identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
03DC87A2FF8C5A62BE8A7930FB8E7019.text	03DC87A2FF8C5A62BE8A7930FB8E7019.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Atrocrates Koch 1956	<div><p>Genus Atrocrates Koch, 1956</p><p>Atrocrates Koch, 1956: 82 .</p><p>Type species. Trigonopus platyderus Mulsant and Rey, 1853 (by original designation).</p><p>Revised diagnosis. This genus can be distinguished from other representatives of the trigonopoid Platynotina by the following character combination: antennomeres from 7th to 11th transverse; medial lobe of mentum hexagonal, narrowing towards apex, with median keel (Fig. 4 C); punctation of pronotal disc invisible or fine (Fig. 4 B); pronotal base straight or slightly sinusoidal, anterior and basal borders of pronotum complete, lateral border of pronotum widened basally and relatively broad (Fig. 4 B); elytral base straight or slightly sinusoidal (Fig. 4 F); and protibiae widened towards apex (Fig. 4 E).</p><p>Notes. The most recent identification key to the species of Atrocrates was published by Iwan (1998c), and includes most of the previously named species, except: A. bellamyi Iwan, 1999, A. coconatae Kamiński, 2011, A. gansbaaiensis Iwan and Ferrer, 2000, A. galbasi Iwan 2016; A. matthewsi Iwan, 2016; A. medvedevi Iwan and Ferrer, 2000, A. nudus Iwan and Ferrer, 2000, A. robertsoniensis Iwan, 1999 . The same author recently proposed a subdivision of this genus into species groups (Iwan 2016).</p><p>Species included (34). A. bisinuatus Koch, 1956; A. bellamyi Iwan, 1999; A. bredasdorpensis Iwan, 1998; A. capensis Iwan, 1998; A. coconatae Kamiński, 2011; A. dentatus Iwan, 1998; A. endrodyi Iwan, 1998; A. evestigator Iwan, 1998; A. formosus Iwan, 1998; A. galbasi Iwan, 2016; A. gansbaaiensis Iwan and Ferrer, 2000; A. garbarczyki Iwan, 1998; A. kandai sp. nov.; A. largus Iwan, 1998; A. latemarginatus Mulsant &amp; Rey, 1853; A. libidinosus Iwan, 1998; A. matthewsi Iwan, 2016; A. medvedevi Iwan and Ferrer, 2000; A. metasimius Iwan, 1998; A. montiscedri Koch, 1956; A. nudus Iwan and Ferrer, 2000; A. occultator Iwan, 1998; A. ordinarius Iwan, 1998; A. oweni Iwan, 1998; A. peringueyi Koch, 1956; A. platyderus Mulsant &amp; Rey, 1853; A. pliskoae Iwan, 1998; A. podagricus Koch, 1956; A. robertsonensis; A. robustus Iwan, 1998; A. simius Mulsant &amp; Rey, 1853; A. sinuosus Iwan, 1998; A. smithi sp. nov.; A. splendidus Iwan, 1998; A. striatus (Quensel, 1806) .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DC87A2FF8C5A62BE8A7930FB8E7019	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Kamiński, Marcin Jan	Kamiński, Marcin Jan (2017): Three new species of trigonopoid Platynotina (Tenebrionidae: Pedinini) from the Baviaanskloof Nature Reserve, South Africa. Zootaxa 4236 (1): 183-193, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4236.1.11
03DC87A2FF8D5A62BE8A7D4FFCB077C8.text	03DC87A2FF8D5A62BE8A7D4FFCB077C8.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Atrocrates kandai	<div><p>Atrocrates kandai sp. nov.</p><p>(Figs 1, 3 A)</p><p>Type material. Holotype, pinned, male (Ditsong National Museum of Natural History in Pretoria): “ Republic of South Africa Baviaanskloof, Komdomo campsite // 14/11/2015 // -33.739; 24.614; under stone // Leg. Marcin Jan Kamiński” . Paratype, preserved in 96% ethanol (terminalia in a separate tube), female (Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences): same data as holotype .</p><p>Diagnosis. See diagnosis of A. smithi sp. nov.</p><p>Description. Measurements. Body—length ca. 8.0 mm; width ratio elytra / pronotum ca. 1.0; length ratio elytra / pronotum ca. 1.8. Clypeus—clypeal emargination width / depth ratio ca. 15.0. Antennae—length ratio antenna / pronotum ca. 0.8; ratio length of antenna / width of 3rd antennomere ca. 12.5; length ratio of antennomere 3rd / 2nd ca. 2.0; ratio length / width of 5th antennomere ca. 1.4. Maxillary palp—ratio width of maxillary palp / length of 3rd antennomere ca. 1.3. Pronotum—pronotum length / width ratio ca. 0.8; length ratio pronotum (measured in the middle) / side of pronotum (measured at the level of anterior angle) ca. 0.9. Elytra—elytra length / width ratio ca. 1.4. Scutellum—width ratio anterior margin of elytra / scutellum at base ca. 2.9. Metaventritelength ratio cavity of hind coxa / metaventrite between the insertions of mid and hind coxae ca. 3.1. Abdomenwidth ratio process of 1st abdominal ventrite / process of metaventrite ca. 1.6. Legs—protibia length / width ratio ca. 2.0; profemur length / width ratio ca. 3.1. Tarsi—length ratio metatarsomere 1st / 2nd ca. 1.6. Male genitalialength of parameres / basal part of aedeagus ca. 0.4; length of clavae/parameres ca. 0.6.</p><p>Body surface bare, dull (Fig. 3 A). Head with dense punctures, 1–2 diameters apart. Clypeus scarcely emarginated. Mentum widest at middle; narrowing towards apex. Submentum triangular. Prosternite medially covered with long but sparse setae. Hypomeron glabrous and impunctate. Pronotum covered with fine punctures, 1–3 diameters apart; anterior and basal borders complete; lateral border not widened basally, narrow (width 2x greater than width of submarginal depression); lateral margins actuate from anterior to posterior ends. Intercoxal process of prosternum angular in lateral view. Scutellum triangular, with fine punctures. Elytral striae punctatesulcate; punctures fine, 4–5 diameters apart. Intervals dull; with visible microsculpture (magnification 50x); punctures scarcely visible, 3–4 diameters apart. Elytral humeri protruding laterally. 5th abdominal ventrite without submarginal sulcus; with irregularly distributed punctures, 1–2 diameters apart. Pro- and mesotarsi in both sexes not widened. Female protibiae evenly widened towards apex. Male protibiae with preapical concavity on inner side. Inner face of male metafemora with longitudinal concavities ending with large denticles. Female metafemora simple. Other leg segments without modifications.</p><p>Parameres evenly narrowing towards apex; not fused basally. Ovipositor with coxites subequal in length to paraproct. Valvifers short and wide, other lobes elongate. Gonostyli situated on dorsal part of apical lobe of coxities.</p><p>Etymology. I have named this species in honor of my friend Kojun Kanda, specialist in Tenebrionidae, to whom I am greatly indebted for his help during my Pedinini project.</p><p>Distribution. This species has been collected in the eastern part of the Baviaanskloof Nature Reserve, near the Komdomo campsite (GPS coordinates: -33.739, 24.614) (Fig 1).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DC87A2FF8D5A62BE8A7D4FFCB077C8	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Kamiński, Marcin Jan	Kamiński, Marcin Jan (2017): Three new species of trigonopoid Platynotina (Tenebrionidae: Pedinini) from the Baviaanskloof Nature Reserve, South Africa. Zootaxa 4236 (1): 183-193, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4236.1.11
03DC87A2FF8D5A65BE8A7B3FFC547611.text	03DC87A2FF8D5A65BE8A7B3FFC547611.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Atrocrates smithi	<div><p>Atrocrates smithi sp. nov.</p><p>(Figs 1, 2, 3 C, 4A–F)</p><p>Type material. Holotype, preserved in 96% ethanol, male (Ditsong National Museum of Natural History in Pretoria): “ Republic of South Africa Baviaanskloof, Doodsklip // 12/11/2015 // -33.658; 24.432; under stone // Leg. Marcin Jan Kamiński” . Paratypes, pinned, male and female (Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences), preserved in 96% ethanol, 1 males and 2 females (Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences), 11 males and 7 females (Ditsong National Museum of Natural History in Pretoria): same data as holotype .</p><p>Diagnosis. A. smithi resembles A. kandai and A. peringueyi by sharing the following character combinations: medial lobe of mentum hexagonal, narrowing towards apex; sides of pronotal disc rounded; elytra with punctatesulcate intervals; elytral humeri protruding outwards; and male mesotibiae without denticles. All three abovementioned species differ from most of their congeners by having narrow protarsi in males (widened in all other Atrocrates species except A. galbasi and A. matthewsi). A. smithi and A. kandai differ from A. peringueyi by having more coarse and dense punctation on the pronotal disc (Fig. 3 A–C); preapical indentations on the male protibiae (Fig. 4 E) (protibiae evenly narrowing towards apex in A. peringueyi); prominent denticles on the inner sides of metafemora (Fig. 4 E). From A. kandai, A. smithi can be distinguished by a wider lateral border of the pronotum (width ratio of the lateral margin to the submarginal depression ca. 4.0; in A. kandai ca. 2.0), obtuse intercoxal process of prosternum (angular in A. kandai) and larger body size ( A. smithi = 10.0 – 11.0 mm; A. kandai ca. 8.0 mm).</p><p>According to Iwan’s (2016) infrageneric classification concept, A. smithi and A. kandai belong to the bellamyi species group.</p><p>Description. Measurements. Body—length = 10.0–11.0 mm; width ratio elytra / pronotum ca. 1.0; length ratio elytra / pronotum ca. 1.8. Clypeus—clypeal emargination width/depth ratio ca. 16.0. Antennae—length ratio antenna / pronotum ca. 0.7; ratio length of antenna / width of 3rd antennomere ca. 10.0; length ratio of antennomere 3rd/2nd ca. 2.0; ratio length / width of 5th antennomere ca. 1.4. Maxillary palp—ratio width of maxillary palp / length of 3rd antennomere ca. 1.3. Pronotum—pronotum length / width ratio ca. 0.8; length ratio pronotum (measured in the middle) / side of pronotum (measured at the level of anterior angle) ca. 0.9. Elytra—elytra length / width ratio = 1.3–1.4. Scutellum—width ratio anterior margin of elytra / scutellum at base ca. 3.2. Metaventrite—length ratio cavity of hind coxa / metaventrite between the insertions of mid and hind coxae ca. 3.1. Abdomen—width ratio process of 1st abdominal ventrite / process of metaventrite = 1.6. Legs—protibia length / width ratio = 1.9–2.0; profemur length / width ratio ca. 3.0. Tarsi—length ratio metatarsomere 1st / 2nd ca. 1.6. Male genitalia—length of parameres / basal part of aedeagus ca. 0.4; length of clavae / parameres ca. 0.6. Female genitalia—length of paraproct/all coxites ca. 1.1.</p><p>Body surface bare and dull (Fig. 3 C). Head with dense punctures, 1–3 diameters apart. Clypeus scarcely emarginated. Mentum widest at middle; narrowing towards apex. Submentum triangular. Prosternite medially covered with long but sparse setae. Hypomeron glabrous and impunctate. Pronotum covered with fine punctures, 1–3 diameters apart; anterior and basal borders complete; lateral border widened basally, broad (width 4x greater than submarginal depression width); lateral margins actuate from anterior to posterior ends. Intercoxal process of prosternum obtuse in lateral view. Scutellum triangular, with fine punctures. Elytral striae punctate-sulcate; punctures fine, 2–3 diameters apart. Intervals dull; with visible microsculpture (magnification 50x); punctures scarcely visible, 3–4 diameters apart. Elytral humeri protruding laterally. 5th abdominal ventrite with submarginal sulcus; with irregularly distributed punctures, 1–2 diameters apart. Pro- and mesotarsi in both sexes narrow. Female protibiae evenly widened towards apex. Male protibiae with preapical concavity on the inner side. Female metafemora simple. Inner face of male metafemora with longitudinal concavities ending with large denticles. Other leg segments without modifications. Parameres evenly narrowing towards apex; not fused basally. Ovipositor with coxites subequal in length to paraproct. Valvifers short and wide, other lobes elongate. Gonostyli situated on dorsal part of apical lobe of coxities.</p><p>Etymology. I have named this species in honor of my friend Prof. Aaron D. Smith, specialist in Tenebrionidae, to whom I am greatly indebted for his help during my projects.</p><p>Distribution. This species has been collected in the eastern part of the Baviaanskloof Nature Reserve, near the Doodsklip campsite (GPS coordinates: -33.658, 24.432) (Figs 1, 2).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DC87A2FF8D5A65BE8A7B3FFC547611	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Kamiński, Marcin Jan	Kamiński, Marcin Jan (2017): Three new species of trigonopoid Platynotina (Tenebrionidae: Pedinini) from the Baviaanskloof Nature Reserve, South Africa. Zootaxa 4236 (1): 183-193, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4236.1.11
03DC87A2FF885A66BE8A794BFE7B7032.text	03DC87A2FF885A66BE8A794BFE7B7032.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Schelodontes Koch 1956	<div><p>Genus Schelodontes Koch, 1956</p><p>Schelodontes Koch, 1956: 81 .</p><p>= Lawrenceus Iwan, 1998b: 307. Type species: Lawrenceus capensis Iwan, 1998 . = Warchalowskiellus Iwan, 1998a: 60. Type species: Trigonopus longulus Mulsant and Rey, 1853 . = Platycharlesus Iwan, 1998b: 307 . Type species: Trigonopus morosus Mulsant and Rey, 1853 .</p><p>Type species. Trigonopus immundus Mulsant &amp; Rey, 1853; by original designation.</p><p>Diagnostic characters. This genus can be distinguished from other representatives of the trigonopoid Platynotina by the following character combination: antennomeres from 7th to 11th transverse; medial lobe of mentum hexagonal, narrowing towards apex, with median keel; pronotal base “v”-like, anterior border of pronotum complete, basal border absent (except S. capensis, S. longulus, S. omeri) (Fig. 4 G); elytral base “v”-like (Fig. 4 H); and protibiae widened towards apex.</p><p>Notes. The most recent identification key to the species of Schelodontes was published by Iwan &amp; Kamiński (2014) and includes all of the previously known species.</p><p>Species included (30). S. apicalis Koch, 1956; S. baviaanskloofensis sp. nov.; S. capensis (Iwan, 1998); S. chevrolati (Mulsant &amp; Rey, 1853); S. dentatus (Iwan, 1998); S. dormitorius Iwan, 1998; S. gemmeulus Koch, 1956; S. grandis Koch, 1956; S. immundus (Mulsant &amp; Rey, 1853); S. invenustus (Iwan, 1998); S. jani Iwan, 2008; S. longulus (Mulsant &amp; Rey, 1853); S. mannerheimi (Mulsant &amp; Rey, 1853); S. marseuli Iwan, 1998; S. medvedevi Iwan, 2006; S. morosus (Mulsant &amp; Rey, 1853); S. muellerae Iwan &amp; Kamiński, 2014; S. mulsanti Koch, 1956; S. nigerrimus (Mulsant &amp; Rey, 1853); S. nitidus Iwan &amp; Kamiński, 2014; S. oblitus Koch, 1956; S. omeri Koch, 1956; S. parvus Iwan, 1998, S. rotundicollis Koch, 1956; S. scarabaeoides Iwan &amp; Kamiński, 2014; S. simplimanus Koch, 1956; S. spinosis Iwan &amp; Kamiński, 2014; S. terrenus Koch, 1956; S. tichyi Iwan, 2008; S. verreauxi (Mulsant &amp; Rey, 1853) .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DC87A2FF885A66BE8A794BFE7B7032	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Kamiński, Marcin Jan	Kamiński, Marcin Jan (2017): Three new species of trigonopoid Platynotina (Tenebrionidae: Pedinini) from the Baviaanskloof Nature Reserve, South Africa. Zootaxa 4236 (1): 183-193, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4236.1.11
03DC87A2FF895A69BE8A7A4BFC687445.text	03DC87A2FF895A69BE8A7A4BFC687445.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Schelodontes baviaanskloofensis	<div><p>Schelodontes baviaanskloofensis sp. nov.</p><p>(Figs 1, 2, 3 D, 4G-K)</p><p>Type material. Holotype, pinned, male (Ditsong National Museum of Natural History in Pretoria): “ Republic of South Africa Baviaanskloof near Geelhoutbos // 12/11/2015 // -33.616, 24.253; under stone // Leg. Marcin Jan Kamiński” . Paratypes, preserved in 96% ethanol, male and female (Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences), male and female (Ditsong National Museum of Natural History in Pretoria): same data as holotype .</p><p>Diagnosis. This species resembles Schelodontes chevrolati (Mulsant and Rey, 1853), S. oblitus Koch, 1956 and S. omeri Koch, 1956 in having the anterior pronotal angles rounded, pronotal disc with dense and clearly visible punctation (punctures separated by 2 diameters or less), scutellum situated below the level of elytral humeri (in longitudinal axis) and elytral humeri protruding laterally (Fig. 3 D–G). Schelodontes baviaanskloofensis can be distinguished from S. oblitus (Fig. 3 F) and S. omeri (Fig. 3 G) by its shiny body. Moreover, it differs from S. oblitus based on the pronotum lacking a posterior border (fine, but visible in the middle in S. oblitus). From S. chevrolati it can be distinguished by having prominent denticles on the inner side of metafemora (Fig. 4 K).</p><p>Description. Measurements. Body—length ca. 8.0 mm; width ratio elytra / pronotum ca. 0.9; length ratio elytra / pronotum ca. 1.3. Clypeus—clypeal emargination width / depth ratio ca. 15.0. Antennae—length ratio antenna / pronotum ca. 0.8; ratio length of antenna / width of 3rd antennomere ca. 12.5; length ratio of antennomere 3rd / 2nd ca. 2.0; ratio length / width of 5th antennomere ca. 1.4. Maxillary palp—ratio width of maxillary palp / length of 3rd antennomere ca. 1.3. Pronotum—pronotum length / width ratio ca. 0.8; length ratio pronotum (measured in the middle) / side of pronotum (measured at the level of anterior angle) ca. 1.0. Elytra—elytra length / width ratio ca. 1.4. Scutellum—width ratio anterior margin of elytra / scutellum at base ca. 2.8. Metaventritelength ratio cavity of hind coxa / metaventrite between the insertions of mid and hind coxae ca. 3.1. Abdomenwidth ratio process of 1st abdominal ventrite / process of metaventrite ca. 1.6. Legs—protibia length / width ratio ca. 2.1; profemur length / width ratio ca. 2.7. Tarsi—length ratio metatarsomere 1st / 2nd ca. 1.6. Male genitalialength of parameres / basal part of aedeagus ca. 0.4; length of clavae / parameres ca. 0.6.</p><p>Body surface bare and shiny (Fig. 3 D). Head with dense punctures, 2–3 diameters apart. Clypeus scarcely emarginated. Mentum widest at middle; narrowing towards apex. Submentum triangular. Prosternite medially glabrous. Hypomeron glabrous and impunctate. Pronotum covered with fine punctures, 3–4 diameters apart; anterior border complete; basal border absent; lateral border widened basally, relatively wide (width 3x greater than submarginal depression width); lateral margins actuate from anterior to posterior ends. Intercoxal process of prosternum angular in lateral view. Scutellum triangular, with fine punctures. Elytral striae punctate-sulcate; punctures fine, 4–5 diameters apart. Intervals shiny; with visible microsculpture (magnification 50x); punctures scarcely visible, 3–4 diameters apart. Elytral humeri protruding laterally. 5th abdominal ventrite with submarginal sulcus; with irregularly distributed punctures, 1–2 diameters apart. Pro- and mesotarsi in both sexes not widened. Female protibiae evenly widened towards apex. Male protibiae with preapical concavity on the inner side. Inner face of male metafemorae with longitudinal concavities ending with large denticles. Female metafemora simple. Other leg segments without modifications. Parameres evenly narrowing towards apex; not fused basally. Ovipositor with coxites subequal in length to paraproct. Valvifers short and wide, other lobes elongate. Gonostyli situated on dorsal part of apical lobe of coxities.</p><p>Etymology. The name refers to the type locality, Baviaanskloof Nature Reserve; Baviaanskloof —Dutch for “Valley of Baboons”).</p><p>Distribution. This species has been collected in the central part of the Baviaanskloof Nature Reserve, near the Geelhoutbos campsites (GPS coordinates: -33.616, 24.253) (Figs 1, 2).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DC87A2FF895A69BE8A7A4BFC687445	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Kamiński, Marcin Jan	Kamiński, Marcin Jan (2017): Three new species of trigonopoid Platynotina (Tenebrionidae: Pedinini) from the Baviaanskloof Nature Reserve, South Africa. Zootaxa 4236 (1): 183-193, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4236.1.11
