Christian M. Deschodt

Christian M. Deschodt, South African entomologist.

Department of Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
E-mail: cdeschodt@zoology.up.ac.za

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Deschodt, C.M. & Scholtz, C.H. 2008. Systematics of South African forest-endemic dung beetles: new genera and species of small Canthonini (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae). African entomology 16: 91–106. DOI: 10.4001/1021-3589-16.1.91 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.

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.

Abdalla, I., Deschodt, C.M., Scholtz, C.H. & Sole, C.L. 2018. An update to the taxonomy of the genus Macroderes Westwood 1842 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) with descriptions of new species from South Africa. Zootaxa 4504(1): 41–75. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4504.1.3 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.
Mlambo, S., Scholtz, C.H. & Deschodt, C.M. 2019. Grebennikovius, a new genus to accommodate Epactoides basilewskyi (Balthasar, 1960) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Deltochilini). Zootaxa 4544(1): 113–118. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4544.1.6 Reference page.

Daniel, G.M., Strümpher, W.P. & Deschodt, C.M. 2022. An unexpected new flightless dung beetle species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Endroedyolini) from the Cederberg Mountains, South Africa. Zootaxa 5093(4): 414–420. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5093.4.2. . Reference page.