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Leucopholis reflexa Moser 1924

Description

Leucopholis reflexa Moser, 1924

Figs. 6–13

Leucopholis reflexa Moser, 1924: 354.

Description. Male: length 28.5–32.5 mm, width 14.0– 16.5 mm; female length 33.0 mm, width 16.5 mm. Clypeus anterior margin wide and strongly convex mesally, without median cleft, weakly indented and distinctly longer than labrum (Figs. 6–7). Antennal club length 1.7–1.8 mm and nearly as long as antennomeres II–VII. Anterior margin of mentum with pronounced median cleft and with ovoid-shaped depressions medially, posterolateral margin bordered with lateral carina. Pronotum anterior angle rounded, posterior angle obtuse and lobed in both sexes. Metaventral process length 1.8–2.3 mm. Protibial spur extending in front of the anterior angle in both sexes. Posterior metatibial with 18–26 spicules.

Male. Genitalia length 9.6 mm. Phallobase dorsal anterior margin with narrow V-shaped margin mesally. Paramere ventral inner posterior margin inverted, elongate, and spindle-shaped; parameres parallel laterally, apically and basally pointed, mid-posterior margin triangulate and posterior angle rounded. Dorsal mid-posterior margin bell-shaped, sloping downwards to the lateral posterior angle, inner posterior margin cup-shaped and inner anterior margin ovoid-shaped (Figs. 8–10).

Female. Clypeus weakly convex, weakly recurved, strongly indented laterally and distinctly narrower than labrum (Fig. 11). Antennal club length 1.30 mm, shorter than antennomeres II–VII. Pronotum anterior angle obtuse and posterior angle at right angle. Hypomeron less exposed dorsally. Metaventral process length 2.3 mm. Posterior metatibia with 30–33 spicules.

Specimens examined. PHILIPPINES: 2♂♂; LUZON: Marinduque: 1♂, Santa Cruz, Mount Mabalagbag, v-1975. VISAYAS: Negros Oriental: 2♀♀, Tayasan, 6.0 m, 2-vi-1952, C. Yaptengco; MINDANAO: 2♂♂ 1♀; Misamis Oriental: 1♂, Cagayan de Oro City, 5-xii-1932, H.L. Philipps.

Distribution. Philippines (Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao)

Remarks. Externally similar to L. irrorata (Fig. 12). Phallobase of male genitalia distinctly shorter than parameres. The specimens examined from the UNSM, NMM, and IRRI-AC match the digital photographs of one of Moser’s syntypes from the ZMHB (provided by Dr. Joachim Willers) (Fig. 13). The clypeal character of the species is distinct.

Notes

Published as part of Calcetas, Orlando A. & Adorada, Jessamyn R., 2017, Taxonomic review of the genus Leucopholis Dejean, 1833 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Leucopholini) in the Philippines, pp. 85-103 in Zootaxa 4232 (1) on page 90, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4232.1.6, http://zenodo.org/record/293098

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
LUZON
Event date
1932-12-05 , 1952-06-02
Family
Melolonthidae
Genus
Leucopholis
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Moser
Species
reflexa
Taxon rank
species
Verbatim event date
1932-12-05 , 1952-06-02
Taxonomic concept label
Leucopholis reflexa Moser, 1924 sec. Calcetas & Adorada, 2017

References

  • Moser, J. (1924) New species of melolonthid beetles from the Philippine Islands. Philippine Journal of Science, 25, 349 - 357.