Clarke Henry Scholtz

Clarke Henry Scholtz, South African entomologist.

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

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 33 taxon names authored by Clarke Henry Scholtz

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1979

• Scholtz, C.H. 1979. The 'horridus'-group of Trox F. species (Coleoptera: Trogidae) in South Africa. Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 42: 169–180. Reference page. 

1986

• Scholtz, C.H. 1986: Revision of the genus Trox Fabricius (Coleoptera: Trogidae) of the Australasian Region. Australian journal of zoology, supplementary series, (125) DOI: 10.1071/AJZS125 Reference page. 

1987

• Scholtz & Evans 1987. A revision of the African Ochodaeidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea). Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 50(2): 399-426. Reference page. 
• Scholtz, C.H. & Howden, H.F. 1987. A revision of the southern African genus Epirinus Reiche (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae). Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 50(1): 121–154. full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• Scholtz, C.H. & Howden, H.F. 1987. A revision of the southern African Cathonina (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae). Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 50: 75–119. Reference page. 

1999

• 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. 

2002

• Forgie, S.A., Grebennikov, V.V. & Scholtz, C.H. 2002: Revision of Sceliages Westwood, a millipede-eating genus of southern African dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Invertebrate Systematics 16(6): 931–955. DOI: 10.1071/IT01025 Reference page. 

2005

• Forgie, S.A., Philips, T.K. & Scholtz, C.H. 2005. Evolution of the Scarabaeini (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae). Systematic Entomology 30(1): 60–96. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2004.00273.x Reference page. 
• Medina, C.A. & Scholtz, C.H. 2005. Systematics of the southern African genus Epirinus Reiche (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae: Canthonini): descriptions of new species and phylogeny. Insect Systematics & Evolution 36(2): 145–160. DOI: 10.1163/187631205788838500 Reference page. 
• van der Merwe, Y. & Scholtz, C.H. 2005. New species of flightless Trogidae from South African relict forest fragments. African entomology 13(1): 181–186. hdl: 10520/EJC32614

2008

• 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. 

2009

• Strümpher, W.P. & Scholtz, C.H. 2009. New species and status changes of small flightless relictual Trox Fabricius from southern Africa (Coleoptera: Trogidae). Insect systematics & evolution 40(1): 71–84. DOI: 10.1163/187631209X416723

2011

• 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. 
• Sole, C.L., Wirta, H., Forgie, S.A. & Scholtz, C.H. 2011: Origin of Madagascan Scarabaeini dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae): dispersal from Africa. Insect Systematics & Evolution 42(1): 29-40. DOI: 10.1163/187631211X552800 Reference page. 
• Strümpher, W.P. & Scholtz, C.H. 2011. New species of Trogidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) from Australia. Australian Journal of Entomology 50(2): 139–143. DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.2010.00804.x Reference page. 

2014

• Strümpher, W.P., Sole, C.L., Villet, M.H. & Scholtz, C.H. 2014. Phylogeny of the family Trogidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear ribosomal DNA sequence data. Systematic Entomology 39(3): 548–562. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12074 Reference page. 
• Switala, A., Sole, C. & Scholtz, C. 2014. Colophon larvae: descriptions and phylogenetic implications. Insect Systematics & Evolution 46(1) 37–46. DOI: 10.1163/1876312X-45012113 Reference page. 

2015

• 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. 
• Jacobs, C.T., Scholtz, C.H. & Strümpher, W.P. 2015. Taxonomy of Colophon Gray (Coleoptera: Lucanidae): new species and a status change. Zootaxa 4057(1): 135–142. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4057.1.9 Preview (PDF). Reference page. 
• Krüger, M. & Scholtz, C.H. 2015. Acutitornus persectus spec. nov., a new species of gall-forming moth from the Northern Cape province of South Africa (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae: Apatetrinae, Apatetrini). Annals of the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History 5: 56–61. Reference page. 

2016

• 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. 

2017

• Burke, A.F., Sole, C.L., Toledo-Hernández, V.H. & Scholtz, C.H. 2017. Five new species of Cymatodera Gray, 1832 (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Tillinae) from Mexico and Central America. Zootaxa 4350(1): 106–120. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4350.1.6. Reference page. 
• Strümpher, W.P. & Scholtz, C.H. 2017. A new brachypterous species of Phoberus MacLeay (Coleoptera: Trogidae) and status changes of species in the East African P. nigrociliatus group. Zootaxa 4216(3): 292–298. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4216.3.6 Reference page. 

2018

• 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. 
• Pietersen, D.W., Scholtz, C.H. & Bastos, A.D.S. 2018. Multi-locus phylogeny of southern African Acontias aurantiacus (Peters) subspecies (Scincidae: Acontinae) confirms the presence of three genetically, geographically and morphologically discrete taxa. Zootaxa 4442(3): 427–440. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4442.3.5 Reference page. 
• Scholtz, C.H., Bazelet, C.S. & de Klerk, H. 2018. Gryllacrididae (Orthoptera: Ensifera) in southern Africa. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 27(2): 183–186. DOI: 10.3897/jor.27.29645 Reference page. 

2019

• Burke, A.F., Jr. Leavengood, J.M. Jr., Scholtz, C.H. & Sole, C.L. 2019. Redescription of the holotype of Bostrichoclerus bicornus Van Dyke, 1938, a rare species of the New World Tillinae Fauna (Coleoptera: Cleridae), with some taxonomic notes. Zootaxa 4544(4): 548–556. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4544.4.5 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. 
• 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. 
• Strümpher, W.P. & Scholtz, C.H. 2019. A new Phoberus MacLeay species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Trogidae) from the Maloti-Drakensberg Mountains of southern Africa and the Phoberus caffer species group reviewed. Zootaxa 4674(5): 551–563. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4674.5.4 Reference page. 

2020

• 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. 
• Deschodt, C.M., Sole, C.L. & Scholtz, C.H. 2020. Upsa centennial, a new genus and species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Endroedyolini) from the Southern Mistbelt forest in South Africa: celebrating 100 years of entomology at the University of Pretoria. Zootaxa 4728(3): 357–362. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4728.3.4 Reference page.