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Gimo M. Daniel, Adrian LV. Davis, Catherine L. Sole, Clarke H. Scholtz. 2018.
Taxonomic review of the tribe Sisyphini sensu stricto Mulsant, 1842 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) in southern Africa, including new species descriptions.
Insect Systematics & Evolution, 2018. 61 pp.
DOI 10.1163/1876312X-00002195
ZooBank: http://zoobank.org/701C1742-718D-4486-A158-AEA608BA8576
© Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2018
Abstract
The tribe Sisyphini sensu stricto Mulsant, 1842 comprises only three genera, the widespread Sisyphus Latreille,
1807 and Neosisyphus Muller, 1942, and the Mauritius endemic, Nesosisyphus Vinson, 1946. In
southern Africa, Sisyphus and Neosisyphus are represented by five species groups in each genus. Together,
they comprise a total of 33 valid species, of which six are new: Sisyphus auricomus sp. n; Sisyphus australis
sp. n; Sisyphus bicuariensis sp. n; Sisyphus inconspicuus sp. n; Sisyphus swazi sp. n; and Neosisyphus tembyi
sp. n. A further Southern African species, Sisyphus crispatus Gory, 1833, is proposed as a nomen dubium.
Sisyphus natalensis Balthasar, 1968 (syn. n), and Sisyphus bornemisszanus Endrodi, 1983 (pars) (syn. n)
are made synonyms of Sisyphus sordidus Boheman, 1857. Lectotypes and paralectotypes are designated
for Sisyphus costatus (Thunberg, 1818); Sisyphus seminulum Gerstaecker, 1871; Sisyphus nanniscus Peringuey,
1901; Sisyphus transvaalensis Peringuey 1901; Neosisyphus spinipes (Thunberg, 1818) and Neosisyphus
barbarossa (Wiedemann, 1823). Diagnoses, photographs of habitus and male genitalia, lists of examined
material and distribution maps are presented for all species. An identification key to the southern African
sisyphine species is provided.