Sisyphus genierorum Montreuil, 2015

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 : 22

Sisyphus genierorum Montreuil, 2015 ( Figs. 5 , 6C ).

Montreuil 2015a: 91, 93, 99–100

Type locality: Quirimbas National Park, Mareja (Cabo Delgado, Moçambique) 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. Génier. 2013-47 /; /World Scarab database WSD00024494/, Sisyphus genierorum n. sp.; O. Montreuil dét. 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. Génier. 2012-08 /; /World Scarab database WSD00024355/, / Sisyphus genierorum n. sp.; O. Montreuil dét. 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).

Figures

Fig. 5. Images of the habitus of the goryi species-group: A. S. bicuariensis sp. n; with enphasis of the black and gray setae on pronotum and elytra; B. S. caffer; C. S. genierorum; D. S. goryi; E. S. sordidus.F. Pronotal setae originate from the posterior edge or between ocellate points. G. Pronotal setae arise from the centre of ocellate punctures, commonly seen in S. genierorum, S. sordidus; S. perissinottoi; S. manni and S. swazi sp. n. H. Tufts of setae on the epipleurae visible from above.

Fig. 6. Images of the aedagi of the goryi species-group: A. S. bicuariensis sp. n; B. S. caffer; C. S. genierorum; D. S. goryi; E. S. sordidus.

Fig. 7. Distribution map for the goryi species-group.