Transfer of three species of Namakwanus Scholtz & Howden to Versicorpus Deschodt, Davis & Scholtz or to Namaphilus gen. nov., with descriptions of two new species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)
Author
Deschodt, Christian M.
Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
cdeschodt@zoology.up.ac.za
Author
Davis, Adrian L. V.
Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
text
Annals of the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History
2017
2017-05-01
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journal article
http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5562912
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5562912
Namakwanus irishi
Scholtz & Howden, 1987
.
Known only from the
four specimens
in the
type
series. Not collected since its description in 1987. Most probably occurs in the mountains around
Windhoek
[c.
22.571°S
17.086°E
]
.