Entyposisfrici (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae), a new species from Somaliland

Aleš Bezděk; Richard Sehnal; Hassan S A Elmi; David Sommer; David Král

doi:10.3897/zookeys.1165.101908

Entyposisfrici (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae), a new species from Somaliland

Zookeys. 2023 May 30:1165:1-15. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1165.101908. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Aleš Bezděk¹, Richard Sehnal², Hassan S A Elmi^{3

4}, David Sommer⁴, David Král⁴

Affiliations

¹ Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Entomology, Branišovská 31, CZ-370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Entomology České Budějovice Czech Republic.
² Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Department of Zoology and Fisheries, Kamýcká 129, CZ-165 21 Praha 6 - Suchdol, Czech Republic Czech University of Life Sciences Prague Praha Czech Republic.
³ Department of Biology, Faculty of Education, Amoud University, Borama 25263, Somalia Amoud University Borama Somalia.
⁴ Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Viničná 7, CZ-128 00 Praha 2, Czech Republic Charles University Praha Czech Republic.

Abstract

Entyposisfrici Bezděk & Sehnal, sp. nov., from Somaliland is described and relevant diagnostic characters are illustrated. The new species is compared with the morphologically closely similar Entyposis Kolbe, 1894 species. An updated checklist and an identification key to northeastern African Entyposis species are provided.

Keywords: Description; Ethiopian region; Horn of Africa; Scarabaeoidea; Schizonychini; taxonomy.

Aleš Bezděk, Richard Sehnal, Hassan S. A. Elmi, David Sommer, David Král.