A new species of Onitis Fabricius, 1798 from south-eastern Africa (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae, Onitini)

François Génier; Philippe Moretto

doi:10.3897/zookeys.900.39284

A new species of Onitis Fabricius, 1798 from south-eastern Africa (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae, Onitini)

Zookeys. 2019 Dec 31:900:23-29. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.900.39284. eCollection 2019.

Authors

François Génier¹, Philippe Moretto²

Affiliations

¹ Beaty Centre for Species Discovery, Canadian Museum of Nature, P.O. Box 3443, Station D, Ottawa, Ontario, K1P 6P4 Canada Canadian Museum of Nature Ottawa Canada.
² 2, rue Marcel Sambat, 83200 Toulon, France Association Catharsius Toulon France.

Abstract

Onitis albertcollarti sp. nov. is described and illustrated. The new species is closely related to and occurs sympatrically with O. lycophron Klug, 1855.

Keywords: Democratic Republic of the Congo; Dung beetle; Mozambique; Onitis albertcollarti; Tanzania; Zambia; new species.

François Génier, Philippe Moretto.