Published as part of Deschodt, Christian M. & Davis, Adrian L. V., 2017, Transfer of three species of Namakwanus Scholtz & Howden to Versicorpus Deschodt, Davis & Scholtz or to Namaphilus gen. nov., with descriptions of two new species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae), pp. 109-114 in Annals of the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History 7 (7) on page 113, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5562912

Dicranocara tatasensis Deschodt & Scholtz, 2007. Only recorded from the Tatasberg Mountains [28.323°S 17.241°E], Richtersveld National Park, South Africa, in close association with rock hyrax dung middens. Asingle female was collected live in the shade of boulders six months after the previous rains (C.M.D. pers. obs.).

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