Two new species of Megistophylla Burmeister (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) from Taiwan, with notes on the genus
Author
Li, Chun-Lin
Author
Yang, Ping-Shih
Author
Wang, Chuan-Chan
text
Zootaxa
2016
4126
2
240
250
journal article
38797
10.11646/zootaxa.4126.2.4
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Key to the species of
Megistophylla
using male specimens
1. Antennal club distinctly outwardly curved and longer than basal antennomeres; body length usually greater than
25 mm
.... 2
-. Antennal club straight or slightly outwardly curved and length of antennal club subequal to basal antennomeres; body length usually less than
25 mm
................................................................................ 8
2. Antennal club composed of 8 antennomeres................................................................. 3
-. Antennal club less than 8 antennomeres................................................................... 4
3. Antennal club curved vertically at middle, apical basal antennomere enlarged, midline of frons flat............................................................................................
Megistophylla andrewesi
Moser, 1913
-. Antennal club gradually curved outwardly, apical basal antennomere not enlarged, midline of frons raised..................................................................................
Megistophylla junghuhni
Burmeister, 1855
4. Antennal club composed of 5 antennomeres, anterior margin of clypeus bow shaped................................ 5
-. Antennal club composed of 6 or 7 antennomeres, anterior margin of clypeus weakly bilobed..........................6
5. Antennal club curved vertically in apical half...........................
Megistophylla grandicornis
(
Fairmaire, 1891
)
-. Antennal club gradually curved outwardly...................................
Megistophylla pentaphylla
Arrow, 1925
6. Antennal club composed of 7 antennomeres....................................
Megistophylla planiceps
Arrow, 1941
-. Antennal club composed of 6 antennomeres................................................................. 7
7. Length of first antennomere of the antennal club less than half the length of the other antennomeres in the club,the fourth basal antennomere apically not enlarged...........................................
Megistophylla indica
(
Brenske, 1899
)
-. Length of first antennomere of the antennal club longer than half the length of the other antennomeres in the club, the fourth basal antennomere apically enlarged........................................
Megistophylla dolichocera
Arrow, 1925
8. Antennal club composed of 8 antennomeres................................................................. 9
-. Antennal club composed of 6 antennomeres................................................................ 10
9. Anterior margin of pronotum smooth, anterolateral angles not protuberant, lateral margins coarsely serrate......................................................................................
Megistophylla sumatrana
Moser, 1913
-. Anterior margin of pronotum with anterolateral angles roundly protuberant, lateral margins finely serrate........................................................................................
Megistophylla punctata
Arrow, 1938
10. Antennal club slightly curved outwardly, anterior margin of pronotum smooth, anterolateral angles not protuberant..............................................................................
Megistophylla heptophylla
Moser, 1913
-. Antennal club straight, anterior margin of pronotum with anterolateral angles protuberant (
Figs. 3, 5
)..................11
11. Body color mainly rufotestaceous to dark reddish brown (
Fig. 1
), punctures usually evenly and sparsely distributed along pro- notal midline (
Fig. 4
), scutellum usually with more than 10 punctures (
Fig. 4
), protarsomeres 2–3 (
Fig. 7
) with dense setae aggregated at apices, apical upper margin of parameres distinctly swollen with tip broadly rounded (
Fig. 9
)...........................................................................
Megistophylla formosana
Wang & Li
,
new species
-. Body color black (
Fig. 2
), punctures usually unevenly and sparsely distributed along pronotal midline (
Fig. 6
), scutellum usu- ally impunctate or with less than 10 punctures (
Fig. 6
), protarsomeres 2–3 (
Fig. 8
) with setae sparsely distributed at apices; api- cal upper margin of parameres smooth with tip gradually narrowed apically (
Fig. 11
).................................................................................................
Megistophylla xitoui
Li & Wang
,
new species