A new species and new distributional records of Haroldius Boucomont, 1914 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) from southern Africa
Author
Daniel, Gimo M.
Department of Terrestrial Invertebrates, National Museum, 36 Aliwal Street, Bloemfontein, South Africa. & Department of Biological & Environmental Sciences, Walter Sisulu University, Mthatha, South Africa.
Author
Strümpher, Werner P.
Ento Studio & Research Collection, Kärrhöksvägen 6, SE- 147 34 Tumba, Sweden.
Author
Snäll, Stanislav
Ento Studio & Research Collection, Kärrhöksvägen 6, SE- 147 34 Tumba, Sweden.
text
Zootaxa
2021
2021-11-26
5072
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34
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10.11646/zootaxa.5072.1.4
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Haroldius convexus
(
Philips & Scholtz, 2000
)
Material examined
:
1 spec.
unsexed (
ESRC
) https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/86602129
SOUTH AFRICA
:
North West Province
,
10 km
N of
Brits
[
25°30’46.46”S
27°46’39.47”E
],
17.xi.2019
, leg.
S. Snäll. Determined
by
S. Snäll
.
1 spec.
unsexed (
USNM
):
SOUTH AFRICA
:
KwaZulu-Natal
[Province]: Hluhluwe-iMfolozi
Game Reserve
,
Mpila Camp
,
300m
,
28°18’36.00”S
31°51’43.20”E
,
28.i.2018
, KK18_036.
K. Kanda
,
R
.
A. Gomez. Determined
by
G. M. Daniel
through detailed photographs
.
Distribution:
South Africa
:
Gauteng
(
Philips & Scholtz, 2000
),
new provincial records
for
North West
and
KwaZulu-Natal
.
Biological note.
The adult specimen from the
North West Province
was collected in a nest of
Pheidole tenuinodis
Mayr, 1901
(
Hymenoptera
:
Formicidae
: Myrmicinae) ants under a rock in open field. Similarly, the specimen from
KwaZulu-Natal
was also collected from the nests of myrmicine ants (genus unknown) under a stone.