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0C33DBF4A6CA580CA91A900EFA77D4C7.text	0C33DBF4A6CA580CA91A900EFA77D4C7.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Stegopterus agulhas Ricchiardi & Perissinotto & Strümpher 2025	<div><p>Stegopterus agulhas sp. nov.</p><p>Figs 4, 5</p><p>Type material.</p><p>Holotype: South Africa – WCP • ♂; Agulhas N. P.  Bergplaas; 26 Sep. 2006; R. Perissinotto &amp; L. Clennell leg.; TMSA  .</p><p>Paratypes: South Africa – WCP • 1 ♂; same data as for holotype; ERPC •  2 ♂ same data but 27 Sep. 2006; RPRM .</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>Stegopterus agulhas sp. nov. differs from  S. endroedyi sp. nov., the closest species, by having the lateral margin of its clypeus reborded and narrowing towards the apex, the pygidium surface imbricate and the protibia externally tridentate, with the distal two teeth closer to each other than to the third (see dichotomous key below). The shape of its parameres is also distinctive (Fig. 4 F, G).</p><p>Description.</p><p>Male (holotype). Measurements. Total length = 15.2 mm; maximum width = 7.7 mm. Body. Stocky, with melolonthinoid shape, black, with some metallic hue; elytra dark testaceous, with anteapical humbones blackish and prominent, with a large sutural / juxtascutellar black band, with violet hue, not reaching posterior margin; all other elytral margins narrowly black except posterior; antennae brownish; legs black with coppery metallic hue. Head. Clypeus wider than long, mostly glabrous, with few scattered, long testaceous setae posteriorly; surface covered with thick, rounded punctures, somewhat confluent at sides; anterior margin retuse, anterior corners rounded, lateral margin mildly reborded and tapering towards apex (Fig. 4 D); antennal club arched, 1.3 times longer than clypeal length. Pronotum. Wider than long; surface with round, deep, dense punctures, confluent or imbricate at sides and covered with thick, long, testaceous setae. Scutellum. Covered with dense, round punctures, imbricate at centre and anterior margin. Elytra. Posterior margin shagreened; discal striae effaced, entire surface covered with scattered, rounded punctures, lateral declivity shagreened. Pygidium. Wider than long, surface imbricate and covered with scattered, very long, testaceous setae. Legs. Protibia externally tridentate, distal teeth closer to each other than to third; mesotibia strongly bent ventrally, with upper spur on apex slightly curved and lower one about 30 % shorter; second metatarsal segment as long as first (Fig. 4 C). Venter. Black with green metallic hue; abdomen covered with large, round punctures, locally imbricate, and very long, backward bent setae (Fig. 4 C).</p><p>Paratype ♀ (differences from ♂ only). Measurements: total length = 15.2 mm; maximum width = 7.6 mm. Body stockier than in male, with same green metallic hue. Pronotum and scutellum glabrous and shiny. Antennal club shorter than clypeal length (about 0.7 times). Protibia wider than in male, tridentate, with all teeth equally spaced (Fig. 5).</p><p>Type series variability.</p><p>The other males of the type series are very similar to each other and to the holotype, with no significant differences in shape or colour patterns.</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>The species is named after the locality where the type series was collected. Noun in apposition.</p><p>Distribution.</p><p>This new species is currently known from a single locality within the borders of the Agulhas National Park (Fig. 21). It is most likely that it occurs across the entire Cape Agulhas region, which encompasses the southernmost tip of the African continent.</p><p>Remarks.</p><p>Specimens were found feeding on flowers of  Berzelia sp.,  Leucadendron sp. and Leoucospermum sp.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0C33DBF4A6CA580CA91A900EFA77D4C7	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Ricchiardi, Enrico;Perissinotto, Renzo;Strümpher, Werner	Ricchiardi, Enrico, Perissinotto, Renzo, Strümpher, Werner (2025): Revision of the Western Cape endemic genus Stegopterus Burmeister & Schaum, 1840 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae, Trichiini). African Invertebrates 66 (1): 151-191, DOI: 10.3897/afrinvertebr.66.140593
8CD131E9A9B659D1BADB99D80260ABDD.text	8CD131E9A9B659D1BADB99D80260ABDD.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Stegopterus Burmeister & Schaum 1840	<div><p>Stegopterus Burmeister &amp; Schaum, 1840</p><p>Stegopterus Burmeister &amp; Schaum, 1840: 404 (as 
Trichius (Stegopterus)). Type species 
Trichius suturalis Gory &amp; Percheron, 1833: 48
(by subsequent designation of Smith 2004: 288; Smith 2005: 75, 76). Placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology (International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 2006).</p><p>Stegopterus: Schaum 1844: 348; Lacordaire 1856: 562; Harold 1869: 1342 (revised status); Péringuey 1907: 296; Schenkling 1922: 14; Schein 1960: 112; Krikken 1984: 40; Krajčik 1999: 49; Ricchiardi 2000: 205; Ricchiardi 2015: 3; Ricchiardi 2017: 132; Smith 2004: 288; Smith 2005: 76 (protected name); Allsopp and Schoolmeesters 2024: 67.</p><p>Tetrophthalmi Kirby, 1827: 156; Burmeister and Schaum 1840: 404; Smith 2004: 287; Smith 2005: 75, 76.</p><p>Tetrophthalmus Kirby, 1827: 156, as 
Trichius (Tetrophthalmi)
(synonym of 
Stegopterus): Smith 2004: 278; Smith 2005: 75, 76. Type species of 
Tetrophthalmus
is 
Trichius sutularis Kirby, 1827
by monotypy. Placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Generic Names in Zoology (International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 2006).</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>The males and females of  Stegopterus can be distinguished at first glance from other South African  Trichiini by their appearance and the following set of characters: General appearance. Abdominal tergites are covered by elytra in dorsal view, with only the pygidial apex visible. Elytra elongate. Pronotal length is less than 0.5 times that of the elytra length. Clypeus broader than long. The front and vertex of the head, pronotum, and sometimes the inner margins of the elytron and lower sides are covered with thick, long, inclined, testaceous setae pointing backwards. Head. Antennal club is longer in males than females and as long as or much longer than clypeus. Eye-canthus covers approximately three-quarters of the semi-circumference of the eye. Pronotum. Slightly broader than long, more attenuated anteriorly than posteriorly, and with basal angles clearly defined. Posterior corners of pronotum acute. Scutellum. Cordiform, as broad as long. Legs. Long; tarsi longer than tibiae, strongly spinose underneath; protibia bi-dentate on lateral margin in males, tri-dentate in the females with the lower spurs of the hind tarsus clearly compressed and blunted at the tip. Protarsi claws 0.7–0.9 times as long as proximal protarsus. Mesotibia. In males, it is either strongly bent inward and the apex widened (species group vittatus, see the key below) or weakly curved with the apex not strongly modified (species group  septus). Metatibia. Widened distally, without projections, with two distal spurs. First metatarsal segment equal to or slightly shorter than the second. Metafemora. Slender (maximum width less than 0.25 times its length).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8CD131E9A9B659D1BADB99D80260ABDD	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Ricchiardi, Enrico;Perissinotto, Renzo;Strümpher, Werner	Ricchiardi, Enrico, Perissinotto, Renzo, Strümpher, Werner (2025): Revision of the Western Cape endemic genus Stegopterus Burmeister & Schaum, 1840 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae, Trichiini). African Invertebrates 66 (1): 151-191, DOI: 10.3897/afrinvertebr.66.140593
115A464D964657EB8AC6A36E562F8FF6.text	115A464D964657EB8AC6A36E562F8FF6.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Stegopterus cochraneae Ricchiardi & Perissinotto & Strümpher 2025	<div><p>Stegopterus cochraneae sp. nov.</p><p>Fig. 6</p><p>Type material.</p><p>Holotype. South Africa – WCP • ♂; Zuur Vlakte,  Wellington; 3000 ft [~ 900 m]; Nov. 1922; R. Lawrence leg.; SAMC: SAM-COL-A 040047  .</p><p>Paratypes. South Africa – WCP • 31 ♂; SW Cape Prov., <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.083334&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-33.666668" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.083334/lat -33.666668)">Hawequas Mt</a>; 33.40S, 19.05E [33°40'S, 19°05'E]; E-Y 1519; 1350 m; 4 Dec. 1978; Endrödy-Younga leg.; grassnetting; TMSA  •  1 ♂; same data as for preceding; MNHM •   1 ♂;  Franschhoek; E. P. Phillips leg.; 1913; ERPC  •  2 ♂ same data as for preceding; SAMC: SAM-COL-A 040048 a and b •   1 ♂; Du Toits Peak,  Huguenot; 6000 ’ [ft] [~ 1800 m]; SAMC: SAM COL-A 040049  •   3 ♂;  Dutoits Kloof; 1350 m; 5 Nov. 1976; N. J. Duke leg.; TMSA  •  1 ♂; same data as for preceding; ERPC •   1 ♂;  Dutoitskloof Pass; 28 Dec. 2017; R. Perissinotto &amp; Lynette Clennell leg.; RPRM  .</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>Stegopterus cochraneae sp. nov. differs from  S. pallidulus sp. nov. by having the clypeal lateral margin reborded and narrowing towards apex and the metatibial lower spur much shorter than the upper (see dichotomous key below). The shape of its parameres is also very distinctive (Fig. 6 F, G).</p><p>Description.</p><p>Male (holotype). Measurements. Total length = 13.6 mm; maximum width = 6.9 mm. Body. Stocky, with melolonthinoid shape, black, with some green metallic hue, partially orange-brown antennae, elytra and legs orange-brown; elytra bordered by broad black band fading towards apical margin; second black band joining external basal corner to anteapical humbone also present. Head. Vertex covered with testaceous, very long, dense setae, bent backwards; clypeus wider than long (2.1 times), glabrous, deeply hollowed, broad and covered with thick, round punctures; anterior margin slightly retuse, anterior corners rounded, lateral margins mildly reborded and narrowing towards apex (Fig. 6 D); antennal club curved, about 1.35 times clypeal length. Pronotum. Wider than long, with maximum width at base; black with predominant green metallic hue; surface imbricate and covered with thick, long, testaceous setae. Scutellum. Black, covered by dense, round punctures. Elytra. Dark brown-orange, semi-transparent with apicosutural corner rounded and humeral humbones prominent; posterior border shagreened; discal striae visible and exhibiting large punctures; lateral declivity horizontally shagreened. Pygidium. Wider than long, black with predominant green metallic hue; surface imbricate and covered with long, testaceous, flattened setae. Legs. Protibia externally tridentate, with distal two teeth closer to each other than to third and apical tooth rounded; mesotibia strongly bent ventrally, with the upper spur long and straight, lower spur about 30 % shorter than upper spur; apex of mesotibia with twelve prominent, reddish, regularly spaced setae; second metatarsal segment as long as first. Venter. Abdomen black, with green metallic hue, covered with large, round punctures, locally imbricate and with very long, backwards flattened setae.</p><p>Type series variability.</p><p>The metallic green hue that is so prominent in the holotype is much reduced in the paratypes, and the black band bordering the elytra is reduced in one of them. Sometimes the clypeus is covered with long, testaceous setae. Some specimens have more enlarged black areas on the elytra. Also, the pronotal metallic colour varies from blue to green or even purple.</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>This species is dedicated to Margie Cochrane, a former curator at SAMC. Noun in the genitive singular case.</p><p>Distribution.</p><p>This is a high-altitude dweller that occurs across the entire mountainous area between the towns of Paarl, Franschhoek and Worcester. This area comprises the Hawekwaberge and the Dutoitsberge ranges (Fig. 21).</p><p>Remarks.</p><p>The female is yet unknown and there is no available information on the biology / ecology of this species.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/115A464D964657EB8AC6A36E562F8FF6	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Ricchiardi, Enrico;Perissinotto, Renzo;Strümpher, Werner	Ricchiardi, Enrico, Perissinotto, Renzo, Strümpher, Werner (2025): Revision of the Western Cape endemic genus Stegopterus Burmeister & Schaum, 1840 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae, Trichiini). African Invertebrates 66 (1): 151-191, DOI: 10.3897/afrinvertebr.66.140593
C80D6A05E0A7569CAEBAC87D53D83414.text	C80D6A05E0A7569CAEBAC87D53D83414.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Stegopterus endroedyi Ricchiardi & Perissinotto & Strümpher 2025	<div><p>Stegopterus endroedyi sp. nov.</p><p>Fig. 7</p><p>Type material.</p><p>Holotype. South Africa – WCP • ♂; Swartberge, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=22.683332&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-33.416668" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 22.683332/lat -33.416668)">Blesberg-E</a>; 23°25'S [33°25'S], 22°41'E; 2000 m; 6 Nov. 1978; Endrödy-Younga leg.; grassnetting; E-Y: 1590; TMSA  .</p><p>Paratypes. South Africa – WCP • 1 ♂; same data as for holotype but 1820 m; on flowers; E-Y 1513; TMSA •  3 ♂; same data as for preceding but singled; 2000 m; 5 Nov. 1978; TMSA .</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>Stegopterus endroedyi sp. nov. differs from  S. agulhas sp. nov. by having the clypeal lateral margin strongly reborded and slightly narrowing towards the base. Its pygidial surface is covered with round, scattered punctures and the tridentate protibia exhibits regularly spaced teeth (see dichotomous key). The shape of its parameres is also distinctive (Fig. 7 G, H).</p><p>Description.</p><p>Male (holotype). Measurements. Total length = 11.9 mm; maximum width = 6.0 mm. Body. Stocky, with melolonthinoid shape, black, with some metallic hue; head, pronotum and scutellum with predominant metallic green hue but black margins; anterior half of clypeus glabrous, posterior half with scattered, long, testaceous setae. Head. Clypeus. wider than long (1.6 times), deeply hollowed, covered with thick, round punctures, somewhat confluent at sides; anterior corners rounded, anterior margin retuse, lateral margins strongly reborded and slightly narrowing towards base (Fig. 7 D); antennal club brown to brownish, arched, 1.3–1.5 times clypeus length. Pronotum. Covered with thick, long, testaceous setae; pronotum covered with round, deep, dense punctures, confluent at sides. Scutellum. Covered with dense round punctures, imbricate at centre and on anterior margin. Elytra. Dark testaceous, with colour pattern similar to that of  S. suturalis, but with anteapical humbones blackish; posterior border of elytra without blackish margin and shagreened; discal striae effaced, entire surface covered with scattered, round punctures; lateral declivity shagreened; large sutural / juxtascutellar black band with violet hue reaching apical margin; all other margins narrowly black. Pygidium. Black with prominent metallic green hue; imbricate, with scattered, very long and testaceous setae. Legs. Black with copper metallic hue; protibia externally tridentate; with proximal tooth rounded and obsolete; mesotibia strongly bent ventrally; metatibial upper spur slightly curved at apex; metatibial lower spur subequal to upper; second metatarsal segment as long as first. Venter. Entire surface black with green metallic hue.</p><p>Type series variability.</p><p>The specimens in the type series are very similar, with no significant differences in chromatic or morphological characters.</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>The species takes its name from the renowned Hungarian entomologist Sebastian Endrödy-Younga, who collected the type series. Noun in the genitive singular case.</p><p>Remarks.</p><p>The female is unknown. Some type labels report as collection coordinates 23°25'S, but these are incorrect and must be replaced with 33°25'S. This new species was already identified by Arthur Evans in the 1980 s but never described. There is no available information on the biology / ecology of this species.</p><p>Distribution.</p><p>This species occurs at the easternmost part of the distribution range of the genus  Stegopterus, in the eastern section of the Groot Swartberg range above the town of Oudtshoorn (Fig. 21).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C80D6A05E0A7569CAEBAC87D53D83414	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Ricchiardi, Enrico;Perissinotto, Renzo;Strümpher, Werner	Ricchiardi, Enrico, Perissinotto, Renzo, Strümpher, Werner (2025): Revision of the Western Cape endemic genus Stegopterus Burmeister & Schaum, 1840 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae, Trichiini). African Invertebrates 66 (1): 151-191, DOI: 10.3897/afrinvertebr.66.140593
8FC4D0269FBE5751A79BDD0E7A98D257.text	8FC4D0269FBE5751A79BDD0E7A98D257.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Stegopterus fuscus Ricchiardi & Perissinotto & Strümpher 2025	<div><p>Stegopterus fuscus sp. nov.</p><p>Fig. 8</p><p>Type material.</p><p>Holotyp e. South Africa – WCP • ♂;  Montagu; Oct / Nov. 1919; SAMC: SAM-COL-A 040045  .</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>Stegopterus fuscus sp. nov. differs from  S. langebergicus sp. nov., the closest species, by having the clypeus lateral margin strongly reborded and slightly narrowing towards the base, as well as the protibia externally tridentate with all three teeth equally spaced (see dichotomous key). Moreover, the predominant colour of its integument is fulvous, while in  S. langebergicus sp. nov. it is black. The shape of its parameres is also quite distinctive (Fig. 8 F, G).</p><p>Description.</p><p>Male (holotype). Measurements. Total length = 10.3 mm; maximum width = 5.1 mm. Body. Stocky, with melolonthinoid shape; fuscous coloured, head and scutellum black, pronotum black, with green metallic hue; head black, except brownish anterior margin of clypeus; pronotum and scutellum with predominant metallic green hue and black margins; legs brownish, darkened in places. Head. Glabrous, with some scattered, residual long, testaceous setae; clypeus wider than long (1.7 times), covered with thick, round punctures, somewhat confluent at sides; anterior margin retuse, anterior corners rounded, lateral margins strongly reborded and slightly narrowing towards base (Fig. 8 D); antennal clubs missing. Pronotum. Surface imbricate, covered with residual, scattered, long, testaceous setae. Scutellum. Covered with dense, round punctures, confluent at sides. Elytra. Exhibiting large black band joining anteapical and intrahumeral humbones; lateral margin black, apical margin fulvous with scattered, round punctures; striae visible and sculptured with large punctures; lateral declivity horizontally shagreened; presence of large sutural / juxtascutellar black band with green hue, not reaching posterior margin. Pygidium. Fulvous, wider than long, surface imbricate, covered with residual, scattered, long testaceous setae. Legs. Protibia tridentate, with all three teeth equally spaced; proximal tooth rounded and obsolete; mesotibia curved, lower spur about 30 % shorter than upper spur; second metatarsal segment as long as first. Venter. Abdomen fulvous, covered with scattered round punctures and very long, backwards-flattened setae.</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>The name is derived from the dark brown (fuscous) colour of most of its body surface. Adjective in the nominative singular case.</p><p>Distribution.</p><p>The only record available for this species was collected near Montagu in the Klein Karoo region. However, as the genus is associated with typical fynbos vegetation, it is likely that the holotype specimen originates from the Kogsmankloof Pass in the Langeberg range, just above the town of Montagu (Fig. 21).</p><p>Remarks.</p><p>The female is unknown and both antennal clubs of the male holotype are missing. There is no available information on the biology / ecology of this species.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8FC4D0269FBE5751A79BDD0E7A98D257	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Ricchiardi, Enrico;Perissinotto, Renzo;Strümpher, Werner	Ricchiardi, Enrico, Perissinotto, Renzo, Strümpher, Werner (2025): Revision of the Western Cape endemic genus Stegopterus Burmeister & Schaum, 1840 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae, Trichiini). African Invertebrates 66 (1): 151-191, DOI: 10.3897/afrinvertebr.66.140593
0266270BA48655C9B721940EE7035A85.text	0266270BA48655C9B721940EE7035A85.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Stegopterus hexrivieri Ricchiardi & Perissinotto & Strümpher 2025	<div><p>Stegopterus hexrivieri sp. nov.</p><p>Fig. 9</p><p>Type material.</p><p>Holotype. South Africa – WCP • ♂;  Hex River; Oct. [18] 99; SAMC: SAM-COL- 043593  .</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>Stegopterus hexrivieri sp. nov. differs from  S. kromrivieri sp. nov., the closest species, by having the clypeus colliculate, the apical margin of its elytra shagreened and the pygidial surface covered with scattered, round punctures, imbricate at sides. The shape of its parameres is also distinctive (Fig. 9 F, G).</p><p>Description.</p><p>Male (holotype). Measurements. Total length = 12.3 mm; maximum width = 6.4 mm. Body. Stocky, with melolonthinoid shape, black, with green metallic hue; elytra fulvous, antennae and legs dark brown; elytra bordered at juxtascutellar and sutural sides by broad black band reaching apex; all other margins narrowly black; humeral humbones prominent; abdomen black, with green metallic hue. Head. Mainly covered with very long, dense, testaceous setae bent backwards; clypeus hollowed, wider than long (2.2 times), with anterior margin retuse, anterior corner strongly rounded (about 40–55 % of clypeal length), lateral margin strongly reborded and narrowing towards base; surface colliculate; antennal club shorter than clypeus (Fig. 9 D). Pronotum. Black, wider than long, maximum width posteriorly, covered with thick, long, testaceous setae and round, deep, dense punctures, confluent at sides. Scutellum. Black, covered with dense, round punctures. Elytra. Fulvous and semi-transparent, with humeral humbones prominent; lateral, posterior, and sutural margins with blackish band, sutural band much larger than others; apical margin with some scattered, round punctures; discal striae effaced, and entire surface covered with scattered, round punctures. Pygidium. Dark green, with faint metallic hue; surface imbricate, covered with very long, testaceous setae. Legs. Protibia externally tridentate, with distal two teeth much closer to each other than to third; mesotibia strongly bent ventrally, with lower spur shorter than upper; second metatarsal segment as long as first. Venter. Abdomen black, with noticeable green metallic hues, covered with tight punctures and very long, backwards-flattened setae.</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>The species name is a noun in apposition, reflecting the Afrikaans spelling of Hex River (Hexrivier), where the holotype was collected.</p><p>Distribution.</p><p>The only available record refers to the Hexrivier (Fig. 21). It may indicate an occurrence across the Hexrivierberge and Hexriviervallei area above the town of Worcester.</p><p>Remarks.</p><p>The female is unknown and there is no available information on the biology / ecology of this species.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0266270BA48655C9B721940EE7035A85	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Ricchiardi, Enrico;Perissinotto, Renzo;Strümpher, Werner	Ricchiardi, Enrico, Perissinotto, Renzo, Strümpher, Werner (2025): Revision of the Western Cape endemic genus Stegopterus Burmeister & Schaum, 1840 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae, Trichiini). African Invertebrates 66 (1): 151-191, DOI: 10.3897/afrinvertebr.66.140593
392717701955576C848994501878B8EF.text	392717701955576C848994501878B8EF.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Stegopterus kromrivieri Ricchiardi & Perissinotto & Strümpher 2025	<div><p>Stegopterus kromrivieri sp. nov.</p><p>Figs 10, 11</p><p>Type material.</p><p>Holotype. South Africa – WCP • ♂; Krom River, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.25&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-32.566666" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.25/lat -32.566666)">Cedar Mtns</a>; [ca. 32°34'S, 19°15'E]; Sep. 1935; K. H. Barnard leg.; SAMC: SAM-COL-A 043594  .</p><p>Paratypes. South Africa – WCP • 1 ♂; Olifants R. Mts,  Koue Bokkeveld; 4000–6000 ’ ft [~ 1200–1800 m].; Sep. 1932, K. H. Barnard leg.; SAMC: SAM COL-A 043591  •   1 ♀;  Gifberg; 22 Sep. 2001; A. Brinkman &amp; J. Ball leg.; RPRM  .</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>Stegopterus kromrivieri sp. nov. differs from  S. hexrivieri sp. nov., the closest species, by having the clypeus covered with thick, round punctures, some round, scattered punctures on the apical margin of the elytra, and the pygidial surface imbricate. The shape of its parameres is also distinctive (Fig. 10 F, G).</p><p>Description.</p><p>Male (holotype). Measurements. Total length = 12.4 mm; maximum width = 6.1 mm. Body. Stocky, with melolonthinoid shape, black, with predominant green metallic hue on head vertex, pronotum, pygidium, abdomen and legs. Humeral humbones prominent. Head. With dark orange-brown antennae; clypeus black with metallic green hue on vertex, completely covered with testaceous, very long, dense, backwards-bent setae; clypeus hollowed, wider than long (2.2 times), with anterior margin retuse and anterior corner strongly rounded (about 40–55 % of clypeal length), lateral margin strongly reborded and narrowing towards base; surface colliculate; antennal club shorter than clypeus. Pronotum. Wider than long, maximum width posteriorly; green metallic hued, covered with thick, long, testaceous setae and round punctures, sometimes irregularly confluent on sides. Scutellum. Metallic green, glabrous, covered with dense, round punctures. Elytra. Dark fuscous; bordered with black band, widening in juxtascutellar-sutural margin; humeral and intrahumeral humbones black; with apicosutural corner rounded and posterior border exhibiting some scattered, rounded punctures; discal striae effaced, surface covered with scattered, round punctures. Pygidium. Black, with prominent metallic green hue; wider than long, imbricate and covered with long, testaceous, flattened setae. Legs. Black with green metallic hue; protibia externally tridentate, with distal two teeth closer to each other than to third and third tooth reduced to sinuation; mesotibia strongly bent ventrally and with apex exhibiting reddish, regularly spaced setae; metatibia with lower spur about 50 % longer than upper; second metatarsal segment as long as first. Venter. Abdomen with green metallic hue, covered with large, round punctures and very long, backward flattened setae.</p><p>Paratype (♀) (differences from ♂ only). Measurements: total length = 10.4 mm; maximum width = 5.4 mm. Body stockier than that of the holotype, dorsal colour displays the same pattern but is lighter in comparison to the male. Head, pronotum, and scutellum setose as in holotype, but they appear coppery to light green instead of metallic green. Antennal club shorter than length of the clypeus, measuring about 0.8 times as long. Protibia broader than that of the holotype, tridentate, with teeth equally spaced (Fig. 11).</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>The species name is a noun in apposition, reflecting the Afrikaans spelling of Krom River (Kromrivier), where the holotype was collected.</p><p>Distribution.</p><p>This is a typical Cederberg dweller, occurring across the entire mountain range and reaching as far south as the Koue Bokkeveld region (Fig. 21).</p><p>Remarks.</p><p>Currently, there is no available information on the biology / ecology of this species.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/392717701955576C848994501878B8EF	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Ricchiardi, Enrico;Perissinotto, Renzo;Strümpher, Werner	Ricchiardi, Enrico, Perissinotto, Renzo, Strümpher, Werner (2025): Revision of the Western Cape endemic genus Stegopterus Burmeister & Schaum, 1840 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae, Trichiini). African Invertebrates 66 (1): 151-191, DOI: 10.3897/afrinvertebr.66.140593
187358D670055752A9F2A31767036FA2.text	187358D670055752A9F2A31767036FA2.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Stegopterus lamellus Ricchiardi & Perissinotto & Strümpher 2025	<div><p>Stegopterus lamellus sp. nov.</p><p>Fig. 12</p><p>Type material.</p><p>Holotype. South Africa – WCP • ♂;  Cloete’s Pass; Oct. 1937; SAMC: SAM-COL-A 043587  .</p><p>Paratypes. South Africa – WCP • 1 ♂; same data as for holotype; SAMC: SAM-COL-A 043587 •   3 ♂  Vreyersberg; Oct. 1937; SAMC: SAM-COL-A 043586  .</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>Stegopterus lamellus sp. nov. differs from  S. septus, the closest species, by its protibia being externally tridentate, with the first two teeth closer to each other than to the third and the metatibia lower spur being shorter than the upper (about 73 %). Its antennae are peculiar, with clubs longer than the clypeus l (1.7 times) and notably bent in their apical third. The shape of its parameres is also distinctive (Fig. 12 F, G).</p><p>Description.</p><p>Male (holotype). Measurements. Total length = 12.9 mm; maximum width = 6.8 mm. Body. Stocky, with a melolonthinoid shape; black to brownish, with greenish-purple metallic hue on head, pronotum and scutellum; pygidium black with greenish-purple metallic hue; antennae brownish; elytra fulvous with lateral margins, fringed with thin black band and another larger black band with greenish-purple metallic hue along sutural margin and juxtascutellar area, widening on juxtascutellar-sutural side; humeral humbones prominent. Head. Clypeus glabrous but vertex with long, scattered, testaceous setae; clypeus wider than long (2.2 times), hollowed, covered with thick, round punctures, confluent at sides; anterior margin slightly retuse, broadly and mildly indented at centre; anterior corner rounded (about 40–55 % of clypeal length); lateral margins strongly reborded and slightly narrowing towards base; antennal clubs longer than clypeus (1.7–1.8 times), markedly bent at apical one-third. Pronotum. Wider than long, with maximum width posteriorly; covered with thick, long, testaceous setae and deep round punctures, sometimes irregularly confluent at sides. Scutellum. Glabrous, covered with dense, round punctures. Elytra. With apicosutural corner rounded and posterior border exhibiting some scattered, round punctures; discal striae visible and punctuated with large, round, locally confluent punctures; second interstria with or without short line of round points at middle. Pygidium. Wider than long, surface imbricate, covered with long, testaceous, scattered and flattened setae. Legs. Black; protibia externally tridentate, distal two teeth closer to each other than to third; mesotibia curved ventrally, with upper spur straight and lower one-third shorter; second metatarsal segment as long as first. Venter. Abdomen black, with greenish metallic hue, covered with very long, backwards flattened testaceous setae.</p><p>Type series variability.</p><p>All the type specimens are identical; however, in all four paratypes, the pygidium is dark fulvous rather than brown-black like in the holotype.</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>The name of this species is derived from the unique and typical shape of its antennal clubs. Adjective in the nominative singular case.</p><p>Distribution.</p><p>The few available records indicate that this species may be restricted to the mountain area between the southeastern end of the Langeberg and the western section of the Outeniekwaberge (Fig. 21).</p><p>Remarks.</p><p>The female is unknown and there is no available information on the biology / ecology of this species.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/187358D670055752A9F2A31767036FA2	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Ricchiardi, Enrico;Perissinotto, Renzo;Strümpher, Werner	Ricchiardi, Enrico, Perissinotto, Renzo, Strümpher, Werner (2025): Revision of the Western Cape endemic genus Stegopterus Burmeister & Schaum, 1840 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae, Trichiini). African Invertebrates 66 (1): 151-191, DOI: 10.3897/afrinvertebr.66.140593
3906EC737B42551F83E33208E318D444.text	3906EC737B42551F83E33208E318D444.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Stegopterus langebergicus Ricchiardi & Perissinotto & Strümpher 2025	<div><p>Stegopterus langebergicus sp. nov.</p><p>Fig. 13</p><p>Type material.</p><p>Holotype. South Africa – WCP • ♂; Boosmansbos Wilderness Area, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=20.840166&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-33.964165" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 20.840166/lat -33.964165)">Saagkuilkloof trail above river canyon</a>; 33°57.85'S, 20°50.41'E; 500 m; 30 Nov. 2015; Fikacek &amp; Vondracek leg.; flowering fynbos and mountain meadows from white flowering plants; TMSA  .</p><p>Paratypes. South Africa – WCP • 1 ♂ same data as for the holotype; ERPC •   2 ♂;  Barrydale; Oct. 1990; C. R. Owen leg.; ERPC  •   1 ♀;  Barrydale; 1–3 Nov. 1997; Lizler leg.; ERPC  •   1 ♂ Tradows Pass,  near top of Mt; 1 Jan. 1986; LACM  •   1 ♂;  Swellendam; 28 Nov. / 1 Dec. 1997; Ivo Jeniš &amp; Milan Krajcik leg.; NHMUK: BMNH-E 2015-37  .</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>Stegopterus langebergicus sp. nov. differs from  S. fuscus sp. nov., the closest species, by having the clypeal lateral margin rebordered and narrowed toward base. Protibia externally three-toothed, with first two teeth closer than the third. The shape of its parameres is peculiar (Fig. 13 F, G).</p><p>Description.</p><p>Male (holotype). Measurements. Total length = 15.3 mm; maximum width = 7.2 mm. Body. Stocky, with melolonthinoid shape; black, with some green metallic hue on head, pronotum, scutellum, pygidium and abdomen; antennal scape and legs black, but antennal segments and clubs as well as tarsi brownish; elytra fulvous with lateral margins fringed with black band fading towards apex; large black band also bordering sutural and juxtascutellar margins; striking black band joining anterior external corner of elytra to anteapical humbone; humeral humbones prominent. Head. Clypeus wider than long, glabrous, black with green metallic hue, deeply hollowed and covered with dense round punctures confluent at sides; anterior corner shortly rounded (about 33 % of clypeal length); lateral margin mildly reborded and narrowing towards base; clypeal disc and vertex covered with testaceous, very long, scattered, erect setae; antennal club slightly curved, and 1.1 times the clypeal length. Pronotum. Wider than long, with maximum width posteriorly; surface covered with round, dense punctures, imbricate at sides and with scattered, long, erect testaceous setae. Scutellum. Covered with scattered, round punctures. Elytra. Fulvous, semi-transparent with apicosutural corner rounded; apical margin with some rounded, scattered or dense punctures in places; striae visible and sculptured with round, locally confluent punctures; second interstria with short line of round punctures at middle. Pygidium. Wider than long; surface imbricate and covered with dense, long, testaceous, flattened setae. Legs. Protibia externally tridentate, with two distal teeth closer to each other than to third; mesotibia bent ventrally, with apex bearing a row of reddish-brown, regularly spaced setae; metatibial spurs subequal; second metatarsal segment as long as first. Venter. Abdomen brownish / black in places, without metallic hue, imbricate, covered with long, backwards flattened, testaceous setae.</p><p>Paratype (♀) (differences from ♂ only). The female paratype has a stockier body than the HT male, without metallic hue and much reduced setation. The interstriae of the elytra are often shagreened and the antennal clubs are much shorter than the clypeus. The two metatibial spurs are subequal, but each exhibits a widened and rounded apex, the upper one is particularly enlarged, with a concave and spatulate apex.</p><p>Type series variability.</p><p>Two of the five male paratypes differ from the holotype only in the degree of green metallic hue present. The other two male paratypes resemble the holotype but have a chestnut brown pygidium and show a general absence of setae on their head, pronotum, and pygidium.</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>This species takes its name from the Langeberg range, where it has been recorded thus far. Noun in apposition.</p><p>Distribution.</p><p>This species appears to be restricted to the central Langeberg section, between the towns of Swellendam to the south and Barrydale to the north (Fig. 21).</p><p>Remarks.</p><p>According to label data, specimens were collected on unspecified “ white flowering plants ”.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3906EC737B42551F83E33208E318D444	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Ricchiardi, Enrico;Perissinotto, Renzo;Strümpher, Werner	Ricchiardi, Enrico, Perissinotto, Renzo, Strümpher, Werner (2025): Revision of the Western Cape endemic genus Stegopterus Burmeister & Schaum, 1840 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae, Trichiini). African Invertebrates 66 (1): 151-191, DOI: 10.3897/afrinvertebr.66.140593
82CB945D673651BAB2DE9CDD9BD715F7.text	82CB945D673651BAB2DE9CDD9BD715F7.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Stegopterus paardebergi Ricchiardi & Perissinotto & Strümpher 2025	<div><p>Stegopterus paardebergi sp. nov.</p><p>Fig. 14</p><p>Type material.</p><p>Holotype. South Africa – WCP • ♂;  N end of Paardeberg; 14 Aug. 1969; SAMC: SAM-COL-A 043588  .</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>Stegopterus paardebergi sp. nov. differs from  S. suturalis, the closest species, by having the anterior corner of its clypeus shortly rounded (about 33 % of clypeal length) and the lateral margins mildly reborded and narrowing towards the base. Its antennal clubs are much longer than the total length of its clypeus (2.0 times). The shape of its parameres is peculiar (Fig. 14 F, G).</p><p>Description.</p><p>Male (holotype). Measurements. Total length = 11.4 mm; maximum width = 5.6 mm. Body. Stocky, with melolonthinoid shape; black, with greenish metallic hue on head vertex, pronotum and legs; clypeus black, with metallic reddish-copper band along anterior margin; scutellum black, with reddish-copper metallic hue; antennae brownish and elytra testaceous, with sutural and juxtascutellar margins fringed with black band and greenish metallic hue in anterior half but dark testaceous posteriorly; humeral humbones prominent. Head. Clypeus wider than long (1.8 times), hollowed, covered with thick, rounded punctures and glabrous; vertex covered with long, scattered, testaceous setae; anterior margin of clypeus slightly retuse, almost straight, anterior corners shortly rounded; lateral margins mildly reborded and tapering towards base; antennal clubs much longer than clypeus (2.0 times), slightly arched. Pronotum. Wider than long, with maximum width posteriorly; covered with scattered, long, testaceous setae and with round, deep, very dense and large punctures. Scutellum. Covered with very dense to shagreened round punctures. Elytra. Testaceous, with apicosutural corner rounded and apical margin exhibiting dense, round punctures; discal striae effaced, with scattered large, round punctures, especially around scutellum; lateral declivity horizontally shagreened. Pygidium. Wider than long, surface tectiform, covered with very scattered, long, brown, flattened setae. Legs. Black, with green metallic hue; protibia externally bidentate with distal tooth elongate and rounded at apex; mesotibia strongly bent ventrally, with upper spur straight and lower slightly shorter; second metatarsal segment as long as first. Venter. Abdomen black, covered with very long, scattered, dark, testaceous and backward flattened setae.</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>The species name is a noun in apposition, which reflects the name of the locality (Paardeberg) where the holotype specimen was collected.</p><p>Distribution.</p><p>Although there is some reservation about the correct interpretation of the locality reported in the label of the holotype specimen of this species, it seems most likely that this is an inhabitant of the isolated Perdeberg peak, situated in the highly developed Boland region between the towns of Paarl and Malmesbury (Fig. 21).</p><p>Remarks.</p><p>The female is unknown and there is no available information on the biology / ecology of this species.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/82CB945D673651BAB2DE9CDD9BD715F7	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Ricchiardi, Enrico;Perissinotto, Renzo;Strümpher, Werner	Ricchiardi, Enrico, Perissinotto, Renzo, Strümpher, Werner (2025): Revision of the Western Cape endemic genus Stegopterus Burmeister & Schaum, 1840 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae, Trichiini). African Invertebrates 66 (1): 151-191, DOI: 10.3897/afrinvertebr.66.140593
D170194F33965679A877A251C290AA34.text	D170194F33965679A877A251C290AA34.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Stegopterus pallidulus Ricchiardi & Perissinotto & Strümpher 2025	<div><p>Stegopterus pallidulus sp. nov.</p><p>Fig. 15</p><p>Type material.</p><p>Holotype. South Africa – WCP • ♂; 7-weeks Poort Berg,  Ladismith; 25 / 31 Dec. 1928; K. H. Barnard leg.; SAMC: SAM-COL-A 043590  .</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>Stegopterus pallidulus sp. nov. differs from  S. cochraneae sp. nov. by having the clypeal lateral margins strongly reborded and slightly narrowing towards the base, as well as the metatibial lower spur subequal to the upper one. The shape of its parameres is also distinctive (Fig. 15 F, G).</p><p>Description.</p><p>Male (holotype). Measurements. Total length = 11.8 mm; maximum width = 5.6 mm. Body. Stocky, of melolonthinoid shape; black, with greenish metallic hue on head vertex, pronotum and scutellum; clypeal basal half dark brown and apical half bright metallic green; elytra light fulvous; legs black-brown in places. Head. Clypeus wider than long (1.8 times), hollowed, with anterior margin slightly retuse; anterior corner rounded (about 50 % of clypeal length), lateral margins strongly reborded and tapering towards base; covered with thick, round punctures and thick, long, testaceous setae; antennal scapus mainly black, segments fulvous and clubs reddish-brown; inner lamellae on either side with basal patch of short, straight setae; antennal clubs longer than clypeus (1.3 times), slightly arched. Pronotum. Wider than long, with maximum width posteriorly; surface shagreened, covered with scattered, long, thin and testaceous setae. Scutellum. Glabrous, covered with dense, round punctures. Elytra. Light fulvous, with weak apical callosity and discal striae effaced; entire surface covered with scattered, round punctures; sutural and juxtascutellar margins fringed with black band, exhibiting greenish metallic hue in anterior half but dark testaceous posteriorly; lateral margin black; apicosutural corner rounded and apical margin light fulvous, with dense, round punctures. Pygidium. Wider than long; discal area brown-green metallic, basal third brownish to blackish; surface imbricate, covered with scattered, long, flattened testaceous setae. Legs. Black, locally brown; metatibia and metatarsi with prominent green metallic hue; protibia externally tridentate, with distal two teeth closer to each other than to third; mesotibia strongly bent ventrally, with apex widened; second metatarsal segment as long as first; lower spur shorter than upper. Venter. Abdomen black, with dark greenish and brown metallic hue or shine; covered with very long, thin, dark, testaceous and backwards flattened setae.</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>This species is named after the pale, light fulvous colouring of its elytra. Adjective in the nominative singular case.</p><p>Distribution.</p><p>This species is clearly the inhabitant of the Klein Swartberg range, above the town of Ladismith (Fig. 21).</p><p>Remarks.</p><p>The female is unknown, and nothing is known about the biology / ecology of this species.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D170194F33965679A877A251C290AA34	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Ricchiardi, Enrico;Perissinotto, Renzo;Strümpher, Werner	Ricchiardi, Enrico, Perissinotto, Renzo, Strümpher, Werner (2025): Revision of the Western Cape endemic genus Stegopterus Burmeister & Schaum, 1840 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae, Trichiini). African Invertebrates 66 (1): 151-191, DOI: 10.3897/afrinvertebr.66.140593
DD78E10F286A523DB95D9AFCAB48983F.text	DD78E10F286A523DB95D9AFCAB48983F.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Stegopterus rotundiceps Ricchiardi & Perissinotto & Strümpher 2025	<div><p>Stegopterus rotundiceps sp. nov.</p><p>Fig. 16</p><p>Type material.</p><p>Holotype. South Africa – WCP • ♂; Clanwilliam,  Leipoldt; SAMC: SAM-COL-A 043589  .</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>Stegopterus rotundiceps sp. nov. can be identified from the other species of the group by having the clypeal lateral margins mildly reborded and semicircular in shape (Fig. 16 E). Its antennal clubs are about 2.1 times longer than the clypeus and its protibia is externally bidentate. The shape of its parameres is also distinctive (Fig. 16 F, G).</p><p>Description.</p><p>Male (holotype). Measurements. Total length = 10.8 mm; maximum width = 5.2 mm. Body. Stocky, with melolonthinoid shape; black to brownish with elytra fulvous, exhibiting blackish or brownish band at margins. Head. Clypeus much wider than long (1.7 times), hollowed, covered with large, round punctures and some scattered, testaceous setae; lateral margins slightly reborded and semicircular in shape; vertex covered with long, testaceous setae; antennal clubs much longer than clypeus (about 2.0 times) and arcuate. Pronotum. Wider than long, with maximum width posteriorly; with very distinct green midline stretching over two thirds of surface; entire surface covered with shallow, round punctures and long, thin testaceous setae. Scutellum. Surface covered with shallow, round punctures and scattered, short, testaceous setae. Elytra. Black, with humeral humbones prominent; apicosutural corner rounded and apical margin exhibiting dense, round punctures; discal striae visible and marked with large punctures; some interstriae and lateral declivity horizontally shagreened. Pygidium. Wider than long, brownish to blackish with surface shagreened; covered with scattered, long, testaceous and flattened setae. Legs. Black, locally brown, without green metallic hue; protibia externally bidentate with distal tooth elongate and rounded at apex; mesotibia simply curved ventrally, with the lower spur much shorter than upper; second metatarsal segment as long as first. Venter. Abdomen brownish, without metallic hue and covered with very long, thick, dark, testaceous setae flattened backwards.</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>The rounded shape of the clypeal lateral margins defines this species. Adjective in the nominative singular case.</p><p>Distribution.</p><p>According to the data reported on the holotype label, this species should occur in the region of the western lower slopes of the broader Cederberg range between the towns of Leipoldtville and Clanwilliam (Fig. 21).</p><p>Remarks.</p><p>The female is unknown, and no information is currently available on the biology / ecology of this species.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/DD78E10F286A523DB95D9AFCAB48983F	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Ricchiardi, Enrico;Perissinotto, Renzo;Strümpher, Werner	Ricchiardi, Enrico, Perissinotto, Renzo, Strümpher, Werner (2025): Revision of the Western Cape endemic genus Stegopterus Burmeister & Schaum, 1840 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae, Trichiini). African Invertebrates 66 (1): 151-191, DOI: 10.3897/afrinvertebr.66.140593
E6B0A890CB5F5E7BB3310C87FBDAAF8D.text	E6B0A890CB5F5E7BB3310C87FBDAAF8D.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Stegopterus septus Burmeister & Schaum 1840	<div><p>Stegopterus septus Burmeister &amp; Schaum, 1840</p><p>Fig. 17</p><p>Stegopterus septus Burmeister &amp; Schaum, 1840: 406 (original description); Burmeister 1842: 745; Harold 1869: 1342; Péringuey 1907: 299; Schenkling 1922: 14; Krajčik 1999: 49.</p><p>Type material.</p><p>Lectotype, here designated. South Africa – WCP • ♂; Caffria;  Schaum Type; Coll. Melly; MHNG: MHNG ENTO 0119900  .</p><p>Other material examined.</p><p>South Africa – WCP • 1 ♂; Hott. Holl. Mts. [Hottentot-Holland Mountains],  Steenbras, Nov. 1932; K. H. Barnard leg.; SAMC: SAM-COL-A 043575  .</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>Stegopterus septus differs from  S. lamellus sp. nov., the closest species, by its protibia being externally tridentate and exhibiting all three teeth equally spaced. Its mesotibia is bent ventrally and bears a lower spur much shorter than the upper one (about 30 %). Its antennal clubs are very long, about 2.1 × longer than the clypeal length.</p><p>Distribution.</p><p>Although the locality reported on the LT label specimen is far too general and equivocal, the available male from the Hottentots-Hollandberge sets the range of this species in the mountain area between the towns of Somerset West and Grabouw (Fig. 21).</p><p>Remarks.</p><p>The syntype preserved in the Melly Collection (MHNG, Fig. 17) and labelled “ Schaum Type ” was reported in Burmeister and Schaum (1840, p. 406) as preserved in Germar’s Collection. Burmeister (1842, p. 745) later specified that there were two males in Germar’s Collection but only one is labelled as “ Schaum Type ”. For this reason, the “ Schaum Type ” preserved in the MHNG, cannot be regarded as the holotype and is therefore designated here as a lectotype.</p><p>Péringuey (1907, p. 299) redescribed  S. septus on the basis of a male collected in Clanwilliam (WCP), which he misidentified as such. That specimen is herein redescribed as the holotype of  S. rotundiceps sp. nov. Péringuey (1907, p. 299) also reluctantly attributed a second specimen from Knysna to  S. septus, but we were unable on this occasion to trace and analyse this specimen.</p><p>The species is very rare and among all the  Stegopterus specimens studied, we could identify only two males belonging to  S. septus . Females remain unknown.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E6B0A890CB5F5E7BB3310C87FBDAAF8D	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Ricchiardi, Enrico;Perissinotto, Renzo;Strümpher, Werner	Ricchiardi, Enrico, Perissinotto, Renzo, Strümpher, Werner (2025): Revision of the Western Cape endemic genus Stegopterus Burmeister & Schaum, 1840 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae, Trichiini). African Invertebrates 66 (1): 151-191, DOI: 10.3897/afrinvertebr.66.140593
52862C566A365175BC1866491CA7D089.text	52862C566A365175BC1866491CA7D089.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Stegopterus suturalis (Gory & Percheron 1833)	<div><p>Stegopterus suturalis (Gory &amp; Percheron, 1833)</p><p>Fig. 18</p><p>Trichius suturalis Gory &amp; Percheron, 1833: 84 (original description).</p><p>Trichius (Tetrophthalmi) suturalis: Kirby 1827: 156 [see comments in Smith 2004: 287 and Smith 2005: 75].</p><p>Stegopterus suturalis: Burmeister and Schaum 1840: 405; Burmeister 1842: 745; Harold 1869: 1342; Péringuey 1907: 298; Schenkling 1922: 14; Krajčik 1999: 49; Smith 2004: 288; Smith 2005: 75.</p><p>Type material.</p><p>Lectotype, here designated. South Africa – WCP • ♂; Cap. B. sp.;  Gory Type; Coll. Melly; MHNG: MHNG ENTO 0119901  .</p><p>Other material examined.</p><p>South Africa – WCP • 1 ♂;  Cape; TMSA  •   5 ♂;  Cape Point; 23 Oct. 1973; N. J. Duke leg.; SANC  •  1 ♂; same data as for preceding; ERPC •   2 ♂;  Claremont; 1883 (?); H. W. Vakead leg.; SANC  •   1 ♂;  Hermanus; Jan. 1938; SANC  •   2 ♀;  Kirstenbosch C. P.; 23 Nov. 1964; A. L. Carpenter leg.; SANC  •   1 ♂ 1 ♀;  Stellenbosch, Nov. 87; L. I. leg.; SANC  •   1 ♂;  Table Mt., Cape Town; 27 Nov. 1921; A. L. Bevis leg.; TMSA  •   1 ♂;  Table Mts; Hiasterfemch leg.; SANC  •   1 ♀;  Yzerfontein; ERPC  .</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>Stegopterus suturalis differs from  S. paardebergi sp. nov., the closest species, by having the anterior corner of its clypeus rounded (about 40–55 % of clypeal length) and the lateral margins strongly reborded and slightly narrowing towards base. Its antennal clubs are as long as the clypeus.</p><p>Distribution.</p><p>Together with  S. vittatus, this is the species that exhibits the largest distribution range and is the most numerous in collections, among all the species of the genus. Its range spans from Hermanus in the south-east to Yzerfontein in the north-west and includes the entire lowland region of the Cape Peninsula and parts of the adjacent Overberg and Swartland regions (Fig. 21).</p><p>Remarks.</p><p>The Gory Type is preserved in Geneva in the Melly Collection (MHNG). The male is here designated as the lectotype. A male in ERPC differs from the lectotype by having the elytra of a brick-red background colour with the black sutural band lacking the green hue. The female from Yzerfontein, in addition to being stouter than the others and having tridentate protibiae and short clubs, also has identical metallic green reflection. However, its elytra are dark testaceous, and the clypeus is similar to that of the male, but more hollowed anteriorly with a humped, convex forehead.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/52862C566A365175BC1866491CA7D089	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Ricchiardi, Enrico;Perissinotto, Renzo;Strümpher, Werner	Ricchiardi, Enrico, Perissinotto, Renzo, Strümpher, Werner (2025): Revision of the Western Cape endemic genus Stegopterus Burmeister & Schaum, 1840 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae, Trichiini). African Invertebrates 66 (1): 151-191, DOI: 10.3897/afrinvertebr.66.140593
4D096880E8225CA8A867629D97553563.text	4D096880E8225CA8A867629D97553563.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Stegopterus vittatus (Fabricius 1775) Gory	<div><p>Stegopterus vittatus (Fabricius, 1775)</p><p>Figs 19, 20</p><p>Cetonia vittata Fabricius, 1775: 819 (original description).</p><p>Trichius vittatus: Gory and Percheron 1833: 83.</p><p>Stegopterus vittatus: Burmeister and Schaum 1840: 405; Burmeister 1842: 744; Lacordaire 1856: 562; Harold 1869: 1342; Péringuey 1907: 297; Schenkling 1922: 15; Krajčik 1999: 49.</p><p>Type material.</p><p>Lectotype, here designated. South Africa – WCP • ♂; Cap. B. sp.;  Gory Type; Coll. Melly; MHNG: MHNG ENTO 0119902  .</p><p>Other material examined.</p><p>South Africa – WCP • 1 ♀;  Bookram Farm; 30 Aug. 1981; Endrödy-Younga leg.; groundtraps [= pitfall traps], 59 days; ERPC  •   1 ♂;  Cape Town; Oct. 1988; C. R. Owen leg.; ERPC  •   2 ♂;  Langebaan; 25 Oct. 1989; J. Glaser leg.; ERPC  •   3 ♂; Leipoldtville,  Eland’s Bay; ERPC  •   3 ♂ 1 ♀;  Yzerfontein; ERPC  .</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>Stegopterus vittatus is easily identified by the following suite of characters: Mesotibia strongly bent ventrally and with widened apex; external margin of protibia with three equally spaced teeth; antennal clubs shorter than the clypeus.</p><p>Distribution.</p><p>This is the best-known species in the genus, and its occurrence has been recorded in detail across the entire lowland region, stretching from Cape Point in the south to Lamberts Bay on the west coast (Fig. 21).</p><p>Remarks.</p><p>Among the specimens analysed in this study, there is no particular variation in chromatic or morphological patterns, except in the intrahumeral black band, which is sometimes reduced at the centre but still complete.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/4D096880E8225CA8A867629D97553563	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Ricchiardi, Enrico;Perissinotto, Renzo;Strümpher, Werner	Ricchiardi, Enrico, Perissinotto, Renzo, Strümpher, Werner (2025): Revision of the Western Cape endemic genus Stegopterus Burmeister & Schaum, 1840 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae, Trichiini). African Invertebrates 66 (1): 151-191, DOI: 10.3897/afrinvertebr.66.140593
