TY  - GEN
A1  - Perissinotto, Renzo
T1  - Neoclita pringlei (Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae), a new relict genus and species from the Drakensberg Range of South Africa
T2  - European journal of taxonomy : 279
N2  - A new genus is erected within the Cetoniini to describe a newly discovered species with characters shared between Heteroclita Burmeister, 1842, Ichnestoma Gory & Percheron, 1833 and Meridioclita Krikken, 1982. Neoclita pringlei gen. et sp. nov. exhibits a simple clypeal structure without specialized armour, along with hypertrophic and hairy tarsal segments as well as a fully winged female. The new species also exhibits an aedeagal structure closest to Meridioclita, with dorsal lobes of parameres substantially narrower than the ventral ones. The species appears to be restricted to high altitudes in the southwestern peri-Drakensberg area of the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. Similarly to other mountain relicts known from the southern African region, adults emerge only after major rainfall events during the late spring to early summer season and do not show any evidence of feeding. It appears that flying activity may be temporarily interrupted following soil desiccation, to resume promptly after the next rainfall.
T3  - European journal of taxonomy  : EJT - 279 
KW  - new genus
KW  - new species
KW  - Heteroclita
KW  - Ichnestoma
KW  - Meridioclita
KW  - Afrotropical region
Y1  - 2017
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/46128
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-461287
SN  - 2118-9773
PB  - Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle
CY  - Paris
ER  -