Upsa centennial, a new genus and species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Endroedyolini) from the Southern Mistbelt forest in South Africa: celebrating 100 years of entomology at the University of Pretoria

Christian M Deschodt; Catherine L Sole; Clarke H Scholtz

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4728.3.4

Upsa centennial, a new genus and species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Endroedyolini) from the Southern Mistbelt forest in South Africa: celebrating 100 years of entomology at the University of Pretoria

Zootaxa. 2020 Jan 23;4728(3):zootaxa.4728.3.4. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4728.3.4.

Authors

Christian M Deschodt¹, Catherine L Sole, Clarke H Scholtz

Affiliation

¹ Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, P/B X20, 0028 Hatfield, South Africa.. cdeschodt@zoology.up.ac.za.

PMID: 32230563
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4728.3.4

Abstract

Upsa centennial Deschodt, Sole Scholtz, new genus and species is described, celebrating a century of entomology at the University of Pretoria. This new genus in the dung beetle tribe Endroedyolini (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) occurs in the Albany Coastal Mistbelt forest in the Eastern Cape Province in South Africa. A distribution map and key for all genera and species in the tribe are provided.[Genus Zoobank url: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:92A64613-A8CE-48DF-84D9-7450EA1D40AA].

Keywords: Coleoptera, Minute dung beetle species, forest, endemic, monotypic genus.

MeSH terms

Animals
Coleoptera*
Forests
South Africa