Neosisyphus quadricollis ( Gory, 1833 )

Daniel, Gimo M., Davis, Adrian Lv., Sole, Catherine L. & Scholtz, Clarke H., 2020, Taxonomic review of the tribe Sisyphini sensu stricto Mulsant, 1842 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) in southern Africa, including new species descriptions, Insect Systematics & Evolution 51 (1), pp. 1-61 : 52-53

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1163/1876312X-00002195
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scientific name	Neosisyphus quadricollis ( Gory, 1833 )
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Neosisyphus quadricollis ( Gory, 1833) View in CoL ( Figs. 26 View Fig , 27A View Fig )

Montreuil 2015b: 20.

Sisyphus quadricollis Gory, 1833 View in CoL

Gory 1833: 9; Harold 1869: 985; Péringuey 1901: 87; Arrow 1927: 459; Haaf 1955: 345; Ferreira 1972: 829.

Type locality: Cape of Good Hope.

Size: Male: length: 13.5–11; width: 6.5–5.4; female: length: 13.8–11; width: 6.5–5.5.

Diagnosis: N. quadricollis is close in appearance to N. kuehni . However, N. quadricollis may be separated by a combination of the following characters: elytra emarginated laterally with the concavity of the margin distinctly deep in the middle; the projecting metatrochanter in males is one-third of the total length of the metafemur; the metafemur lacks spines.

Examined non-type material: See Supplementary information.

Distribution: N. quadricollis has been recorded from deep sands and natural shrubland under drier, warmer winter rainfall climate on the southwest coast of South Africa ( Western Cape) ( Davis 1987, 1997; Davis et. al. 2008). In this region, it is active for a short period between late October to late December. It also has been collected between November and March at Willowmore and Lemoenkloof ( Eastern Cape) in karoo vegetation of the late summer rainfall region ( Fig. 28 View Fig ).