Sisyphus genierorum Montreuil 2015

Sisyphus genierorum Montreuil, 2015 (Figs. 5, 6C). Montreuil 2015a: 91, 93, 99���100 Type locality: Quirimbas National Park, Mareja (Cabo Delgado, Mo��ambique) Size: Male: length: 10���8.0 mm, width: 5.5��� 5 mm. Female: length: 9.5��� 8.5 mm, width: 5.0��� 4.7 mm. Diagnosis: S. genierorum resembles S. sordidus. In both species, tufts of epipleural setae are visible from above at the outer margin of the elytra (Fig. 5H); also, pronotal setae arise from the centre of ocellate punctures. However, S. genierorum differs by the much finer and uniformly arranged setae on the elytral interstriae. It is also much larger than S. sordidus. Examined type material Paratypes: (2♀ CMN) MOZAMBIQUE: / Cabo Delgado, Taratibu (site 3), P.N. Quirimbas, 340 m; 12��48���02���S 39��41���49���E, 8.i.2013, eastern Miombo woodlands, dung trap 24 h. F & S. G��nier. 2013-47 /; /World Scarab database WSD00024494/, Sisyphus genierorum n. sp.; O. Montreuil d��t. 2014. (1♀, 3♂ CMN) MOZAMBIQUE: / Cabo Delgado, Mareja (site 2), P.N. Quirimbas, 200 m; 12��51���41���S 40��09���31���E, 24.xii.2012, eastern Miombo woodlands, dung trap (shaded), leg: F & S. G��nier. 2012-08 /; /World Scarab database WSD00024355/, / Sisyphus genierorum n. sp.; O. Montreuil d��t. 2014/. Distribution: S. genierorum is currently only known from Quirimbas National Park (Cabo Delgado, Mozambique) (Fig. 7), where it is associated with the Eastern Miombo Woodlands ecoregion of Olson et al. (2001).
Published as part of Daniel, Gimo M., Davis, Adrian Lv., Sole, Catherine L. & 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 & Evolution 51 (1) on page 22, DOI: 10.1163/1876312X-00002195, http://zenodo.org/record/3786629
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