Department of Terrestrial Invertebrates; National Museum; 36 Aliwal Street; Bloemfontein; South Africa.; Department of Biological & Environmental Sciences; Walter Sisulu University; Mthatha; South Africa.
Ditsong National Museum of Natural History; PO Box 413; Pretoria 0001; South Africa.
Zootaxa. 2023 Aug 9;5325(3):409-418. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5325.3.5.
Mabu Forest in northern-central Mozambique harbours the largest continuous block of rainforest remaining in southern Africa. Also, the region is known for its exceptional levels of biodiversity, including a high level of endemism. Several new taxa of plants and animals have been discovered from previous biological expeditions. Last year, we conducted the first dung beetle exploration in the regionwhere almost half of the dung beetle species collected are new to science. In this paper, we describe, diagnose and illustrate Pedaria ricardogutai Daniel, Strmpher & Josso, new species. We compared the new species to the most morphologically similar species, Pedaria sudrei Josso & Prvost, 2003. We also provide an annotated checklist of 17 species of Pedaria Laporte, 1832, recorded from Mozambique, including type localities and distribution records.
莫桑比克中北部的马布森林拥有南部非洲现存最大的连续雨林。此外，该地区还以其极高的生物多样性而闻名，包括高度的特有性。从之前的生物考察中发现了几种新的动植物分类群。去年，我们在该地区进行了第一次蜣螂探索，在那里收集到的近一半蜣螂物种都是新的科学发现。在本文中，我们描述、诊断并图示了新种 Pedaria ricardogutai Daniel, Strmpher & Josso。我们将新种与最相似的形态种 Pedaria sudrei Josso & Prvost, 2003 进行了比较。我们还提供了来自莫桑比克的 17 种 Pedaria Laporte, 1832 的注释清单，包括模式产地和分布记录。
