Sinodrepanus exsul ( Sharp, 1875 )

Montanaro, Giulio, 2021, Taxonomic notes on the genus Sinodrepanus Simonis, 1985, with description of the male of S. falsus (Sharp, 1875) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Oniticellini), Zootaxa 5067 (4), pp. 585-592 : 588

Sinodrepanus exsul ( Sharp, 1875) valid species

( Figs. 2 , 8, 9 )

Oniticellus exsul: Sharp, 1875: 53

Drepanochirus exul [sic!]: Boucomont & Gillet, 1921: 19

Cyptochirus exsul: Boucomont & Gillet, 1927: 103

Drepanocerus exsul: Arrow, 1931: 381 , 385; Janssens, 1953: 36, 37; Balthasar, 1963: 66 (synonym of D. falsus ); Biswas & Chatterjee, 1985: 151 (synonym of D. falsus ); Sewak, 2006: 219 (synonym of D. falsus ); Sewak, 2009a: 35; Sewak, 2009b: 56; Sewak, 2009c: 36

Drepenocerus exsul [sic!]: Sewak, 2003: 283

Sinodrepanus exsul: Simonis, 1985: 98 ; Krikken, 2009: 21 (synonym of S. falsus )

Sinodrepanus excul [sic!]: Kabakov & Napolov, 1999: 73 (synonym of S. falsus )

Type locality: Siam [ Thailand] .

Type material examined. Holotype (♂): Siam / Mouhot // Oniticellus / exsul / Type D.S. // Ex Musaeo / D. Sharp 1890 // MUSÉUM PARIS / 1952 // COLL. R. OBERTHÜR // A. Janssens det. 195[] / Drepanocerus / falsus Sharp ♂ / (sub nom. exsul) // TYPE // HOLOTYPE // HOLOTYPE / Sinodrepanus / exsul (Sharp) // MNHN / EC8104.

Comments. As it is discussed below, S. exsul is without any doubt a good species, and its diagnosis is easy in presence of a male. The female remains undescribed.

Distribution. See below.

Figures

FIGURES 1, 2. Sinodrepanus spp. 1: habitus of a male specimen of S. falsus (Sharp, 1875) from Thailand (picture by Marco Uliana); 2: habitus of the male holotype of S. exsul (Sharp, 1875), from Thailand (picture by Antoine Mantilleri, MNHN).

FIGURES 3–9. Sinodrepanus spp.—S. falsus (Sharp, 1875), specimens from Thailand (3–7) (pictures by Marco Uliana). 3: female forebody; 4: male metasternum; 5: lamella copulatrix; 6: parameres in dorsal view; 7: aedeagus in lateral view.—S. exsul (Sharp, 1875), male holotype from Thailand (8, 9) (pictures by Christophe Rivier, MNHN). 8: parameres in dorsal view; 9: aedeagus in lateral view.