Catharsius tricornutus (De Geer, 1778)

Gillett, Conrad P. D. T. & Barr, Iain, 2018, New Country Records of Scarab Dung Beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) in Swaziland and Zambia, The Coleopterists Bulletin 72 (3), pp. 433-438 : 436

Catharsius tricornutus (De Geer, 1778) ( Fig. 3B )

Previously recorded from Angola, DRC, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe ( Ferreira 1972).

New country record for Swaziland: Four specimens, Malolotja Nature Reserve , 14–15 April 2015 and 1 April 2016. One specimen, Mantenga Nature Reserve , 2 April 2015. Crepuscular/nocturnal. At Malolotja Nature Reserve, specimens were found in burrows under zebra dung, and in zebra dung-baited pitfall traps operated overnight. At Mantenga Nature Reserve, a specimen was dug out of a burrow underneath cattle dung, and elytra and other fragments were found .

Genus Heliocopris Hope, 1837

Figures

Figs. 1–3. 1) Maps depicting the approximate locations of the main sampling sites (numbered and named) in A) Zambia and B) Swaziland; 2) Habitats at sampling localities – A) Savanna-forest at Mbuluzi Game Reserve, Lubombo, Swaziland, March 2016, B) Montane grassland at Malolotja Nature Reserve, Hhohho, Swaziland, March 2016, C) Miombo woodland, 30 km SSW of Kitwe, Copperbelt Province, Zambia, December 2011; 3) Newly recorded species of scarabaeine dung beetles from Swaziland – A) Copris fidius, B) Catharsius tricornutus, C) Proagoderus lanista. All photographs by Conrad P. D. T. Gillett.