There are currently eight species of Scarab
Beetles in the genus Scapanoclypeus,
which is known from Namibia and western South Africa. They are placed within a
group of Tanyproctine Scarabs which are found only in Africa.
In a paper published in the journal Zootaxa on 11 September 2014
Richard Sehnal of the Department of Zoology and Fisheries at the CzechUniversity of Life Sciences describes a new species of Scapanoclypeus from Hardap Province in Namibia.
The new species is named Scapanoclypeus hardap,
after the province where it was found. The species is described from nine
specimens, all male, collected near the village of Gochas, at an altitude of 1090 m. These
range from 8.2–9.7 mm in length and are brownish yellow with blackish brown
markings.
Scapanoclypeushardap in dorsal view.
Scale bar is 1.0 mm. Sehnal (2014).
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