Renzo Perissinotto

Renzo Perissinotto, South African entomologist.

School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, P. Bag X54001, Durban 4001, South Africa.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Holm, E. & Perissinotto, R. 2004. New and lesser known species of African fruit chafers (Coleoptera Scarabaeidae Cetoniinae). Tropical zoology 17(1): 73–95. DOI: 10.1080/03946975.2004.10531200

Holm, E. & Perissinotto, R. 2010. Revision of the Afrotropical Species of the Genus Spilophorus Westwood (in Schaum), 1848 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Cremastocheilini). African entomology 18(1): 47–65. DOI: 10.4001/003.018.0107 Reference page.

Todaro, M.A., Dal Zotto, M., Bownes, S.J., Perissinotto, R. 2011: First records of Gastrotricha from South Africa, with description of a new species of Halichaetonotus (Chaetonotida, Chaetonotidae). ZooKeys 142: 1–13. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.142.2036 . Reference page.

Todaro, M.A., Perissinotto, R. & Bownes, S.J. 2013: Neogosseidae (Gastrotricha, Chaetonotida) from the iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. ZooKeys 315: 77-94. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.315.5593 Reference page.

Peer, N., Perissinotto, R., Taylor, R.H. & Miranda, N.A.F. 2014. Temporal variations in the diversity of true crabs (Crustacea: Brachyura) in the St Lucia Estuary, South Africa. African invertebrates 55(1): 39–65. DOI: 10.5733/afin.055.0103 Reference page.
Perissinotto, R., Miranda, N.A.F., Raw, J.L., Peer, N. 2014. Biodiversity census of Lake St Lucia, iSimangaliso Wetland Park (South Africa): Gastropod molluscs. ZooKeys 440: 1–43. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.440.7803 Reference page.

Adlbauer, K., Bjørnstad, A. & Perissinotto, R. 2015. Description of a new species of Apterotoxitiades Adlbauer, 2008 (Cerambycidae, Dorcasominae, Apatophyseini) and the female of A. vivesi Adlbauer, 2008, with notes on the biology of the genus. ZooKeys 482: 9–19. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.482.8901 . Reference page.
Peer, N., Perissinotto, R., Gouws, G. & Miranda, N.A.F. 2015. Description of a new species of Potamonautes MacLeay, 1838, from the iSimangaliso Wetland Park, South Africa. ZooKeys 503: 23—43. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.503.9532. Reference page.
Rojkoff, S. & Perissinotto, R. 2015. Review of the genera Anelaphinis Kolbe, 1892 and Atrichelaphinis Kraatz, 1898 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae). ZooKeys 482: 91–142. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.482.8343 Reference page.
Todaro, M.A., Perissinotto, R. & Bownes, S.J. 2015. Two new marine Gastrotricha from the Indian Ocean coast of South Africa. Zootaxa 3905(2): 193–208. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3905.2.2 Reference page.

Bjørnstad, A., Grobbelaar, E. & Perissinotto, R. 2016. Review of Afraustraloderes rassei Bouyer, 2012: description of its female and a new species of Pixodarus Fairmaire, 1887 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Prioninae). ZooKeys 558: 77–93. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.558.6112 . Reference page.
Mabidi, A., Bird, M.S., Perissinotto, R. & Rogers, D.C. 2016. Ecology and distribution of large branchiopods (Crustacea, Branchiopoda, Anostraca, Notostraca, Laevicaudata, Spinicaudata) of the Eastern Cape Karoo, South Africa. ZooKeys 618: 15–38. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.618.9212. Reference page.
Perissinotto, R. 2016. Description of the female of Haematonotus jenisi Krajcik, 2006 and placement of the species within the genus Atrichiana Distant, 1911 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae). ZooKeys 561: 39–49. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.561.6136. Reference page.
Perissinotto, R., Bird, M. & Bilton, D.T. 2016. Predaceous water beetles (Coleoptera, Hydradephaga) of the Lake St Lucia system, South Africa: biodiversity, community ecology and conservation implications. ZooKeys 595: 85–135. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.595.8614. Reference page.
Schmidt-Rhaesa, A. & Perissinotto, R. 2016. Chordodes ferox, a new record of horsehair worms (Nematomorpha, Gordiida) from South Africa. ZooKeys 566: 1-11. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.566.6810.Reference page.

Bird, M.S., Bilton, D.T. & Perissinotto, R. 2017. Diversity and distribution of polyphagan water beetles (Coleoptera) in the Lake St Lucia system, South Africa. ZooKeys 656: 51-84. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.656.11622. Reference page.
Peer, N., Gouws, G., Lazo-Wasem, E., Perissinotto, R. & Miranda, N.A.F. 2017. Redescription of Potamonautes sidneyi (Rathbun, 1904) (Decapoda, Potamonautidae) and description of a new congeneric species from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. ZooKeys 657: 1–28. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.657.11623. Reference page.
Perissinotto, R. 2017. Description of a new species of Lamellothyrea Krikken (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae) from the iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa). ZooKeys 688: 35—48. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.688.13632. Reference page.
Perissinotto, R. 2017. Neoclita pringlei (Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae), a new relict genus and species from the Drakensberg Range of South Africa. European Journal of Taxonomy 279: 1–12. PDF Reference page.
Ricchiardi, E., Perissinotto, R. & Clennell, L. 2017. Breviclypeus, a new South African Trichiina genus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae). Fragmenta entomologica 49(2): 125–132. Reference page.

Perissinotto, R. 2019. Description of Callophylla macrocephala sp. n. from southern Tanzania. Zookeys, 818: 129–136. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.818.32269 Reference page.
Perissinotto, R. 2019. Description of a new species of Rhinocoeta Burmeister, 1842 (Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae) from the South African Northern Cape. Zookeys, 848: 41–56. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.848.34207 Reference page.
Perissinotto, R., Clennell, L. & Beinhundner, G. 2019. Lophorrhinides muellerae (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae): a new genus and species from southern Tanzania. Zookeys, 833: 75–94. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.833.31502 Reference page.
Perissinotto, R. & Šípek, P. 2019. New species of Xiphoscelis Burmeister, 1842 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae) from arid regions of South Africa and Namibia. ZooKeys, 879: 57–89. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.879.37721 Reference page.

Perissinotto, R. 2021. Lophorrhina garnieri, a new fruit chafer species from north-eastern Uganda (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae). Fragmenta entomologica 53(2): 357-366. DOI: 10.13133/2284-4880/523 . Reference page.
Perissinotto, R., Beinhundner, G. & Strümpher, W.P. 2021. Description of a new species of Anoplocheilus MacLeay, 1838 from South Africa, with review of the genus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae). Fragmenta entomologica 53(2): 367–376. DOI: 10.13133/2284-4880/567 Reference page.

Perissinotto, R. 2022. A new Review of the genera Elaphinis and Parelaphinis (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae) with description of three new species from South Africa. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 62(1): 35-55. DOI: 10.37520/aemnp.2022.004. . Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Perissinotto, R. & Beinhundner, G. 2022. Review of Mausoleopsis amabilis (Schaum, 1844) (Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae), with Description of a New Species and a New Subspecies. Diversity 14(4): 248. DOI: 10.3390/d14040248 Reference page.

Peer, N., Gouws, G., Maliwa, L., Barker, N.P., Juby, P. & Perissinotto, R. 2023. Description of a new montane freshwater crab (Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Potamonautidae) from the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Zookeys 1160ː 89–108. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1160.100844 Reference page.

Perissinotto, R. & Irish, J. 2024. A new species of Ischnostomiella Krikken, 1978 from the Limpopo Province of South Africa (Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae, Xiphoscelidini). Fragmenta Entomologica 56(1): 13–20. Online (with PDF available). Reference page.