Sisyphus neobornemisszanus Daniel &amp; Davis 2016
Creators: name: Daniel, Gimo M.
name: Davis, Adrian Lv.
name: Sole, Catherine L.
name: Scholtz, Clarke H.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Scarabaeidae
Sisyphus
Sisyphus neobornemisszanus

description: <i>Sisyphus neobornemisszanus</i> Daniel &amp; Davis, 2016 (Fig. 2, 3B). Daniel et. al. 2016: 67, 71, 73 <b>Type locality</b>: Zululand, St. Lucia (South Africa). <b>Size</b>: Male: length: 9.7– 7.6 mm, width: 5.6– 4.6 mm. Female: length: 10.0–8.0 mm, width 5.62– 4.4 mm. <b>Diagnosis</b>: <i>S. neobornemisszanus</i> resembles <i>S. muricatus.</i> However, it may be distinguished by the following combination of features: inconspicuous punctation on the pronotum; interstriae 1, 3, 5, and 7 with rows of black setae arranged in tufts; interstriae 2, 4, and 6 with sparsely arranged single setae. <b>Examined type material</b> (&amp;male; TMSA) Holotype: SOUTH AFRICA, Zululand, St. Lucia 28°13’12”S 32°15’00”E, 7.xii.1975, leg: Endrödy-Younga. Paratypes: (1&amp;female; TMSA) SOUTH AFRICA, Zululand, Mission Rock, 28°15’36”S 32°17’24”E, 7.xii.1975, legs: Endrödy-Younga. (2&amp;male; TMSA) SOUTH AFRICA, Zululand, St. Lucia 28°13’12”S 32°15’00”E, 28.viii.1971. leg. GF. Bornemissza. (2&amp;male; TMSA) SOUTH AFRICA, Zululand, St. Lucia, Estuary. 28.viii.1971, leg: GF. Bornemissza. (15&amp;male;, 13&amp;female; TMSA) SOUTH AFRICA, Zululand, Sodwana Bay, 5 km, 27°21’0”S 32°23’24”E, 2.xi.1992, leg. Endrödy-Younga. (1&amp;female; UPSA) SOUTH AFRICA, KZN. Richard’s Bay, 28°37’39”S 32°17’24”E, 27.i.2000, leg: Davis &amp; Delport. (2&amp;female;, 6&amp;male; UPSA) SOUTH AFRICA, KZN, Richard’s Bay, 28°43’28”S 32°10’52”E, 27.i.2000, leg: Davis &amp; Delport. (5&amp;female;, 2&amp;male; UPSA) SOUTH AFRICA, KZN. Sileza Nature Reserve 27°06’S 32°36’E, 03.iv.1996, leg: Van Rensburg. (1&amp;female; UPSA) SOUTH AFRICA, KZN, Sodwana, 27°32’S 32°41’E, 07.iv.1989, leg: Mansfield. (2&amp;female;, 5&amp;male; UPSA) MOZAMBIQUE, Maputo, Elephant Maputo Reserve, 26°22’30”S 33°47’50”E, 14–16.i.2003, leg: Scholtz &amp; Holter. (2&amp;female; UPSA) MOZAM- BIQUE, Maputo, Elephant Maputo Reserve, 26°39’S 32°43’E, 10–16.xi.2007, pitfall trap, leg: Strümpher &amp; Deschodt. (2&amp;male; TMSA) MOZAMBIQUE, Inhambane, Inharrime, 24°28’37”S 35°01’49”E, 1974, leg: Moor. <b>Examined non-type material</b>: See Supplementary information. <b>Distribution</b>: <i>S. neobornemisszanus</i> is an endemic, east coastal, dune forest species (Davis et al. 2002b). It has been recorded in the Maputaland Coastal Forest Mosaic (Olson et al. 2001) from KwaZulu Natal to southern Mozambique (Endrödi, 1983, Davis et al. 2002; Daniel et al. 2016) (Fig. 4).
description: Published as part of <i>Daniel, Gimo M., Davis, Adrian Lv., Sole, Catherine L. &amp; Scholtz, Clarke H., 2020, Taxonomic review of the tribe Sisyphini sensu stricto Mulsant, 1842 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) in southern Africa, including new species descriptions, pp. 1-61 in Insect Systematics &amp; Evolution 51 (1)</i> on pages 12-13, DOI: 10.1163/1876312X-00002195, http://zenodo.org/record/3786629
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