Versicorpus, Deschodt, Davis & Scholtz, 2011

Deschodt, Christian M. & Sole, Catherine L., 2019, A new species of Versicorpus Deschodt, Davis & Scholtz, 2011 (Scarabaeidae Scarabaeinae: Byrrhidiini) from the Brandberg Mountain, Namibia, Zootaxa 4671 (1), pp. 139-144 : 144

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4671.1.11

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3FC57739-88C9-44B7-9632-E452755089A6

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A4598792-C744-4205-46A8-917DD2CAFD94

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Versicorpus
status

 

Key to the species of Versicorpus View in CoL

1 Mesometasternal suture curving forward; puncture size on prosternum large; Erongo Mountain.............................................................................. Versicorpus erongoense Deschodt, Davis & Scholtz, 2011 View in CoL

- Mesometasternal suture straight; puncture size on prosternum small............................................. 2

2 Pronotum with very short setae; parameres asymmetrical at base, left paramere forming a lobe slightly covering basidorsal area of the right paramere; Brandberg Mountain............................... Versicorpus daures Deschodt View in CoL , new species

- Pronotum without any setae; parameres more or less symmetrical at base with setae on internal basal margin; Tsondab Mountain....................................................................... Versicorpus streyi (Frolov, 2005) View in CoL

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Scarabaeidae

SubFamily

Scarabaeinae

Tribe

Byrrhidiini

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