A new genus and species of Tentyriini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from sand dunes in Namaqualand, South Africa

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3514 (1) ◽  
pp. 79
Author(s):  
WOLFGANG SCHAWALLER
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Sand Dunes ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Coleoptera Tenebrionidae

Archinamaqua gen. n. lyleae sp. n. (Pimeliinae Latreille, 1802, Tentyriini Eschscholtz, 1831) is described from the sand dunes of Namaqualand in northwestern South Africa. It is related to the genera Broomium Koch, 1950 and Archinamibia Koch, 1952. All these taxa are wingless and highly adapted nocturnal sand dwellers in dry habitats of the same area in northwestern South Africa and southern Namibia.

A new genus and species of the aleocharine tribe Thamiaraeini  (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from South Africa

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1527 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
GRZEGORZ PA–NIK
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
National Park ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New Genus And Species

A new genus and species, Thendelecrotona natalica Paśnik, gen. & sp. n., from the Royal Natal National Park, South Africa is described and illustrated. The new genus is placed in the tribe Thamiaraeini Fenyes, 1921, and its affinities with related genera are discussed.

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