Diastellopalpus scholtzi Daniel, Strümpher, Josso & Davis, 2024

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 : 31

Diastellopalpus scholtzi Daniel, Strümpher, Josso & Davis , new species

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( Figs. 1–4 , 5 , 8, 13 , 32 )

Type locality: “Dondo Forest, Moçambique” [ Dondo Forest , Sofala Province, Mozambique] ( Fig. 32 ) .

Type material. HOLOTYPE, ♂ ( SANC: SANC-TYPH-02483) ( Figs. 1–5 ): “ DONDO Forest | Dondo [Sofala Province] | Moçambique [ Mozambique]” || “ 18 vi-1968 | Nat. [ Natural ] Mus. [ Museum ] Bulawayo [ Zimbabwe]” || “352” || “ Onthophagus | (Diastellopalpus) infernalis Lan [van Lansberge] | det. G. [ George ] Frey , 1974” || “NATIONAL COLLECTION | OF INSECTS ( SANC) | Pretoria, South Africa || Diastellopalpus | sp. indet. | det. ALV. Davis, 2014” || “ SANC —Pretoria | Database No: | COLS08319 ” || “SANC-TYPH-02483 [red cardstock]” || “ HOLOTYPE: Diastellopalpus scholtzi | Daniel, Strümpher, Josso & Davis | 2023” [red cardstock]” . PARATYPE: 1♀ ( SANC): “Beira, Mozam [Beira, Sofala Province, Mozambique] | (15 mi [les] N) 19. I. 72 [1972] | Bornemissza & Kirk” || “348” [ Trapped to a composite bait of buffalo and human dung] || “Ex Coll. CSIRO | Div. Entomology | S. AFRICAN STATION” || “ Onthophagus | (Diastellopalpus) infernalis Lan [van Lansberge] | det.G. [George] Frey 1974” || “NATIONAL COLLECTION | OF INSECTS ( SANC) | Pretoria, South Africa ” || “ Diastellopalpus | sp. indet. | det. ALV. Davis, 2014” || “ SANC —Pretoria | Database No: | COLS30545 ” || “ PARATYPE: Diastellopalpus scholtzi | Daniel, Strümpher, Josso & Davis | 2023” [yellow cardstock]” . PARATYPES: 8♂♂, 4♀♀ ( BMSA: BMSA (C) 138113–138124): “MOZ [ Mozambique]: Zambézia [Province] | Mabu Forest, Mt. Mabu | Foothills— Trans [ Transect ]. 12 | 16°17’04”S, 36°23’43”E | 18–20.iv. 2022, 1090 m | Daniel, Nganhane & Strumpher” || “Hum. [Human] dung pitfall trap | Dense woodland & bamboo forest” || PARATYPE: Diastellopalpus scholtzi | Daniel, Strümpher, Josso & Davis | 2023” [yellow cardstock]”. PARATYPES: 4♀♀ same data ( TMSA) .

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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 1–4. Diastellopalpus scholtzi Daniel, Strümpher, Josso & Davis new species, holotype (SANC). 1, habitus, dorsal view; 2, head and pronotum; 3, habitus, lateral view; 4, holotype labels. Photos by W.P. Strümpher.

FIGURES 5–7. Head and pronotal disc, dorsal view. 5, Diastellopalpus scholtzi Daniel, Strümpher, Josso & Davis new species, holotype (Photo by W.P. Strümpher); 6, Diastellopalpus infernalis van Lansberge, 1887, holotype (Photo courtesy of Yvonne van Dam, copyright RMNH); 7, Diastellopalpus orbignyi Péringuey, 1904, valid species (Photo by W.P. Strümpher).

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).