Published March 21, 2023 | Version v1
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Brachyllus rougeriei subsp. langeri Keith 2008, new status

  • 1. College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, PR China.
  • 2. Fujian Academy of Forestry, Fuzhou 350012, PR China. & College of Plant Protection, Fujian Agricultural and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, PR China.
  • 3. Fujian Academy of Forestry, Fuzhou 350012, PR China. & surongxiang 2022 @ 126. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 6575 - 5776
  • 4. Building 26, Yinyicun, Liexi Street, Meilie District, Sanming 365000, PR China.

Description

Brachyllus rougeriei langeri Keith, 2008 new status

(Figs. 3E–F, 4H, 7G–H)

Brachyllus langeri Keith, 2008: 321 [original description].

Type material examined. None.

Additional material examined. 1♁ (ZMPC), CHINA: Yunnan, Dehong Pref., Longchuan County, Mt. Banggunjianshan, 1600 m, 2022.VIII.11, Yu-Chen Zheng, Zu-Qi Mai & Yue-Zheng Tu leg.

Remarks. An additional specimen of B. langeri was collected from Mt. Banggunjianshan, circa 160 km southwest to Panwar, the type locality. When describing B. langeri, Keith (2008) did not compare it with B. rougeriei Keith, 2003. However, the authors noticed a close resemblance between the two taxa. In B. langeri, general body color is more blackish, punctures on pronotum are slightly denser and apex of paramere is somewhat truncated in lateral view (rounded in B. rougeriei). Considering the minor differences in both external and genital features, the authors suggest to treat B. langeri as a subspecies of B. rougeriei.

Notes

Published as part of Zhao, Ming-Zhi, Qi, Zhi-Hao, Su, Rong-Xiang & Liao, Tao-Kun, 2023, New and poorly known species of the genus Brachyllus Brenske, 1896 (Coleoptera Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) from China, pp. 358-370 in Zootaxa 5256 (4) on page 367, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5256.4.4, http://zenodo.org/record/7755194

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
ZMPC
Event date
2022-08-11
Verbatim event date
2022-08-11
Scientific name authorship
Keith
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Melolonthidae
Genus
Brachyllus
Species
langeri
Taxon rank
subSpecies
Taxonomic status
stat. nov.
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Brachyllus rougeriei subsp. langeri (, 2008) sec. Zhao, Qi, Su & Liao, 2023

References

  • Keith, D. (2008) Nouveaux Melolonthinae du Myanmar (Coleopter, Scarabaeoidea). Lambillionea, 108 (3), 315 - 322.
  • Keith, D. (2003) Le genre Brachyllus en Chine. Nouvelles acquisitions pour la faune chinoise. Bulletin de la Societe entomologique de France, 108 (3), 307 - 311. https: // doi. org / 10.3406 / bsef. 2003.16971