Proagoderus lanista (Castelnau, 1840)

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 : 437

Proagoderus lanista (Castelnau, 1840) ( Fig. 3C )

Previously recorded from Botswana, Kenya, Mozambique, and South Africa ( Ferreira 1972; Palestrini 1992).

New country record for Swaziland: Two specimens, Malolotja Nature Reserve, 14 April 2015, and 31 March 2016. Diurnal. The specimens were found during the late afternoon, active under fresh zebra dung in montane grassland .

Genus Diastellopalpus van Lansberge 1886

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.