Four new species and two subspecies of the genus Pachyrhynchus Germar, 1824 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Pachyrhynchini) from Luzon Island, Philippines
Author
Rukmane, Anita
text
Baltic Journal of Coleopterology
2019
2019-12-31
19
2
141
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.12521148
1407-8619
12521148
Pachyrhynchus disargus
sp. nov.
Fig. 2
,
4
A-B.
Type material.
Holotype
. Male. ‘’
PHILIPPINES
/
Luzon
,
Nueva Vizcaya
,
Kasibu
/
V. 2015
/ local collector leg.’’ (white rectangular label, printed)
; ‘’
HOLOTYPE
/
Pachyrhynchus disargus
/ Rukmane, 2019 / det. Rukmane A. 2019’’ (red rectangular label, printed).
Fig. 3. Dorsal habitus of
P.phaleratus
ssp.
dannylayroni
subsp. nov.
female
Integument black, body shiny, underside with weaker luster; body with markings of pale orange and blue round to recumbent scales. Dorsal and lateral habitus as shown in
Fig. 2
A-B.
Rostrum longer than wide (LR/
WR
1.13), slight impression on apical ½, bulging on apical 2/2; triangular impression on basal part, shallow longitudinal groove from middle of rostrum to base of forehead; lateral parts covered with rare short white hairs, patch of scales on genae. Head glabrous, finely punctured; eyes small, slightly prominent from the outline of the head. Forehead slightly bulging, smooth, nearly 1,8 times as wide as eye width.
Prothorax subspherical, longer than wide (
LP
/
WP
1.15), widest just before the middle; weakly punctured; with the following markings: 1) two subtriangular patches of pale orange scales on dorso-lateral part near apical margin; subovate patch on each lateroventral part; in dorsal contour increased from apical margin, widest just before the middle, firmly rounded, then decreased to basal 1/3 where slightly incurved and increased to basal margin; subbasal groove strongly pronounced, subapical groove interrupted on disc.
Legs stout; coxa without scaly markings; femur without hairs, patch of scales on apical part; tibiae incurved apically, covered with sparse pubescence on all length and long light hairs along internal margin; tarsus with long, golden setae. Elytra sub ovate (
LE
/
WE
1.69), with weakly pronounced intervals, nearly smooth; each elytron with the following markings: 1) two subovate pale orange patches on basal part; 2) four pale blue subovate patches on medial; 3)two sutural patches, one just before midline, one close to apex; 4) three subovate patches on apical ½; 4) one triangular patch near apex laterally; widest just at the middle; on dorsal dimension narrow at the base, gradually increased to middle, widest just in the middle, then roundish and gradually decreased to apex; apex rounded, with weak pubescence.
Elytra wider than prothorax (
WE
/
WP
1.56), more than twice as long as prothorax (
LE
/
LP
2.29). Ventrites densely covered with blue to green round scales, minutely pubescent, mingled with few longer light color hairs. Genitalia as shown in
Fig. 4
A-B.
Female.
Unknown.
Differential analyses.
P.disargus
sp. nov.
is similar on general appearance to
P. argus
Pascoe
by its shape of pronotum and elytra, yet, it is easily distinguishable by the following features: 1) narrower pronotum, that is widest just before middle, increased at subbasal part; 2) unique markings on pronotum and elytra of
P.disargus
sp. nov.
.
Etymology.
This species was named after it’s similarity to
P. argus
.