411] ( RBINS) ; 1♂: [Coll.I.R.Sc. N.B., KENYA S.E., Voi , S. Foot Sagala Mts., 12.xii.2007, M. Snížek leg., I.G.: 31.411] ( RBINS) ; 1♀: [ KENYA S.E., Voi , 10.xii.1999, M. Snížek lgt.] [Coll.I.R.Sc. N.B., don P. Limbourg, I.G.: 32.642] ( RBINS) ; 2♂♂, 1♀: [ KENYA S.E., Kiboko env., 21.xi.1999, M. Snížek leg.] [Coll.I.R.Sc. N.B., don P. Limbourg, I.G.: 32.642] ( RBINS) .

REMARKS.

After the examination of the female holotype of Adoretus divergens Benderitter, 1928 it is deemed conspecific with Adoretus calvusoides Limbourg, 2019 . Therefore, the latter species becomes a new junior subjective synonym.

Figures

Fig. 21. Adoretus divergens Benderritter, 1928. Holotype ♀ (MCSN). A-B, habitus. A, dorsal view. B, lateral view. C, labels.