Adrian L.V. Davis

Adrian L.V. Davis (fl. 1999), South African entomologist.

Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Davis, A.L.V. 1986. Three new Afrotropical dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) in the genera, Kheper Janssens, Gymnopleurus Illiger and Onitis Fabricius, with notes on related species. Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 49(2): 373–387. PDF Reference page.

Davis, A.L.V., Scholtz, C.H. & Harrison, J.du G. 1999. New and threatened Afrotropical dung beetle taxa in the Gondwanaland tribe Canthonini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae). African Entomology 7: 77–84. hdl: 10520/AJA10213589_391 . Reference page.

Deschodt, C.M., Davis, A.L.V. & Scholtz, C.H. 2011. New dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) taxa from arid south-western Africa. Insect Systematics & Evolution 42(3): 277–294. DOI: 10.1163/187631211X568173 Reference page.

Davis, A.L.V., Stals, R. & Deschodt, C.M. 2015. New replacement name for the species Scarabaeus (Scarabaeolus) nitidus Davis & Deschodt, 2015 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)—not an American pest. Zootaxa 4057(4): 582–582. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4057.4.7 Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Deschodt, C.M., Davis, A.L.V. & Scholtz, C.M. 2015. Status changes, new synonymies, key and descriptions of seven new species in the subgenus Scarabaeus (Scarabaeolus) Balthasar 1965 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae). Zootaxa 3931(4): 505–527. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3931.4.3 Reference page.
Deschodt, C.M., Davis. L.V. & Scholtz, C.H. 2015. A new synonymy in the fidius group of Copris Müller 1764 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) and a new species from the highland grasslands of South Africa. Zootaxa 3949(3): 431–438. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3949.3.8 Preview (PDF). Reference page.

Daniel, G.M., Davis, A.L.V. & Scholtz, C.H. 2016. Three new Sisyphus species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) from shaded vegetation in southern Africa. Zootaxa 4147(1): 67–74. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4147.1.4. Reference page.
Deschodt, C.M., Davis, A.L.V. & Scholtz, C.H. 2016. A new monotypic genus, a species synonymy and nomenclatural corrections in the arid-adapted Canthonini (Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae) from the Succulent Karoo Biome of south-western Africa. Zootaxa 4147(4): 490–500. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4147.4.9 Reference page.
Deschodt, C.M., Davis, A.L.V. & Scholtz, C.H. 2016. Three new species, a synonymy and taxonomic notes on southern African members of the dung beetle genera Scarabaeus s. str. Linnaeus, 1758 and Escarabaeus Zídek & Pokorný, 2011 (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae). Journal of natural history 51: 5–6. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2016.1261949 Reference page.

Génier, F. & Davis, A.L.V. 2017. Digitonthophagus gazella auctorum: an unfortunate case of mistaken identity for a widely introduced species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Onthophagini). Zootaxa 4221(4): 497–500. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4221.4.8. Full article (PDF) Reference page.

Davis, A.L.V. & Deschodt, C.M. 2018. Two new species of Garreta Janssens, 1940 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) from Southern Africa. Zootaxa 4450(2): 242–248. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4450.2.4 Reference page.
Deschodt, C.M. & Davis, A.L.V. 2018. New deltochiline (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) taxa associated with hyrax dung in arid south western Namibia. Zootaxa 4450(1): 66–76. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4450.1.4 Reference page.

Davis, A.L.V., Deschodt, C.M. & Scholtz, C.H. 2019. Defining new dung beetle tribes to resolve discrepancies between phylogeny and tribal classification in the subfamily Scarabaeinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Zootaxa 4608(1): 131–144. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4608.1.7 Reference page.
Deschodt, C.M. & Davis, A.L.V. 2019. New southern African species and a revalidation in the dung beetle genus Gyronotus van Lansberge, 1874 (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) with an updated key. Zootaxa 4624(2): 275–282. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4624.2.10. Reference page.
Deschodt, C.M., Davis, A.L.V. & Daniel, G.M. 2019. The endemic Southern African genus Epirinus Dejean, 1833 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) revisited: five new species and two new synonyms. Zootaxa 4603(2): 327–340. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4603.2.6 Reference page.
Deschodt, C.M., Davis, A.L.V. & Sole, C.L. 2019. A beautiful new species of Hyalonthophagus Palestrini & Giacone, 1988 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae), from the Northern Cape Province, South Africa. Zootaxa 4648(1): 194–200. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4648.1.12 Reference page.

Daniel, G.M., Davis, A.L.V., Sole, C.L. & Scholtz, C.H. 2020. Taxonomic review of the tribe Sisyphini sensu stricto Mulsant, 1842 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) in southern Africa, including new species descriptions. Insect systematics & evolution, 51(1): 1–61. DOI: 10.1163/1876312X-00002195 PDF. Reference page.
Daniel, G.M., Deschodt, C.M., Davis, A.L.V. & Sole, C.L. 2020. The enigmatic dung beetle genus Stiptopodius Harold, 1871 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) revisited: new species descriptions from southern Africa. Zootaxa 4763(3): 394–404. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4763.3.4 Reference page.