Review of the genus Rhyparus Westwood, 1845 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) in the Solomon Islands with description of two new species Author Minkina, Łukasz os. Polana Szaflarska 4 / 39, 34 - 400 Nowy Targ, Poland. Author Skelley, Paul Florida State Collection of Arthropods, 1911 SW 34 th Street, Gainesville, FL, USA. Author Jákl, Stanislav Geologická 1218 / 2 C, CZ- 152 00 Praha 5, Czechia. Author Král, David Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Viničná 7, CZ- 128 00, Praha 2, Czechia. Author Li, Xiao-Feng 0009-0009-3982-2734 yansi3241@gmail.com text Zootaxa 2025 2025-01-20 5570 3 563 573 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5570.3.7 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5570.3.7 1175-5326 14745461 41BC11D8-E0D7-40D6-837E-DF48B4A42CA5 Rhyparus breviceps Paulian, 1984 ( Fig. 1A ) Rhyparus breviceps Paulian, 1984: 472 , fig. 1. Type locality: “ Papua New Guinea , Morobe , umg. Kaiapit ”. Material examined (6 exx.). 3 exx.: Solomon Islands , South Pacific , Guadalcanal Island , Karukiki env., 20–25 km SSE of Honiara , 750–900 m ., 1.–18.xii.2016 , leg. St. Jakl ( ISEA ) [photographed material]; 1 ex. : Solomon Is. , Gizo I. , Gizo , 0-100m , iii.1985 , N.L.H. Krauss , coll., Bishop Museum Acc. #1985.163 ( BPBM ) ; 2 exx.: Solomon Islands , Malaita is., ca 6 km NW Waisisi vill. env., 340 m , 5.–1.xii.2018 , J. Horák leg ( 1 ex. JHCP , 1 ex. NMPC ) . Comments. Rhyparus breviceps is a somewhat variable species, with insufficiently known distribution. It was described and so far known only from Papua New Guinea ( Paulian 1984 ; Stebnicka 1998 ; Mencl et al. 2013 ). This is the first record for the Solomon Islands .