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) .