Neosisyphus calcaratus
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 calcaratus

description: <i>Neosisyphus calcaratus</i> (Klug, 1855) (Figs. 17, 18B) Montreuil 2015b: 15 <i>Sisyphus calcaratus</i> Klug, 1855 Klug 1855: 651; Harold 1869: 984; Arrow 1927: 464; Boucomont 1933: 3; Haaf 1955: 377, Ferreira 1972: 829. <i>Sisyphus rubripes</i> Boheman, 1857 Boheman 1857:193 <b>Size</b>: Male: length: 7.1– 6.6 mm; width: 4.5–3.0 mm. Female: length: 7.0– 6.5 mm; width: 4.0– 3.8 mm. <b>Type locality</b>: Sena (Sofala, Mozambique). <b>Diagnosis</b>: <i>N. calcaratus</i> is similar to <i>N. barbarossa.</i> Males of both species bear a sharp pointed spine on the mid-posterior edge of the metafemur, which is absent in the female. However, the elytra of <i>N. calcaratus</i> bear black setae that are bent over at the tip whilst the elytra of <i>N. barbarossa</i> are covered by brown setae. Furthermore, compared to <i>N. barbarossa</i>, major males of <i>N. calcaratus</i> are smaller but the projection of the metatrochanter is twice as long. <b>Examined type material</b> <b> <i>Sisyphus rubripes</i> Boheman, 1857</b> : (1&amp;female; NHRS): / Caffraria /, / Typus /; / <i>rubripes</i> Bohem /; / <i>Sisyphus rubripes</i> Boh =armatus Gory, det. E. Haaf, 1954/; / <i>Sisyphus calcarutus</i> Klug, det. KM, Paschalidis 1975/; /NHRS_JLKB: 000025221. <b>Examined non-type material</b>: See Supplementary information. <b>Distribution</b>: <i>N. calcaratus</i> has been recorded in dry lowland savanna and mixed woodland in the lowveld of South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Swaziland. It has also been observed on the coastal plain and interior of southern central Mozambique (Fig. 19).
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 page 44, DOI: 10.1163/1876312X-00002195, http://zenodo.org/record/3786629
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