Review of the South African Species of Pegylis Erichson, 1847 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) Commonly Known as Large Wattle Chafers

J. du G. Harrison

doi:10.4001/003.022.0416

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J. du G. Harrison^1,2,3

¹Department of Zoology and Entomology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0002 South Africa
²School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, Johannesburg, 2050 South Africa
³Department of Invertebrates, Ditsong National Museum of Natural History (formerly Transvaal Museum), Pretoria, 0001 South Africa

Abstract

A review of the three known species of Pegylis occurring in South Africa is provided, including a dichotomous key, illustrations of diagnostic features, distribution maps and notes on natural history. Lectotypes are designated for Hypopholis sommeri Burmeister, 1855, and Pegylis pondoensis Arrow, 1943. Pegylis vittata atrata Machatschke, 1955 syn. nov. is regarded here as conspecific with Pegylis vittata.

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J. du G. Harrison "Review of the South African Species of Pegylis Erichson, 1847 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) Commonly Known as Large Wattle Chafers," African Entomology 22(4), 685-713, (1 December 2014). https://doi.org/10.4001/003.022.0416

Accepted: 1 June 2014; Published: 1 December 2014