New data on the rare Afrotropical scarab beetles Orphnus drumonti Frolov and Delopleurus naviauxi Frolov et Cambefort (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Orphninae and Scarabaeinae)

DOI
10.3897/BDJ.3.e5444
Publication Year
2015
Publication Site
Biodiversity Data Journal
Journal Volume
3
Family
Scarabaeidae
General topic
Biodiversity/Biogeography
Author

Frolov, A V; Akhmetova, L A

Abstract Note

Background The scarab beetle genera Orphnus Macleay and Delopleurus Boheman are most speciose in the Afrotropical region. However, a number of species are only known from type specimens, sometimes only from one sex. New information New locality records of Orphnus drumonti Frolov (Orphninae) and Delopleurus naviauxi Frolov et Cambefort (Scarabaeinae) are given. The previously unknown female of the former and male of the latter species are described. © Frolov A, Akhmetova L.