Combined phylogenetic analysis of two new Afrotropical genera of Onthophagini (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae)
Author
Roggero, Angela
Author
Dierkens, Michael
Author
Barbero, Enrico
Author
Palestrini, Claudia
text
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
2017
180
298
320
journal article
0024-4082
7A6A530-3EBA-4AF2-94E2-E9B8A1D07459
HAMONTHOPHAGUS
FALLAX
(
D’
ORBIGNY
, 1913: 471)
(
FIGS
2
,
7
,
8
,
10
)
Type material:
Lectotype
here designated: (male)
MALAWI
: [Nyassa
Zomba
haut Chire=]
Zomba, Shire
river upper course,
Malawi Lake
[
MNHN
]
.
Paralectotype
: (female)
TANZANIA
[=Afrique Or Alem]:
Dar-es-Salaam
[
MNHN
]. For the morphological account, please refer to the original description
.
Geographical distribution (
Fig. 14
):
The species has been described from
Malawi
and
Tanzania
, and at present is recorded from
Botswana
,
Burundi
,
Democratic Republic of Congo
,
Kenya
,
Malawi
,
Namibia
,
Tanzania
and
Zambia
. The record from Graaf-Reinet (
Eastern Cape province
,
South Africa
) is very interesting, but needs to be confirmed by further records. A detailed list of the localities is given in the Appendix 3 (Supporting Information).