Macroderes endroedyi Frolov & Scholtz 2005
Creators: name: Abdalla, Ishtiag H.
name: Deschodt, Christian M.
name: Scholtz, Clarke H.
name: Sole, Catherine L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Scarabaeidae
Macroderes
Macroderes endroedyi

description: Macorderes endroedyi Frolov & Scholtz, 2005
(Figs. 6, 26, 45, 62, 72)
Macorderes endroedyi Frolov & Scholtz, 2005: 387.
Type locality. S. Afr., SW Cape, Nortier Farm, 32°03'S– 18°19'E.
Type material examined. Holotype, ♂ (TMSA): “ S. Afr / SW Cape / Nortier Farm / 32° 03' S– 18°. 19' E [printed] // groundtrap with faeces bait [printed] // 25.8.1981 / E–Y: 1845 / groundtraps / Endrödy—Younga leg [printed] // HOLOTYPUS / Macroderes endroedyi / Frolov & Scholtz / 2003 [red label, printed]”. Paratypes: 2 ♂♂ and 7 ♀♀ (TMSA): same data as holotype; 1 ♂ and 4 ♀♀ (TMSA): “S. Afr / SW Cape / Verlorevlei farm / 32°. 19' S–18°. 29' E [printed] // 28. 8. 1981 // E–Y: 1856 / groundtraps / 60 days / Endrödy—Younga leg [printed] // groundtrap with faeces bait [printed] // PARATYPUS / Macroderes endroedyi / Frolov & Scholtz / 2003 [red label, printed]”; 1 ♂ and 1 ♀ (TMSA): “ RSA / W Cape / Papkuilsfontein farm / 32°02' S 19°10' E [printed] // 16.9.1994 / / E–Y: 3007 / groundtraps / 9 days / Endrödy—Younga leg [printed] // groundtraps with faces bait [printed] // PARATYPUS / Macroderes endroedyi / Frolov & Scholtz / 2003 [red label, printed]”; 3 ♂♂ and 9 ♀♀: “ RSA / Western Cape Prov / Kliphoek / A. Frolov & Deschodt leg [printed] // AF-0047 (27) / 6–10. IX. 2003 / S 31°.50' 20°.6'' E 0 18 20 ' 08.55'' [printed] // PARATYPUS / Macroderes endroedyi / Frolov & Scholtz / 2003 [red label, printed]”: 1 ♂ and 1 ♀ in (TMSA), 2 ♂♂ and 8 ♀♀ in (UPSA). 1 ♀ (UPSA): “ RSA / Western Cape Prov / Aurora / A. Frolov & Deschodt leg [printed] // AF-0050 (30) / 6–10. IX. 2003 / S 3°2 42' 02.94'' E 018° 29' 10.39'' // PARATYPUS / Macroderes endroedyi / Frolov & Scholtz / 2003 [red label, printed]”; 2 ♂♂ and 3 ♀♀: “ RSA / Western Cape Prov / 4 Km S of / Trawal / A. Frolov & Deschodt leg [printed] // AF-0048 (28) / 6–10. IX. 2003 / S 31° 55' 43.13'' E 018° 37' 56.33'' // PARATYPUS / Macroderes endroedyi / Frolov & Scholtz / 2003 [red label, printed]”: 1 ♂ and 1 ♀ in (UPSA) / 1 ♂ and 2 ♀♀ in (TMSA). 2 ♂♂ and 6 ♀♀: “ RSA / Western Cape Prov / 6 Km NE of / Elandsbaai / A. Frolov & Deschodt leg [printed] // AF-0049 (29) / 6–10. IX. 2003 / S 32° 16' 57.40'' 018° 24' 51.98'' // PARATYPUS / Macroderes endroedyi / Frolov & Scholtz / 2003 [red label, printed]”; 2 ♂♂ and 3 ♀♀ in (UPSA), 3 ♀♀ in (TMSA). 1 ♀ (TMSA): “S. Afr / SW Cape / Kliphout kop / 32°.17' S–18°.24' E [printed] // 26. 8. 1981 / E–Y: 1852 / groundtraps / 63 days / Endrödy—Younga leg [printed] // PARATYPUS / Macroderes endroedyi / Frolov & Scholtz / 2003 [red label, printed]”; 2 ♀♀ (TMSA): “S. Afr / SW Cape / Seweputs Farm / 31°. 39' S–18°. 22' E [printed] // 22. 8. 1981 // E–Y: 1832 / Singled / night / Endrödy—Younga leg [printed] // PARATYPUS / Macroderes endroedyi / Frolov & Scholtz / 2003 [red label, printed]”; 1 ♂ (SAMC): “ RSA / Western Cape Prov / 6 Km NE of / Elandsbaai / A. Frolov & C. Deschodt leg [printed] // AF-0049 (29) / 6–10. IX. 2003 / S 32° 16' 57.40'' E 018° 24' 51.98'' [printed] // Paratypus / Macroderes endrodyi / Frolov & Scholtz / 2003”.
Additional material examined. 1 ♂ (UPSA): “ South Africa / Western Cape Province / Elandsbaai / S 32.27956° E 018.41713° / 16. 8. 2015 / C. Deschodt & W. P. Strümpher leg”; 3 ♀♀ (UPSA): “ South Africa / Western Cape Province / Klawer / S 31.92871° E 018.63217° / 16. 8. 2015 / C. Deschodt & W. P. Strümpher leg”.
Size range. Males length: 9.8–12.6 mm, width: 7.0– 9.1 mm; females length: 9.7–13.7 mm, width: 7.4–8.8 mm.
Differential diagnosis. Externally the species is closely similar to M. namakwanus (Fig. 6) however, it can be easily distinguished by the following combinations of characteristics: irregular punctuation of pronotum disc (Fig. 62), elytral interstriae shagreened and covered by small shiny tubercles (Fig. 72), the sclerite of the internal sac of the aedeagus curved basely with a small lateral process (Fig. 26).
Habitat and distribution. This species was collected from a few localities occupying a small distribution range in the southwest of Western Cape Province (Fig. 2). Based on (Olson et al. 2001) terrestrial ecoregions of the world, the range of this species comprises the southwest part of the moister Fynbos and Renosterveld ecoregion and part of the montane Fynbos and Renosterveld in Cedarberg.
Remarks. Due to it’s small, limited range, inability to fly and the vulnerable habitats it occurs in, the species has been assessed as NEAR Threatened in the IUCN Red List (Category B, Davis 2013).
description: Published as part of Abdalla, Ishtiag H., Deschodt, Christian M., Scholtz, Clarke H. & Sole, Catherine L., 2018, An update to the taxonomy of the genus Macroderes Westwood 1842 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) with descriptions of new species from South Africa, pp. 41-75 in Zootaxa 4504 (1) on pages 51-52, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4504.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/2606164