S. Mahunka szerk.: Folia Entomologica Hungarica 44/1. (Budapest, 1983)

Further new Aphodiinae from tropical and South Africa (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) By S. ENDRŐDI (Received October 19, 1982) Abstract: The description of several new Aphodiinae from tropical and from South Africa is given: Aphodius (Pharaphodius) pongensis sp.n., A. (Blackburneus) agullasi sp.n., A. (Koshantschikovius) erytoides sp.n., Orocanthus group n. of Aphodius, A. (Bodilus) karrooensis sp.n., A. (Bodilus) holgati sp.n., Aphodoharmogaster costata gen.n., sp.n. from the Transvaal Museum in Pretoria and Aphodius (Koshantschikovius) holmi sp.n. and Sugrames capensis sp.n. from the Entomological Department, University of Pretoria. Odontolochus paucus Schmidt is new for South Africa. Aphodius (Pharaphodius) pongensis sp.n. Head, pronotum without the yellow sides, suture of elytra and underside black or dark brown, elytra yellowish brown. Apex of clypeus rather deeply emarginated, both sides of emargination rounded. Sides straight, genae obtuse, distinctly produced beyond eyes. Frontal suture very fine mostly with indistinct tubercles. Clypeal knob weak, but visible. Punctation of surface fine and dense. Pronotum broader than long, broadest on basis, sides almost straight, basis finely bordered. Surface densely covered with big punctures. Elytral striae very deep with fine punctures, striae on apex (excepting lateral ones) connected. Intervals convex, densely reticulated. Anterior tibiae tridentate, posterior ones with two distinct oblique carinae and with unequal apical bristles. Basal joint of posterior tarsi about as long as upper thorn and as three following joints together. Length: 3.5-4 mm. - Examined material 48 specimens. Types: Holotype and 22 paratypes: Ghana, Northern Reg., Pong-Tamale, 9°34'N, 0°49'W, cattle dung, 20.6.1971, No. 465, leg. ENDRŐDY-YOUNGA. 25 paratypes: Ghana, Northern Reg., Tamale, woody sav. 9°25'N, 0°53'W, cattle dung, 20.6.1971, No. 465, leg. ENDRŐDY-YOUNGA. Types preserved in the Transvaal Museum in Pretoria, paratypes also in the Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest. Related to A. koshantschikovi Paulian 1934, but posterior angles of pronotum not emarginated, basis bordered, posterior metatarsi about as long as upper thorn, etc.