A new brachypterous species of Phoberus MacLeay (Coleoptera: Trogidae) and status changes of species in the East African P. nigrociliatus group Author Strümpher, Werner P. Author Scholtz, Clarke H. text Zootaxa 2017 4216 3 292 298 journal article 37356 10.5281/zenodo.231847 aaa31ce3-6f28-40b4-9ec8-0701a1e9791e 1175-5326 231847 60E45FC3-3B3B-44F0-B684-DB1F88F61CED Phoberus nigrociliatus (Kolbe) new status ( Fig. 3A –C) Trox nigrociliatus Kolbe, 1904 : 292 ; Arrow 1927 : 465 Trox nigrociliatus nigrociliatus : Haaf 1953 : 328 Trox ( Trox ) nigrociliatus nigrociliatus : Scholtz 1980 : 92 ; Scholtz 1982 : 5 Trox ( Phoberus ) nigrociliatus nigrociliatus : Scholtz 1986 : 361 ; Zidek 2013 : 13 Phoberus nigrociliatus nigrociliatus (Kolbe) : Strümpher et al . 2016 : 78 Synonym . Trox asmaraensis Balthasar, 1939 : 32 ; synonymy by Haaf 1953 : 328; Scholtz 1980 : 92, 1982: 5; Zidek 2013 : 7 Diagnosis. Phoberus nigrociliatus can be easily separated from other members in the group on the basis of the pronotum. It has the pronotum smoothly rounded, whereas the other members have the pronotum ridged with large tubercles. P. nigrociliatus has only been recorded from the Ethiopian highlands.