Review of Cycadophila Xu, Tang & Skelley (Coleoptera: Erotylidae: Pharaxonothinae) inhabiting Cycas (Cycadaceae) in Asia, with descriptions of a new subgenus and thirteen new species
Author
Skelley, Paul
Author
Xu, Guang
Author
Tang, William
Author
Lindström, Anders J.
Author
Marler, Thomas
Author
Khuraijam, Jibankumar Singh
Author
Singh, Rita
Author
Rich, Stephen
text
Zootaxa
2017
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1
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journal article
33061
10.5281/zenodo.575641
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1175-5326
575641
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Papua
species group
Adult diagnosis
. The
Cycadophila
(
Cycadophila
)
papua
species group is distinguished from other members of
Cycadophila
by the body ventrally reddish-brown, appendages reddish-brown, dorsally body mostly black with reddish-brown margins on head and pronotum and central stripe on each elytron; head dorsal surface flattened in profile; supraocular stria present, long, full length of eye; maxillary palpi long, almost 2× longer than labial palpi; ventral interocular distance approximately 1/3–1/2 head width; gular-submental suture primarily flattened, medially with shallow U-shaped depression deeper on sided, with setose punctures; pronotal anterior angles rounded, surface near anterior angle convex; lateral margins evenly arched most of length, basally appearing evenly sinuate; pronotal lateral carina thin in lateral view, with single row of setose punctuation on marginal surface; prosternal process narrow (<1/2 width of profemur), appearing rounded at apex, apex depressed, in lateral view convex; protibia weakly dilated distally, lacking fringe of stout setae along apical and lateral margins; coxal line behind mesocoxae with weakly impressed large punctures; male genitalia with tegmen moderately twisted basally, penile strut about 4.0 0× length of median lobe; and sexual dimorphism present with males having more slightly dilated pro- and mesotibial apices.
Remarks.
The elongate maxillary palpi and broad flattened body readily distinguish the species of this group from all other. Their widespread distribution in the
Philippines
and New
Guinea
would indicate there are probably additional species in
Indonesia
occurring with the widespread and isolated members of
Cycas
(
Lindstrom
et al.
2009
)
.