Scarabaeus sevoistra Alluaud, 1902:250
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 1939
Rediscovered via photos on iNaturalist (Deschodt et al., 2021)
Distribution
southern Madagascar
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Alluaud, C. (1902). Description d’un Coléoptère nouveau du genre Scarabaeus (Ateuchus) du Sud de Madagascar. Bulletin du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle 8(4): 250-251.
Other references:
Deschodt, C. M., Harrison, J. du Guesclin and Sole, C. Lynne. (2021). Rediscovery of Scarabaeus sevoistra Alluaud, 1902 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae): biological notes and IUCN Red Listing. Bothalia 51(2): a14-a17. https://doi.org/10.38201/btha.abc.v51.i2.14
Gillet, J. J. E. (1911). Coprophaga Africana; Descriptions d’es-pèces nouvelles et remarques diverses. Annales de la Societé Entomologique de Belgique 55(11): 308-312.
Rahagalala, P., Viljanen, H., Hottola, J. and Hanski, I., (2009). Assemblages of dung beetles using cattle dung in Madagascar. African Entomology 17: 71-89. https://doi.org/10.4001/003.017.0109
Sole, C. L., Wirta, H., Forgie, S. A. and Scholtz, C. H. (2011). Origin of Madagascan Scarabaeini dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae): dispersal from Africa. Insect Systematics & Evolution 42(1): 29-40.