A review of the Malagasy species of the genus Trigonochilus Brenske (Coleoptera Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae: Adoretini) with description of a new species
Author
Montreuil, Olivier
Author
Frolov, Andrey V.
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-10-03
4679
3
596
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4679.3.12
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Trigonochilus oedipus
(
Fairmaire, 1903
)
Figs. 1
A–E
Adoretus oedipus
Fairmaire, 1903: 9
.
Trigonochilus oedipus
:
Ohaus, 1912: 416
,
1918: 197
.
Type material examined
.
Holotype
♂
(
Fig. 1D
), “
Adoretus oedipus
m. Madag / TYPE / Museum Paris
Madagascar
Coll. Leon Fairmaire
1906” (
MNHN
).
FIGURES 1A–F.
Trigonochilus oedipus
(
Fairmaire, 1903
)
(A–C),
T. macrotarsus
Montreuil & Frolov
,
new species
(D–F) and locality map (G). A, male, dorsal view; B, aedeagus, lateral and dorsal view; C, female, dorsal view; D, male, holotype, dorsal view; E, aedeagus, lateral and dosal view; F, female, paratype, dorsal view; G, locality map (black circle –
T. oedipus
, white circle –
T. macrotarsus
). Scale bar = 1.0 mm.
Additional material.
1 ♂
, “
Diego-Suarez
? [
Antsiranana
]” (
MNHN
)
;
5 ♂♂
,
2 ♀♀
, “
Mt. d’Ambre
[
Amber
Moun- tains]
Madagascar
” (
MNHN
)
;
2 ♂♂
, “
Montagne d’Ambre
[
idem
]
Madagascar
” (
MNHN
)
.
Female
(
Fig. 1C
). Similar to the male in colour and setation, but have a little wider elytra, obtuse posterior angles of pronotum (hind angles are somewhat protruding in males), shorter antennae, relatively slender metatibiae and metatarsi, well developed smaller claw of metatarsi (this claw is completely reduced in males), and rounded apical sternite of the abdomen.
Differential diagnosis.
Trigonochilus oedipus
differs from
T. macrotarsus
new species
in a number of characters. The coloration of the head and pronotum is uniformly light brown. The elytra are yellow with dark brown sutural margins, base and humeri. The elytra are also more ovoid in this species (rather parallel-sided in
T. macrotarsus
new species
). The legs are brown similar to the head and pronotum except for tarsi which are blackish brown. Apical margin of labrum with a short, pointed process medially, as opposed to a long, delated process in
T. macrotarsus
new species
Metatarsi with only one claw in males. Aedeagus with parameres split at the apex (
Fig. 1B
).
Distribution
. Northernmost part of
Madagascar
:
Antsiranana
and Amber Mountains (
Fig. 1G
).