Phoberus caffer (Harold, 1872)

Strümpher, Werner P. & Scholtz, Clarke H., 2019, A new Phoberus MacLeay species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Trogidae) from the Maloti-Drakensberg Mountains of southern Africa and the Phoberus caffer species group reviewed, Zootaxa 4674 (5), pp. 551-563 : 560

Key to species in the Phoberus caffer species group

1 Black with sparse yellow setae; widespread throughout the central and southern region of South Africa.... P. caffer (Harold)

- Black with sparse to dense dark brown to black setae; disjunct, eastern montane distribution.......................... 2

2 Elytral tubercles on even-numbered costae prominent, not shiny; odd-numbered costae with small, round, glabrous tubercles, regularly spaced; restricted to the Eastern Highlands in Zimbabwe and the eastern escarpment of South Africa....................................................................................... P. lilianae (Scholtz) new status

- Elytral tubercles on even-numbered costae large, shiny; odd-numbered costae with distinct round, glabrous tubercles, irregularly spaced; restricted to the Maloti-Drakensberg Mountains in southern Africa....... P. ntlenyanae Strümpher new species