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<mods:title id="37E55B7A9904CD9D29E1F7C9384AF442">Systematic revision of endemic southern African genera of Bolboceratinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Bolboceratidae)</mods:title>
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<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FF9BFFC801DFFA52FDFADA96" bold="true" box="[422,586,1456,1480]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="1069">Namibiobolbus</emphasis>
Krikken
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<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FF9BFFC80036FA10FF53D956" box="[79,227,1522,1544]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="1069">Namibiobolbus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="97583CD7FF9BFFC80094FA10FE17D956" author="KRIKKEN, J." box="[237,423,1522,1544]" pageId="26" pageNumber="1069" pagination="23" refId="ref44655" refString="KRIKKEN, J., 1984, A generic reclassi ® cation of the Afrotropical Bolboceratini (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae), Zoologische Mededelingen, 58 (3), 23 ± 45." type="journal article" year="1984">Krikken, 1984: 37</bibRefCitation>
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.
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species:
<taxonomicName id="34C93AA5FF9BFFC800A7F9EEFD90D97C" authority="Kolbe, 1907" authorityName="Kolbe" authorityYear="1907" box="[222,544,1548,1570]" class="Insecta" family="Bolboceratidae" genus="Bolboceras" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="1069" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="iphicles">
<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FF9BFFC800A7F9EEFE2DD97C" box="[222,413,1548,1570]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="1069">Bolboceras iphicles</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="97583CD7FF9BFFC801DDF9EEFD90D97C" author="KOLBE, H. J." box="[420,544,1548,1570]" pageId="26" pageNumber="1069" pagination="25" refId="ref44528" refString="KOLBE, H. J., 1907, Neue Coprophagen aus Afrika, Annales de la SocieAteA entomologique Belgique, 51, 25 ± 31." type="journal article" year="1907">Kolbe, 1907</bibRefCitation>
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, by original designation.
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<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FF9BFFC80036F9AFFF7DD93A" box="[79,205,1613,1636]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="1069">Description</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FF9BFFC80001F98FFF4DD9DB" box="[120,253,1645,1669]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="1069">Body length</emphasis>
.
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.
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<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FF9BFFC80001F96EFF73D9FA" box="[120,195,1676,1700]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="1069">Colour</emphasis>
. Light to dark brown.
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FIG. 9.
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<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FF9AFFC900D2FCCBFE8FDC61" box="[171,319,809,831]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="1070">Namibiobolbus</emphasis>
spp.
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and
<taxonomicName id="34C93AA5FF9AFFC901C0FCCBFD32DC61" box="[441,642,809,831]" class="Insecta" family="Bolboceratidae" genus="Meridiobolbus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="27" pageNumber="1070" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="undetermined">
<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FF9AFFC901C0FCCBFDF7DC61" box="[441,583,809,831]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="1070">Meridiobolbus</emphasis>
spp.
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: metasternum (a); posterior end of prosternum, frontal (b), lateral view (c).
<taxonomicName id="34C93AA5FF9AFFC90211FCA6FC88DC04" box="[616,824,836,858]" class="Insecta" family="Bolboceratidae" genus="Namibiobolbus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="27" pageNumber="1070" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="undetermined">
<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FF9AFFC90211FCA6FD4CDC04" box="[616,764,836,858]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="1070">Namibiobolbus</emphasis>
spp.
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="34C93AA5FF9AFFC90302FCA6FEB6DC2A" baseAuthorityName="Kolbe" baseAuthorityYear="1894" class="Insecta" family="Bolboceratidae" genus="Meridiobolbus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="27" pageNumber="1070" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="quinquedens">
<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FF9AFFC90302FCA6FEB6DC2A" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="1070">Meridiobolbus quinquedens</emphasis>
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: metafemur, ventral view (d).
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<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FF9AFFC90001FC4DFF03DC99" box="[120,179,943,967]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="1070">Head</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FF9AFFC900ACFC4DFEC7DC99" box="[213,375,943,967]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="1070">Dorsal surface</emphasis>
asetose.
<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FF9AFFC901A6FC4DFD4FDC99" box="[479,767,943,967]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="1070">Outer margin of mandible</emphasis>
rounded but anteriorly more strongly curved inward.
<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FF9AFFC901B5FC2CFD93DCB8" box="[460,547,974,998]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="1070">Labrum</emphasis>
declivous anteriad and posteriad from distinctly elevated slightly arcuate, transverse carina; anterior margin feebly sinuate.
<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FF9AFFC90036FBECFF17DB78" box="[79,167,1038,1062]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="1070">Clypeus</emphasis>
with feebly to strongly elevated transverse anterior carina; with well-de®ned, short diagonal, posteriorly steeply inclined carina, the latter connecting the anterolateral marginal angle and the respective endpoint of the transverse anterior carina (e.g. arrows ®gure
<quantity id="3431ECC3FF9AFFC9015DFB8CFEFDDBD8" box="[292,333,1134,1158]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="kg" metricValue="1.0" pageId="27" pageNumber="1070" unit="g" value="10.0">10g</quantity>
); with distinct lateral carina from endpoint of anterior carina extending to above antennal insertion, from there extending posteriorly in a slightly curved line past eye-canthus on frons, sometimes reaching posterior end of frons (e.g. ®gure 10a).
<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FF9AFFC90176FB2DFEFDDBB8" box="[271,333,1231,1254]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="1070">Frons</emphasis>
males: with one tubercle, or a strongly elevated bituberculate transverse carina positioned between eye-canthi, or without ornamentation; females: with a strongly elevated trituberculate transverse carina in line with postero-lateral angle of eye-canthus (e.g. ®gure 10c); both sexes: antero-lateral angle of eye-canthus not raised or only feebly raised.
<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FF9AFFC901BCFAAFFDEEDA3B" box="[453,606,1357,1381]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="1070">Antennal club</emphasis>
ovoid, slightly shorter than diameter of eye; glabrous area of basal segment half to two-thirds of exposed surface.
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<paragraph id="F3764126FF9AFFC90001FA6CFE41D95A" blockId="27.[79,1035,943,1700]" pageId="27" pageNumber="1070">
<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FF9AFFC90001FA6CFF55DAFB" box="[120,229,1422,1445]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="1070">Pronotum</emphasis>
. Males: with three protuberances (one median, two lateral) and two to four deep concavities; females: with two small antero-lateral protuberances and one antero-medial transverse carina (can be reduced to bituberculate carina or single protuberance); lateral margin entire.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F3764126FF9AFFC90001F9EFFCBDD91A" blockId="27.[79,1035,943,1700]" pageId="27" pageNumber="1070">
<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FF9AFFC90001F9EFFF54D97B" box="[120,228,1549,1573]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="1070">Scutellum</emphasis>
. Deltoid; basal width about 1.2±1.4Ölength; lateral margin medially abruptly curved (e.g. arrows ®gure 10b); with ®ne punctures.
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<paragraph id="F3764126FF9AFFCF0001F9AFFD8FD93A" blockId="27.[79,1035,943,1700]" lastBlockId="29.[79,1035,1581,1700]" lastPageId="29" lastPageNumber="1072" pageId="27" pageNumber="1070">
<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FF9AFFC90001F9AFFF7BD93B" box="[120,203,1613,1637]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="1070">Elytron</emphasis>
. Anterior margin not upturned; striae lightly to moderately impressed, their punctures small to very small and separated by two to four and a half puncture diameters; intervals ¯at, with double punctation (®ne and minute punctures); sutural stria terminating at scutellum in a straight line, second stria obsolete near scutellum, neither reaching scutellum nor elytral base.
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FIG. 10.
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Namibiobolbu s
<taxonomicName id="34C93AA5FF9DFFCE012FFA30FE10DAB6" authorityName="Kolbe" authorityYear="1907" box="[342,416,1490,1512]" class="Insecta" family="Bolboceratidae" genus="Bolboceras" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="1071" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="iphicles">iphicles</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
: head dorsal view, male (a) and female (c); scutellum and strial punctures (b); aedeagus, ventral (d), dorsal (e), lateral view (f).
<taxonomicName id="34C93AA5FF9DFFCE0324FA0FFC7CD95C" baseAuthorityName="Krikken" baseAuthorityYear="1977" box="[861,972,1516,1538]" class="Insecta" family="Bolboceratidae" genus="Namibiobolbus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="1071" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="heracles">
<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FF9DFFCE0324FA0FFC7CD95C" box="[861,972,1516,1538]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="1071">N. heracles</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
: head dorsal view, male (g) and female (i); scutellum and strial punctures (h); aedeagus, ventral (j), dorsal (k), lateral view (l).
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FIG. 11.
<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FF9CFFCF00CEFA75FE25DAF3" box="[183,405,1431,1453]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="1072">
Namibiobolbu s
<taxonomicName id="34C93AA5FF9CFFCF012FFA75FE25DAF3" box="[342,405,1431,1453]" class="Insecta" family="Bolboceratidae" genus="Namibiobolbus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="29" pageNumber="1072" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="helgae">helgae</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
: head dorsal view, male (a) and female (c); scutellum and strial punctures (b); variation clypeus male, frontal view (d, e); pronotum major male, lateral (f) and frontal view (g); aedeagus, ventral (h), dorsal (i), lateral view (j).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="F3764126FF9CFFCF0001F98CFC37D9FA" blockId="29.[79,1035,1581,1700]" pageId="29" pageNumber="1072">
<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FF9CFFCF0001F98CFE08D9DB" box="[120,440,1645,1669]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="1072">Prosternum behind procoxae</emphasis>
(®gure 9b, c). With protruding median, longitudinal carina near base, sometimes with additional small tubercle at apex.
</paragraph>
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FIG. 12.
<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FF9FFFCC00CEFA9BFE2FDAD1" box="[183,415,1401,1423]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="1073">
Namibiobolbu s
<taxonomicName id="34C93AA5FF9FFFCC012CFA9BFE2FDAD1" authorityName="Kolbe" authorityYear="1907" box="[341,415,1401,1423]" class="Insecta" family="Bolboceratidae" genus="Bolboceras" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="30" pageNumber="1073" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="iphicles">iphicles</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
: female (a), major male (b).
<taxonomicName id="34C93AA5FF9FFFCC02ACFA98FCF6DAD1" baseAuthorityName="Krikken" baseAuthorityYear="1977" box="[725,838,1401,1423]" class="Insecta" family="Bolboceratidae" genus="Namibiobolbus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="30" pageNumber="1073" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="heracles">
<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FF9FFFCC02ACFA98FCF6DAD1" box="[725,838,1401,1423]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="1073">N. heracles</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
: female (c), major male (d).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="F3764126FF9FFFCC0001FA0CFEC3D93A" blockId="30.[79,1035,1517,1700]" pageId="30" pageNumber="1073">
<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FF9FFFCC0001FA0CFEBAD95B" box="[120,266,1518,1541]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="1073">Metasternum</emphasis>
(®gure 9a). Disc more or less ¯at, process medially depressed and with upturned, ridged lateral margins; with longitudinal, median suture reaching meso-metasternal suture; meso-metasternal suture present at the top of the steep, sloping anterior declivity.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F3764126FF9FFFF20001F98CFCA6DE77" blockId="30.[79,1035,1517,1700]" lastBlockId="32.[79,1035,146,871]" lastPageId="32" lastPageNumber="1075" pageId="30" pageNumber="1073">
<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FF9FFFCC0001F98CFF1DD9DB" box="[120,173,1646,1669]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="1073">Legs</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FF9FFFCC00B7F98FFE99D9DB" box="[206,297,1645,1669]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="1073">Protibia</emphasis>
of normal shape, non-dilated, ®ve-dentate (rarely six-dentate).
<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FF9FFFCC0036F96EFF5AD9FA" box="[79,234,1676,1700]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="1073">Protibial spur</emphasis>
acuminate; elongate, longer than ®fth tarsomere.
<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FF9FFFCC0356F96FFC29D9FA" box="[815,921,1677,1700]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="1073">Protarsus</emphasis>
with ®rst tarsomere shorter than ®fth tarsomere, about as long as tarsomere 2, 3 or 4.
<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFA1FFF20036FF50FF7ADF94" box="[79,202,178,202]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="1075">Metafemur</emphasis>
with punctation and setation of ventral side as in ®gure 9d.
<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFA1FFF20306FF50FC5CDF94" box="[895,1004,178,202]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="1075">Metatibia</emphasis>
in lateral view elongate, only slightly broadening apically; with subapical carina feebly to strongly bilobed; with toothlike projections arranged in two rows above subapical carina.
<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFA1FFF200DFFEF0FE92DE77" box="[166,290,274,297]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="1075">Metatarsus</emphasis>
lacking subapical setae on tarsomeres 2±4.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="F3764126FF9EFFCD008FFCF8FCD5DC71" blockId="31.[246,869,793,815]" box="[246,869,793,815]" pageId="31" pageNumber="1074">
FIG. 13.
<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FF9EFFCD0127FCFBFD8ADC71" box="[350,570,793,815]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="1074">
Namibiobolbu s
<taxonomicName id="34C93AA5FF9EFFCD0182FCFBFD8ADC71" box="[507,570,793,815]" class="Insecta" family="Bolboceratidae" genus="Namibiobolbus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="31" pageNumber="1074" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="helgae">helgae</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
: female (a), major male (b).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="A7B611AEFF9EFFCD0036F997FCF2D9FA" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4748022" ID-Zenodo-Dep="4748022" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4748022/files/figure.png" pageId="31" pageNumber="1074" startId="31.[79,95,1653,1674]" targetBox="[111,1002,928,1623]" targetPageId="31">
<paragraph id="F3764126FF9EFFCD0036F997FCF2D9FA" blockId="31.[79,1034,1651,1700]" pageId="31" pageNumber="1074">
FIG. 14. Distributional records:
<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FF9EFFCD01C8F996FD2CD9D4" box="[433,668,1652,1674]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="1074">
Namibiobolbu s
<taxonomicName id="34C93AA5FF9EFFCD022BF996FD2CD9D4" authorityName="Kolbe" authorityYear="1907" box="[594,668,1652,1674]" class="Insecta" family="Bolboceratidae" genus="Bolboceras" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="31" pageNumber="1074" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="iphicles">iphicles</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FF9EFFCD02D3F991FD0DD9D6" bold="true" box="[682,701,1651,1672]" pageId="31" pageNumber="1074">E</emphasis>
;
<taxonomicName id="34C93AA5FF9EFFCD02A8F997FCF5D9D4" baseAuthorityName="Krikken" baseAuthorityYear="1977" box="[721,837,1652,1674]" class="Insecta" family="Bolboceratidae" genus="Namibiobolbus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="31" pageNumber="1074" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="heracles">
<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FF9EFFCD02A8F997FCF5D9D4" box="[721,837,1652,1674]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="1074">N. heracles</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FF9EFFCD032AF996FCD6D9D7" bold="true" box="[851,870,1652,1673]" pageId="31" pageNumber="1074">_</emphasis>
;
<taxonomicName id="34C93AA5FF9EFFCD0305F997FE19D9FA" authority="H. Distributional" authorityName="H. Distributional" class="Insecta" family="Bolboceratidae" genus="Namibiobolbus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="31" pageNumber="1074" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="helgae">
<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FF9EFFCD0305F997FBB0D9D4" box="[892,1024,1652,1674]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="1074">
N. helgae
<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FF9EFFCD0395F995FBB0D9D4" bold="true" box="[1004,1024,1655,1674]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="1074">H</emphasis>
</emphasis>
. Distributional
</taxonomicName>
overlap:
<taxonomicName id="34C93AA5FF9EFFCD0272F96DFDC6D9FA" authorityName="Kolbe" authorityYear="1907" box="[523,630,1678,1700]" class="Insecta" family="Bolboceratidae" genus="Bolboceras" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="31" pageNumber="1074" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="iphicles">
<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FF9EFFCD0272F96DFDC6D9FA" box="[523,630,1678,1700]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="1074">N. iphicles</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="34C93AA5FF9EFFCD02D5F96DFCACD9FA" baseAuthorityName="Krikken" baseAuthorityYear="1977" box="[684,796,1678,1700]" class="Insecta" family="Bolboceratidae" genus="Namibiobolbus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="31" pageNumber="1074" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="heracles">
<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FF9EFFCD02D5F96DFCACD9FA" box="[684,796,1678,1700]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="1074">N. heracles</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FF9EFFCD035FF96DFC89D9FA" bold="true" box="[806,825,1679,1700]" pageId="31" pageNumber="1074">+</emphasis>
.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="F3764126FFA1FFF20001FED3FD58DE17" blockId="32.[79,1035,146,871]" box="[120,744,305,329]" pageId="32" pageNumber="1075">
<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFA1FFF20001FED3FF56DE17" box="[120,230,305,329]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="1075">Underside</emphasis>
. With moderately dense and long setation.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F3764126FFA1FFF20001FEB3FDADDED7" blockId="32.[79,1035,146,871]" pageId="32" pageNumber="1075">
<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFA1FFF20001FEB3FEACDE37" box="[120,284,337,361]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="1075">Male genitalia</emphasis>
. Compact and broad aedeagal
<typeStatus id="2C72FF84FFA1FFF202DBFEB0FD63DE34" box="[674,723,338,362]" pageId="32" pageNumber="1075">type</typeStatus>
with parameres consisting of feebly sclerotized, folded membranes.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F3764126FFA1FFF20001FE72FCA1DE96" blockId="32.[79,1035,146,871]" pageId="32" pageNumber="1075">
<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFA1FFF20001FE72FF4CDEF6" box="[120,252,400,424]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="1075">Distribution</emphasis>
(®gure 14). Southern MocËambique,
<collectingCountry id="8BDE01B6FFA1FFF202C6FE72FC92DEF6" box="[703,802,400,424]" name="Namibia" pageId="32" pageNumber="1075">Namibia</collectingCountry>
, north-western and north-eastern parts of
<collectingCountry id="8BDE01B6FFA1FFF2012AFE52FE56DE96" box="[339,486,432,456]" name="South Africa" pageId="32" pageNumber="1075">South Africa</collectingCountry>
, and probably
<collectingCountry id="8BDE01B6FFA1FFF202E3FE53FCB9DE96" box="[666,777,433,456]" name="Botswana" pageId="32" pageNumber="1075">Botswana</collectingCountry>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F3764126FFA1FFF20001FE32FEB6DD99" blockId="32.[79,1035,146,871]" pageId="32" pageNumber="1075">
<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFA1FFF20001FE32FF5CDEB6" box="[120,236,464,488]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="1075">Comments</emphasis>
.
<bibRefCitation id="97583CD7FFA1FFF20177FE32FE65DEB6" author="KRIKKEN, J." box="[270,469,464,488]" pageId="32" pageNumber="1075" pagination="337" refId="ref44587" refString="KRIKKEN, J., 1977 b, A reappraisal of the Bolboceras iphicles group from southwestern Africa (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae), Revue de Zoologie africaine, 91 (2), 337 ± 344." type="journal article" year="1977">Krikken (1977b)</bibRefCitation>
placed
<taxonomicName id="34C93AA5FFA1FFF20243FE32FCD6DEB6" authority="Kolbe" authorityName="Kolbe" authorityYear="1907" box="[570,870,464,488]" class="Insecta" family="Bolboceratidae" genus="Bolboceras" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="32" pageNumber="1075" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="iphicles">
<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFA1FFF20243FE32FCA3DEB6" box="[570,787,464,488]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="1075">Bolboceras iphicles</emphasis>
Kolbe
</taxonomicName>
and the new species
<taxonomicName id="34C93AA5FFA1FFF200D1FE12FEB0DD56" baseAuthorityName="Krikken" baseAuthorityYear="1977" box="[168,256,496,520]" class="Insecta" family="Bolboceratidae" genus="Namibiobolbus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="32" pageNumber="1075" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="heracles">
<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFA1FFF200D1FE12FEB0DD56" box="[168,256,496,520]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="1075">heracles</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the genus
<taxonomicName id="34C93AA5FFA1FFF201D0FE12FDF1DD56" box="[425,577,496,520]" class="Insecta" family="Bolboceratidae" genus="Bolboceroides" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="32" pageNumber="1075" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFA1FFF201D0FE12FDF1DD56" box="[425,577,496,520]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="1075">Bolboceroides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Later (
<bibRefCitation id="97583CD7FFA1FFF202D2FE12FCE2DD56" author="KRIKKEN, J." box="[683,850,496,520]" pageId="32" pageNumber="1075" pagination="23" refId="ref44655" refString="KRIKKEN, J., 1984, A generic reclassi ® cation of the Afrotropical Bolboceratini (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae), Zoologische Mededelingen, 58 (3), 23 ± 45." type="journal article" year="1984">Krikken, 1984</bibRefCitation>
) he transferred both species into the newly erected genus
<taxonomicName id="34C93AA5FFA1FFF20229FDF2FD44DD76" authorityName="Krikken" authorityYear="1984" box="[592,756,528,552]" class="Insecta" family="Bolboceratidae" genus="Namibiobolbus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="32" pageNumber="1075" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFA1FFF20229FDF2FD44DD76" box="[592,756,528,552]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="1075">Namibiobolbus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Thus the
<typeStatus id="2C72FF84FFA1FFF203F9FDF3FC01DD77" box="[896,945,529,553]" pageId="32" pageNumber="1075">type</typeStatus>
species
<taxonomicName id="34C93AA5FFA1FFF20036FDD2FE10DD17" authority="PeAringuey" authorityName="PeAringuey" box="[79,416,560,585]" class="Insecta" family="Bolboceratidae" genus="Bolboceras" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="32" pageNumber="1075" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="capense">
<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFA1FFF20036FDD2FE96DD16" box="[79,294,560,584]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="1075">Bolboceras capense</emphasis>
PeÂringuey
</taxonomicName>
remained the only species in the genus
<taxonomicName id="34C93AA5FFA1FFF20313FDD2FBB2DD16" box="[874,1026,560,584]" class="Insecta" family="Bolboceratidae" genus="Bolboceroides" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="32" pageNumber="1075" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFA1FFF20313FDD2FBB2DD16" box="[874,1026,560,584]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="1075">Bolboceroides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. This latest classi®cation by Krikken is accepted here as there are numerous diOEerences between
<taxonomicName id="34C93AA5FFA1FFF200C0FD92FEEDDDD6" authorityName="Krikken" authorityYear="1984" box="[185,349,624,648]" class="Insecta" family="Bolboceratidae" genus="Namibiobolbus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="32" pageNumber="1075" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFA1FFF200C0FD92FEEDDDD6" box="[185,349,624,648]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="1075">Namibiobolbus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="34C93AA5FFA1FFF201DDFD92FD8CDDD6" box="[420,572,624,648]" class="Insecta" family="Bolboceratidae" genus="Bolboceroides" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="32" pageNumber="1075" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFA1FFF201DDFD92FD8CDDD6" box="[420,572,624,648]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="1075">Bolboceroides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The latter is in fact more similar to
<taxonomicName id="34C93AA5FFA1FFF20036FD72FF50DDF6" box="[79,224,656,680]" class="Insecta" family="Bolboceratidae" genus="Bolboceratex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="32" pageNumber="1075" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFA1FFF20036FD72FF50DDF6" box="[79,224,656,680]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="1075">Bolboceratex</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(treated below), whereas
<taxonomicName id="34C93AA5FFA1FFF2027EFD72FD1BDDF6" authorityName="Krikken" authorityYear="1984" box="[519,683,656,680]" class="Insecta" family="Bolboceratidae" genus="Namibiobolbus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="32" pageNumber="1075" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFA1FFF2027EFD72FD1BDDF6" box="[519,683,656,680]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="1075">Namibiobolbus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
stands closer to
<taxonomicName id="34C93AA5FFA1FFF20312FD72FBB9DDF6" authorityName="Krikken" authorityYear="1984" box="[875,1033,656,680]" class="Insecta" family="Bolboceratidae" genus="Meridiobolbus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="32" pageNumber="1075" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFA1FFF20312FD72FBB9DDF6" box="[875,1033,656,680]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="1075">Meridiobolbus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(treated below).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F3764126FFA1FFF20001FD32FCAFDDB9" blockId="32.[79,1035,146,871]" box="[120,799,720,744]" pageId="32" pageNumber="1075">
One new species is added here to the genus
<taxonomicName id="34C93AA5FFA1FFF2020BFD32FCA6DDB6" authorityName="Krikken" authorityYear="1984" box="[626,790,720,744]" class="Insecta" family="Bolboceratidae" genus="Namibiobolbus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="32" pageNumber="1075" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFA1FFF2020BFD32FCA6DDB6" box="[626,790,720,744]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="1075">Namibiobolbus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F3764126FFA1FFF20001FD12FD7FDC39" blockId="32.[79,1035,146,871]" pageId="32" pageNumber="1075">
The combination of the character states mentioned in the generic key as well as a distinct aedeagal
<typeStatus id="2C72FF84FFA1FFF2013EFCF2FEC8DC76" box="[327,376,784,808]" pageId="32" pageNumber="1075">type</typeStatus>
identify the genus
<taxonomicName id="34C93AA5FFA1FFF2020EFCEDFCABDC79" authorityName="Krikken" authorityYear="1984" box="[631,795,783,807]" class="Insecta" family="Bolboceratidae" genus="Namibiobolbus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="32" pageNumber="1075" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="C1BD9D34FFA1FFF2020EFCEDFCABDC79" box="[631,795,783,807]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="1075">Namibiobolbus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
su ciently. Sexual dimorphism is very pronounced in cephalic and pronotal armature but the females of two of the three species are almost indistinguishable.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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