Afromontane forests hide 19 new species of an ancient chafer lineage (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae): Pleophylla Erichson, 1847 - phylogeny and taxonomic revision Author Eberle, Jonas Author Beckett, Marc Author Ozgul-Siemund, Alev Author Frings, Jujina Author Fabrizi, Silvia Author Ahrens, Dirk text Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 2017 Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 180 2 321 353 https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/f558ad26-a47a-355d-9f45-4a1c420a1594/ journal article 10.1111/zoj.12489 0024-4082 14807083 3663E0A-2E17-4346-A388-6BEE53081814 PLEOPHYLLA NAVICULARIS BURMEISTER , 1855 ( FIGS 3I – L , 5I , 6) Pleophylla navicularis Burmeister, 1855: 181 [ type locality: Weihnachtsbai (Hoppig)]; Schaufuss, 1871: 231 ; Brenske, 1900: 83; Peringuey, 1904: 7. Pleophylla flavicornis Schaufuss, 1871: 232 [ type locality: Caffr., New Germany ]; Brenske , 1900: 83, syn. nov. Type material examined: Lectotype ( navicularis , here designated): ♂ “navicularis Nab. subcylindr. Pt. Nat. Gm. ” ( MLUH ). Paralectoptype: 1 ♀ [without labels, provided with a copy of the original collection label] ( MLUH ) . Lectotype ( flavicornis , here designated): ♀ “Type./flavicornis m. N. Germ. /Nunqu at. pag. 232/ Coll. L.W. Schaufuss / flavicornis Schauf. Caffraria / Pleophylla ” ( ZMHB ) . Additional material examined: See Appendix S1. Redescription: Body length: 13.0 mm, elytral length: 9.4 mm , maximum width: 6.6 mm . Angle between lateral margins of labroclypeus and ocular canthus indistinct; anterior margin of labroclypeus medially straight; margins of labroclypeus moderately reflexed; smooth area in front of eyes three times as wide as long; ratio of eye diameter/interocular width: 0.68. Pronotum with dense and thick erect setae; unicoloured; basal margin of pronotum narrowly interrupted medially (distinctly less than scutellum width); larger punctures on pronotum very coarse. Hypomeron not carinate. Elytra with dark spots; erect dorsal pilosity on elytra dense (more than ten setae per interval); sutural interval in apical declivity of elytra distinctly elevated but convex; white, fine pilosity not condensed to longitudinal patches; intervals punctate at least laterally; adpressed white pilosity long, 1/3 to 1/2 of width of elytral intervals; external apical elytral angle evenly convex. Mesosternal process short. Ratio of length of metepisternum/metacoxa: 1/1.47. Metatibia, ratio of width/length: 1/4.3. Metatarsi dorsally smooth; first metatarsomere as long as subsequent one. Aedeagus: Fig. 3I – K . Habitus: Fig. 3L . Female genitalia: Fig. 5I . Remarks: In previous publications we referred to this species as ‘sp11’ (Ozg € ul-Siemund € & Ahrens, 2015 ; Eberle et al. , 2016b ).