Diastellopalpus quinquedens Bates, 1888

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 : 46

Diastellopalpus quinquedens Bates, 1888

( Figs. 12, 17 , 28–31 , 32 )

Diastellopalpus quinquedens Bates, 1888: 239 ; Kolbe 1893: 151; Kolbe 1901: 72; Felsche 1901: 154; Péringuey 1901: 265; d’Orbigny 1902: 311, 323; d’Orbigny 1913: 583, 722, 739; d’Orbigny 1914: 459; d’Orbigny 1915: 399, 401; Marcus 1914: 204; Marcus 1920: 192; Ferreira 1972: 551; Ferreira 1962: 479, 481–482; Josso & Prévost 2000: 20, 53, 104, 112–113, 119; Davis & Scholtz 2010: 415, 421; Davis et al. 2008: 196; Gillet & Barr 2018: 437 .

Type locality: “Mamboia, East Central Africa” [ Mamboya , Kilosa, Morogoro Region, Tanzania] .

= Onthophagus ponderosus Péringuey, 1896: 156 ; Péringuey 1901: 265; Felsche 1901: 154; Ferreira 1967: 481; Ferreira 1972: 551; Josso & Prévost 2000: 53. (Junior subjective synonym confirmed).

Type locality: “ Salisbury ” [Harare, Zimbabwe] .

Figures

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 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).

FIGURES 28–29. Diastellopalpus quinquedens Bates, 1888, lectotype (MNHN). 28, habitus, dorsal view; 29, labels. Photos courtesy of Olivier Montreuil, copyright MNHN.

FIGURES 30–31. Onthophagus ponderosus Péringuey, 1896 (= junior subjective synonym of Diastellopalpus quinquedens), lectotype (SAMC). 30, habitus, dorsal view; 31, labels. Photos courtesy of G.M. Daniel, copyright SAMC.