title: Three new species of trigonopoid Platynotina (Tenebrionidae: Pedinini) from the Baviaanskloof Nature Reserve, South Africa.
abstract: Three new species representing closely related genera of the trigonopoid Platynotina are described from the Baviaanskloof Nature Reserve in South Africa: Atrocrates kandai sp. nov., A. smithi sp. nov. and Schelodontes baviaanskloofensis sp. nov. Based on newly acquired material, the taxonomic concept of Atrocrates is verified. Phylogenetic relationships between Atrocrates and Schelodontes are briefly discussed.
authors.affiliation: Zoological Museum, Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wilcza 64, 00-679 Warsaw, Poland.. mkaminski@miiz.waw.pl.
authors.forename: Marcin Jan
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Kamiński
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001517:Coleoptera; D010802:Phylogeny; D013019:South Africa
keywords: Coleoptera, Atrocrates, Schelodontes, morphology, darkling beetles, Eastern Cape Province