Rhyparus approximans Fairmaire, 1893

Minkina, Ÿukasz, Anichtchenko, Alexander, Vasiljeva, Anastasija & Skelley, Paul E., 2022, Four new species of the genus Rhyparus Westwood, 1845 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) with modified pygidium and last abdominal ventrite in females, Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 22 (1), pp. 81-101 : 91

Rhyparus approximans Fairmaire, 1893

( Fig. 30 , 34–36 , 40)

Rhyparus approximans Fairmaire, 1893: 145 . Type locality: “Bornéo occ., Sambas”.

Rhyparus approximans : Balthasar, 1964: 610.

Rhyparus approximans : Dellacasa, 1988: 89 (catalogue).

Rhyparus approximans : Bordat, 1996: 92.

Rhyparus approximans : Mencl et al., 2013: 493.

Additional material examined. (6exx.): 2exx.: Malaysia, Borneo,Trus Madi Mts, 14­ 20.vi.2014, local coll. ( CNCW); 1ex.: Malaysia, N Borneo, Sabah, Keningau distr., Mt. Trus Madi , 4.iv.2013 ( DUBC) ; 1ex.: Malaysia, N Borneo, Keningau distr., Trus Madi Mt. , 1250 m, 5°26’35’’N, 116°27’5’’E, 17­ 27.iii.2012, leg. P. Romantsov ( Ÿ MCN) ; 1ex.: Malaysia, N Borneo, Sabah, Keningau distr, Trus Madi Mt. , 1160m, 24.viii.2012, leg. A. Klimenko ( Ÿ MCN) [photographed specimen]; 1ex.: Malaysia, N Borneo, Sabah, Nabawan distr. , 7 km N Pesianga v., 530m ., 29.v.2012, leg. A Klimenko ( Ÿ MCN) .

Distribution. Known from Borneo Island.

Figures

Figs. 26–33.Abdominal apexes with black­white miniatures of pygidium on left­down side: 26 – R. bacanensis sp. nov.,, holotype; 27 – R. buruensis sp. nov.,, holotype; 28 – R. fijiensis sp. nov.,, holotype; 29 – R. stebnickae sp. nov.,, holotype; 30 – R. approximans Fairmaire, 1893,; 31 – R. loebli Paulian, 1983,; 32 – R. paraphilippinensis Ochi & Kakizoe, 2021,; 33 – R. sepikensis Stebnicka, 1998,, paratype. Scale lines: 0.5 mm.

Figs. 34–36. Rhyparus approximans Fairmaire, 1893, lateral view. Scale lines: 1.0 mm.