To the knowledge of the genus Celebia Thomson, 1857 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Eupholini) of the Philippines
Author
Leitāne, Līga Anna
Author
Rukmane-Bārbale, Anita
text
Baltic Journal of Coleopterology
2021
2021-09-30
21
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87
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.12520674
1407-8619
12520674
=
Rhinoscapha merrilli
Schultze, 1919
(
Fig. 1 – 1
)
Type
locality:
Mindanao, Surigao, Iron Deposit (
Type
in
MTD
, examined).
Type category:
Holotype
(female).
Distribution:
Species is widely distributed from North – East to Central part of Mindanao Island, including:
Surigao del Sur
,
Agusan del Sur
, Compostella and
Davao region
.
Material examined:
PHILIPPINES
/
Mindanao
,
Surigao del Sur
/
Marihatag
/
XII. 2018
/ local collector leg. (
1 male
) //
I. 2019
(
1 male
,
3 female
) //
PHILIPPINES
/ Mindanao,
Agusan del Sur
,
Rosario /
IX. 2018
/ local collector leg. (
1 male
,
1 female
) //
X. 2018
(
1 female
) //
PHILIPPINES
/
Mindanao
,
Agusan del Sur
,
Luagon
/
III. 2019
/ local collector leg. (
1 male
)
//
PHILIPPINES
/
Mindanao
,
Agusan del Sur
,
San Francisco
/
XII. 2018
/ local collector leg. (
1 male
,
1 female
)
//
PHILIPPINES
/
Mindanao
,
Compostella
,
Monkayo
,
Filomena
/
XII. 2018
/ local collector leg. (
1 male
)
//
I. 2019
(
1 female
) //
PHILIPPINES
/
Mindanao
,
Davao
,
Kapatagan
/
IV. 2019
/ local collector leg. (
2 males
)
//
PHILIPPINES
/
Mindanao
,
Davao
,
Mt. Apo
/
XI. 2016
/ local collector leg. (
2 males
)
.
Total
:
17 ex.
(
10 males
,
7 females
)
.
Remarks:
Schultze in his early work reported, that several specimens of the species have been found of
Biliran
Island near
Leyte
. After examination of species material from
Leyte
Island available at MTD we concluded, that upper mentioned individuals belong to other species:
C. leytensis
Leitāne & Rukmane-Bārbale, 2020
. Species is closely related to
C. leytensis
distributed at
Leyte
island and
C. mundocostata
from
Samar
Island. Most uncertain method to distinguish species is compare shape of everted
aedeagus
, that is species specific.