Neosisyphus barbarossa
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
Neosisyphus
Neosisyphus barbarossa

description: <i>Neosisyphus barbarossa</i> (Wiedemann, 1823) (Figs. 17, 18A) Montreuil 2015b:16 <i>Sisyphus barbarossa</i> Wiedemann, 1823 Wiedemann 1823:23; Harold 1869:984, Péringuey 1901: 100; Gillet 1911:38; Arrow 1927: 464; Haaf 1955: 368; Ferreira 1972: 829 <i>Sisyphus rugosus</i> Gory, 1833 Gory 1833:12 <b>Type locality</b>: Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) <b>Size</b>: Male: length: 10.2–8.0 mm; width: 4.5–4.0 mm; Female: length: 10.0–7.5; width: 4.5–3.0 <b>Diagnosis</b>: <i>N. barbarossa</i> resembles <i>N. calcaratus</i> but differs by having brown setae on the elytra. Furthermore, the projection of the metatrochanter is shorter even though major males of <i>N. barbarossa</i> are larger than those of <i>N. calcaratus.</i> <b>Examined type material</b> Lectotype (<i>designated here</i>): (&amp;female; NHMD): /Mus. Western/, red label, /Type/, Cap. bon. Sp., febr.1817, <i>barbarossa</i> Wied /. / Lectotype, det. GM Daniel, 2016 /. <b>Examined non-type material</b>: See Supplementary information. <b>Distribution</b>: <i>N. barbarossa</i> is considered to be endemic to moist highland grassland and southern coastal uplands in South Africa (Fig. 19). This contrasts with distribution records sourced from Montreuil (2015b). <b>Remarks</b>: There is no collection locality for the individual in the habitus photograph of “ <i>N. barbarossa</i> ” provided by Montreuil (2015b). Although it resembles the photograph of <i>N. barbarossa</i> provided in Fig. 17A, most of the distribution data in Montreuil (2015b) is at odds with that cited, here, from cool areas of the Cape type locality and highlands of South Africa (see Supplementary information). Therefore, on the basis of restriction to cooler regions, it would be justified to dispute Montreuil’s interpretation of the species distribution as extending into warmer savanna regions.
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 42-44, DOI: 10.1163/1876312X-00002195, http://zenodo.org/record/3786629
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