Bolbaffroides dhofarensis (Coleoptera: Bolboceratidae), a new species from Oman

Abstract

Bolbaffroides dhofarensis Kral, Hillert, Mencl & Sommer, new species, from Dhofar Governorate in south-western Oman is described. Relevant diagnostic characters (e.g., head and pronotum shape) of the new species and type material of two morphologically similar species, B. rollii (J.

Muller, 1941) and B. validus (Klug, 1843) are photographically documented.

Keywords

• Scarabaeoidea
• Bolboceratinae
• Bolboceratini
• taxonomy
• description
• Dhofar
• Arabian peninsula
• Palaearctic region
• Afrotropical region