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<taxonomicName authority="Roth (1851)" authorityName="Roth" authorityYear="1851" box="[106,485,134,161]" class="Insecta" family="Scarabaeidae" genus="Neosisyphus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="46" pageNumber="47" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="setiger">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[106,329,134,161]" italics="true" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">Neosisyphus setiger</emphasis>
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Roth (1851)
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(
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,
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<taxonomicName authority="Roth, 1851" authorityName="Roth" authorityYear="1851" box="[106,406,204,231]" class="Insecta" family="Scarabaeidae" genus="Sisyphus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="46" pageNumber="47" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="setiger">
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<emphasis box="[106,269,204,230]" italics="true" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">Sisyphus setiger</emphasis>
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Roth, 1851
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<paragraph blockId="46.[106,1073,134,508]" box="[106,542,238,265]" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">
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Roth 1851: 124;
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<bibRefCitation author="Montreuil" box="[302,542,238,265]" firstAuthor="Montreuil" pageId="46" pageNumber="47" pagination="1 - 36" refId="ref30184" refString="Montreuil, O. (2015 b) Le genre Neosisyphus Muller em Afrique (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Sisyphini). Catharsius La Revue, 12 (1): 1 - 36." type="journal article" year="2015" yearSuffix="b">Montreuil 2015b: 11</bibRefCitation>
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<taxonomicName authority="(Kolbe, 1914)" baseAuthorityName="Kolbe" baseAuthorityYear="1914" box="[106,501,273,299]" class="Insecta" family="Scarabaeidae" genus="Neosisyphus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="46" pageNumber="47" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="confrater">
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<emphasis box="[106,335,273,299]" italics="true" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">Neosisyphus confrater</emphasis>
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(
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)
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<bibRefCitation author="Montreuil" box="[106,346,308,335]" firstAuthor="Montreuil" pageId="46" pageNumber="47" pagination="1 - 36" refId="ref30184" refString="Montreuil, O. (2015 b) Le genre Neosisyphus Muller em Afrique (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Sisyphini). Catharsius La Revue, 12 (1): 1 - 36." type="journal article" year="2015" yearSuffix="b">Montreuil 2015b: 11</bibRefCitation>
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<taxonomicName authority="Kolbe, 1914" authorityName="Kolbe" authorityYear="1914" box="[106,445,342,369]" class="Insecta" family="Scarabaeidae" genus="Sisyphus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="46" pageNumber="47" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="confrater">
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<emphasis box="[106,298,342,368]" italics="true" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">Sisyphus confrater</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation author="Kolbe" box="[305,445,342,369]" firstAuthor="Kolbe" pageId="46" pageNumber="47" pagination="261 - 416" refId="ref29802" refString="Kolbe, H. J. (1914) Lieferung 3: Scarabaeiden. In: Shubotz, H. (Ed.), Wissenschaftliches Ergebnisse der Deutschen Zentral-Afrika-Expedition 1907 unter Fuhrung Adolf Friedrichs, Herzog zu Mecklenburg. Zoologie III, 5. Klinkhardt & Biermann, Leipzig, Germany, pp. 261 - 416." type="book chapter" year="1914">Kolbe, 1914</bibRefCitation>
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<bibRefCitation author="Kolbe" box="[106,301,377,403]" firstAuthor="Kolbe" pageId="46" pageNumber="47" pagination="261 - 416" refId="ref29802" refString="Kolbe, H. J. (1914) Lieferung 3: Scarabaeiden. In: Shubotz, H. (Ed.), Wissenschaftliches Ergebnisse der Deutschen Zentral-Afrika-Expedition 1907 unter Fuhrung Adolf Friedrichs, Herzog zu Mecklenburg. Zoologie III, 5. Klinkhardt & Biermann, Leipzig, Germany, pp. 261 - 416." type="book chapter" year="1914">Kolbe 1914: 317</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation author="Haaf" box="[312,496,377,404]" firstAuthor="Haaf" pageId="46" pageNumber="47" pagination="341 - 381" refId="ref29533" refString="Haaf, E. (1955) Uber die Gattung Sisyphus Latr. (Col. Scarab.). Entomologische Arbeitenaus dem Museum G. Frey, 6 (1): 341 - 381." type="journal article" year="1955">Haaf 1955: 376</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[135,257,412,438]" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">
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<typeStatus box="[135,193,412,438]" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">Type</typeStatus>
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local
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: Bukoba (
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)
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[135,182,446,472]" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">Size</emphasis>
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: Male: length: 9.0–5.0 mm; width: 4.8–3.0 mm. Female: length: 9.2–5.0 mm; width: 4.5–3.0 mm
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[106,225,550,576]" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">Diagnosis</emphasis>
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:
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<emphasis box="[242,346,551,576]" italics="true" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">N. setiger</emphasis>
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is distinguished from other members of the
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<emphasis box="[865,979,550,576]" italics="true" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">barbarossa</emphasis>
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speciesgroup, by a combination of the following features: a triangular protrusion on the midposterior edge of the metafemur in males. Additionally, the projected metatrochanter is relatively short, comprising ¼ of the total length of the metafemur in males.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[106,447,723,750]" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">Examined non-type material</emphasis>
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: See Supplementary information.
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<paragraph blockId="46.[106,1074,793,854]" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[106,257,793,819]" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">Distribution</emphasis>
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: As defined by
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<bibRefCitation author="Montreuil" box="[431,648,793,820]" firstAuthor="Montreuil" pageId="46" pageNumber="47" pagination="1 - 36" refId="ref30184" refString="Montreuil, O. (2015 b) Le genre Neosisyphus Muller em Afrique (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Sisyphini). Catharsius La Revue, 12 (1): 1 - 36." type="journal article" year="2015" yearSuffix="b">Montreuil (2015b)</bibRefCitation>
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,
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Roth" authorityYear="1851" box="[660,762,794,819]" class="Insecta" family="Scarabaeidae" genus="Sisyphus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="46" pageNumber="47" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="setiger">
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<emphasis box="[660,762,794,819]" italics="true" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">N. setiger</emphasis>
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is distributed in moist lowland and upland vegetation from northeast to southern Africa (
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).
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<subSubSection pageId="46" pageNumber="47" type="discussion">
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<paragraph blockId="46.[106,1074,897,1479]" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[106,211,897,923]" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">Remarks</emphasis>
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: We have compared Kenyan specimens identified as
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<emphasis box="[803,904,898,923]" italics="true" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">N. setiger</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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with southeast African specimens identified as
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<emphasis box="[465,597,932,958]" italics="true" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">N. confrater</emphasis>
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by
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<bibRefCitation author="Paschalidis, K. M." box="[640,851,932,958]" pageId="46" pageNumber="47" refId="ref30542" refString="Paschalidis, K. M. (1974 a) The genus Sisyphus Latr. (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in Southern Africa. MSc. Thesis, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa, 183 pp." type="book" year="1974">Paschalidis (1974)</bibRefCitation>
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. Females of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">N. confrater</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Roth" authorityYear="1851" box="[220,323,967,992]" class="Insecta" family="Scarabaeidae" genus="Sisyphus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="46" pageNumber="47" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="setiger">
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<emphasis box="[220,323,967,992]" italics="true" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">N. setiger</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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are close morphologically making it difficult to separate them into species. However, we have observed that males of southern Africa “
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Kolbe" authorityYear="1914" box="[873,1005,1001,1027]" class="Insecta" family="Scarabaeidae" genus="Sisyphus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="46" pageNumber="47" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="confrater">
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<emphasis box="[873,1005,1001,1027]" italics="true" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">N. confrater</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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” bear a short blunt triangular projection on the mid-posterior edge of the metafemur and a short projecting metatrochanter. By contrast, males of east African “
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<emphasis box="[900,1003,1071,1096]" italics="true" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">N. setiger</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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” have a sharp projecting spine on the mid-posterior edge of the metafemur and a metatrochanter as large as in
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<taxonomicName authority="Montreuil, 2015" authorityName="Montreuil" authorityYear="2015" box="[346,734,1140,1167]" class="Insecta" family="Scarabaeidae" genus="Neosisyphus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="46" pageNumber="47" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="jossoi">
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<emphasis box="[346,535,1140,1166]" italics="true" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">Neosisyphus jossoi</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation author="Montreuil, O." box="[542,734,1140,1167]" pageId="46" pageNumber="47" pagination="91 - 102" refId="ref30147" refString="Montreuil, O. (2015 a) Nouveaux Sisyphus Latreille d'afrique (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Sisyphini). Bulletin de la Societe entomologique de France, 120 (1): 91 - 102." type="journal article" year="2015">Montreuil, 2015</bibRefCitation>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<bibRefCitation author="Montreuil" box="[135,351,1174,1201]" firstAuthor="Montreuil" pageId="46" pageNumber="47" pagination="1 - 36" refId="ref30184" refString="Montreuil, O. (2015 b) Le genre Neosisyphus Muller em Afrique (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Sisyphini). Catharsius La Revue, 12 (1): 1 - 36." type="journal article" year="2015" yearSuffix="b">Montreuil (2015b)</bibRefCitation>
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synonymized
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Kolbe" authorityYear="1914" box="[516,648,1174,1200]" class="Insecta" family="Scarabaeidae" genus="Sisyphus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="46" pageNumber="47" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="confrater">
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<emphasis box="[516,648,1174,1200]" italics="true" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">N. confrater</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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with
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<taxonomicName authority="(Roth 1851)" baseAuthorityName="Roth" baseAuthorityYear="1851" box="[715,1070,1174,1201]" class="Insecta" family="Scarabaeidae" genus="Neosisyphus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="46" pageNumber="47" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="setiger">
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<emphasis box="[715,916,1174,1200]" italics="true" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">Neosisyphus setiger</emphasis>
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(Roth 1851)
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</taxonomicName>
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. The synonymy seems to be based on the
|
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<typeStatus box="[578,677,1209,1235]" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">holotype</typeStatus>
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female of
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Roth" baseAuthorityYear="1851" box="[800,904,1210,1235]" class="Insecta" family="Scarabaeidae" genus="Neosisyphus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="46" pageNumber="47" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="setiger">
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<emphasis box="[800,904,1210,1235]" italics="true" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">N. setiger</emphasis>
|
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</taxonomicName>
|
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from
|
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<collectingCountry box="[977,1074,1209,1235]" name="Ethiopia" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">Ethiopia</collectingCountry>
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and a
|
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<typeStatus box="[181,283,1244,1270]" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">lectotype</typeStatus>
|
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male of
|
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Kolbe" authorityYear="1914" box="[391,525,1244,1270]" class="Insecta" family="Scarabaeidae" genus="Sisyphus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="46" pageNumber="47" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="confrater">
|
||
<emphasis box="[391,525,1244,1270]" italics="true" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">N. confrater</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
from
|
||
<collectingCountry box="[600,705,1244,1270]" name="Tanzania" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">Tanzania</collectingCountry>
|
||
. This is questionable as females are often difficult to separate into species as stated above. Furthermore, although the photograph of a major male of
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="(Montreuil 2015 b)" baseAuthorityName="Montreuil" baseAuthorityYear="2015" box="[481,817,1313,1340]" class="Insecta" family="Scarabaeidae" genus="Neosisyphus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="46" pageNumber="47" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="setiger">
|
||
<emphasis box="[481,588,1314,1339]" italics="true" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">N. setiger</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Montreuil" box="[606,809,1313,1340]" firstAuthor="Montreuil" pageId="46" pageNumber="47" pagination="1 - 36" refId="ref30184" refString="Montreuil, O. (2015 b) Le genre Neosisyphus Muller em Afrique (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Sisyphini). Catharsius La Revue, 12 (1): 1 - 36." type="journal article" year="2015" yearSuffix="b">Montreuil 2015b</bibRefCitation>
|
||
)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
closely resembles “
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Kolbe" authorityYear="1914" class="Insecta" family="Scarabaeidae" genus="Sisyphus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="46" pageNumber="47" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="confrater">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">N. confrater</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
”, there is no indication of where the individual was collected. Nevertheless, we have retained the name
|
||
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Montreuil" baseAuthorityYear="2015" box="[431,537,1383,1408]" class="Insecta" family="Scarabaeidae" genus="Neosisyphus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="46" pageNumber="47" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="setiger">
|
||
<emphasis box="[431,537,1383,1408]" italics="true" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">N. setiger</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
for southern African material as we have not been able to compare it with the type and non-type material used in Montreuil’s study (2015b).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
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</document> |