Sisyphus neobornemisszanus Daniel & Davis, 2016

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, Insect Systematics & Evolution 51 (1), pp. 1-61 : 12-13

Sisyphus neobornemisszanus Daniel & Davis, 2016 ( Fig. 2 , 3B ).

Daniel et. al. 2016: 67, 71, 73

Type locality: Zululand, St. Lucia ( South Africa).

Size: Male: length: 9.7– 7.6 mm, width: 5.6– 4.6 mm. Female: length: 10.0–8.0 mm, width 5.62– 4.4 mm.

Diagnosis: S. neobornemisszanus resembles S. muricatus . However, it may be distinguished by the following combination of features: inconspicuous punctation on the pronotum; interstriae 1, 3, 5, and 7 with rows of black setae arranged in tufts; interstriae 2, 4, and 6 with sparsely arranged single setae.

Examined type material

(♂ TMSA) Holotype: SOUTH AFRICA, Zululand , St. Lucia 28°13’12”S 32°15’00”E, 7.xii.1975, leg: Endrödy-Younga . Paratypes: (1♀ TMSA) SOUTH AFRICA, Zululand, Mission Rock, 28°15’36”S 32°17’24”E, 7.xii.1975, legs: Endrödy-Younga. (2♂ TMSA) SOUTH AFRICA, Zululand, St. Lucia 28°13’12”S 32°15’00”E, 28.viii.1971. leg. GF. Bornemissza. (2♂ TMSA) SOUTH AFRICA, Zululand, St. Lucia, Estuary. 28.viii.1971, leg: GF. Bornemissza. (15♂, 13♀ TMSA) SOUTH AFRICA, Zululand, Sodwana Bay , 5 km, 27°21’0”S 32°23’24”E, 2.xi.1992, leg. Endrödy-Younga. (1♀ UPSA) SOUTH AFRICA, KZN. Richard’s Bay , 28°37’39”S 32°17’24”E, 27.i.2000, leg: Davis & Delport. (2♀, 6♂ UPSA) SOUTH AFRICA, KZN, Richard’s Bay , 28°43’28”S 32°10’52”E, 27.i.2000, leg: Davis & Delport. (5♀, 2♂ UPSA) SOUTH AFRICA, KZN. Sileza Nature Reserve 27°06’S 32°36’E, 03.iv.1996, leg: Van Rensburg. (1♀ UPSA) SOUTH AFRICA, KZN, Sodwana, 27°32’S 32°41’E, 07.iv.1989, leg: Mansfield. (2♀, 5♂ UPSA) MOZAMBIQUE, Maputo, Elephant Maputo Reserve, 26°22’30”S 33°47’50”E, 14–16.i.2003, leg: Scholtz & Holter. (2♀ UPSA) MOZAM- BIQUE, Maputo, Elephant Maputo Reserve, 26°39’S 32°43’E, 10–16.xi.2007, pitfall trap, leg: Strümpher & Deschodt. (2♂ TMSA) MOZAMBIQUE, Inhambane, Inharrime, 24°28’37”S 35°01’49”E, 1974, leg: Moor .

Examined non-type material: See Supplementary information.

Distribution: S. neobornemisszanus is an endemic, east coastal, dune forest species ( Davis et al. 2002b). It has been recorded in the Maputaland Coastal Forest Mosaic ( Olson et al. 2001) from KwaZulu Natal to southern Mozambique ( Endrödi, 1983, Davis et al. 2002; Daniel et al. 2016) ( Fig. 4 ).

Figures

Fig. 2. Images of the habitus of the muricatus species-group: A. S. muricatus; B. S. neobornemisszanus; C. S. fasciculatus; D. S. perissinottoi; E. S. manni; F. S. swazi sp. n. G. S. alveatus. I. Fully developed hind wing, which is typical to most of Sisyphus species in southern Africa H. Brachypterous hind wing of S. alveatus. J. Sclerite represents a reduced hind wing of S. swazi sp. n.

Fig. 3. Images of the aedeagi of the muricatus species-group: A. S. muricatus; B. S. neobornemisszanus; C. S. fasciculatus; D. S. perissinottoi; E. S. manni; F. S. swazi sp. n; G. S. alveatus.

Fig. 4. Distribution map for the muricatus species-groups.