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[sic!]
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(incorrect original spelling).
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<emphasis id="3198EAA5FFFF59738D9E24BD9EE62394" box="[189,433,1998,2024]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="192">Leucopholis semperi</emphasis>
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(catalogue). —
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(catalogue).
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<emphasis id="3198EAA5FFFE59728D9E227B9E91255E" bold="true" box="[189,454,264,290]" pageId="9" pageNumber="193">Differential diagnosis</emphasis>
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The metaventral process is barely or not constricted subapically. The pronotum has the medio-subanterior portion with very few to no scales (easily detached) and is mostly covered with ovoid scales. The elytron is covered mostly with narrow spindle-shaped to lanceolate scales. The species can be distinguished from all other species of
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in the
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by the paramere with the apical process being bird bill-like and rounded apically. Both
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<emphasis id="3198EAA5FFFE59728F4822B69DBF25A2" box="[619,744,453,478]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="193">L. semperi</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="3198EAA5FFFE59728E0122B69CCB25A2" box="[802,924,453,478]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="193">L. stainesi</emphasis>
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have a shorter apical processes and distinctly shorter phallobase while they are long and spatulate apically in
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<emphasis id="3198EAA5FFFE59728975229B9B8C267D" box="[1110,1243,487,513]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="193">L. ratcliffei</emphasis>
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, and long and tapered apically in
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The depression on each side of the lateral margin of the paramere is shallow and with a rugose surface in
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<emphasis id="3198EAA5FFFE59728E2A215C9CD22634" box="[777,901,559,584]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="193">L. semperi</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="3198EAA5FFFE59728EB6215C9B5A2634" box="[917,1037,558,584]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="193">L. bezdeki</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="3198EAA5FFFE5972893F215C9BF62634" box="[1052,1185,558,584]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="193">L. ratcliffei</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="3198EAA5FFFE597289FF215C9A012634" box="[1244,1366,559,584]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="193">L. stainesi</emphasis>
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or with a distinct deep depression in
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<emphasis id="3198EAA5FFFE59728F6D21219D842617" box="[590,723,593,619]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="193">L. ratcliffei</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="3198EAA5FFFE59728E2F21219CD22617" box="[780,901,594,619]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="193">L. stainesi</emphasis>
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. The metaventral process is also extended in front of the prosternal process in all four above mentioned species while it is slightly extended in all other species of Philippine
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. The abdominal scales of
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are short ovoid and with longitudinal furrows while these furrows are absent in
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<emphasis id="3198EAA5FFFE59728E5D21CF9CA226A9" box="[894,1013,699,725]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="193">L. bezdeki</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="3198EAA5FFFE5972892021CF9BDF26A9" box="[1027,1160,699,725]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="193">L. ratcliffei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="3198EAA5FFFE597289E221CF9A6C26A9" box="[1217,1339,700,725]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="193">L. stainesi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The posterolateral margin of the elytron of
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<emphasis id="3198EAA5FFFE59728FA021AC9DA82684" box="[643,767,735,760]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="193">L. semperi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="3198EAA5FFFE59728E1B21AC9CE62684" box="[824,945,735,760]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="193">L. stainesi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are vertically flattened laterally.
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<emphasis id="3198EAA5FFFE59728D9E20539EFD2746" bold="true" box="[189,426,800,826]" pageId="9" pageNumber="193">Material examined</emphasis>
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(here designated)
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; “
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,
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”; “
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<emphasis id="3198EAA5FFFE59728E1220019B7A27F0" box="[817,1069,882,908]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="193">Leucopholis semperi</emphasis>
Brenske
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”; “NEOTYPE
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,
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<emphasis id="3198EAA5FFFE59728D9E20E69EE627D3" box="[189,433,917,943]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="193">Leucopholis semperi</emphasis>
Brenske
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, des.
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, 2022”;
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.
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<emphasis id="3198EAA5FFFE59728DC920A59EB6278C" bold="true" box="[234,481,982,1008]" pageId="9" pageNumber="193">Additional material</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="035336B7FFFE59728D9E20899C162044" blockId="9.[189,1398,982,1080]" pageId="9" pageNumber="193">
<materialsCitation id="B3843CEAFFFE59728D9E20899BB72069" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="4402534304" box="[189,1248,1018,1045]" collectingDate="1915-04-16" collectionCode="ZMHB" collectorName="S. Antln" country="Philippines" location="Burauen" pageId="9" pageNumber="193" specimenCount="2" specimenCount-female="2" stateProvince="Leyte">
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,
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;
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<collectingDate id="6716E99FFFFE59728E1A20899C802069" box="[825,983,1018,1045]" pageId="9" pageNumber="193" value="1915-04-16">16 Apr. 1915</collectingDate>
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;
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leg.;
<collectionCode id="65FDAE72FFFE597289A820889BB72069" box="[1163,1248,1019,1045]" collectionName="Germany, Berlin, Museum fuer Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universitaet" pageId="9" pageNumber="193">ZMHB</collectionCode>
</materialsCitation>
<materialsCitation id="B3843CEAFFFE597289DF20899C6A2044" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="4402534301" collectingDate="1915-04-20" collectionCode="ZMHB" collectorName="S. Antln" country="Philippines" location="Burauen" pageId="9" pageNumber="193" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1" stateProvince="Leyte">
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; same collection data as for preceding;
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<collectingDate id="6716E99FFFFE59728F1E276E9D8F2044" box="[573,728,1053,1080]" pageId="9" pageNumber="193" value="1915-04-20">20 Apr. 1915</collectingDate>
</date>
;
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.
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<emphasis id="3198EAA5FFFE59728D9E272C9E0A2005" bold="true" box="[189,349,1119,1145]" pageId="9" pageNumber="193">Type locality</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
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<collectingCountry id="7BFB7627FFFE59728D9E27FE9E1120DB" box="[189,326,1165,1191]" name="Philippines" pageId="9" pageNumber="193">Philippines</collectingCountry>
: Surigao
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<emphasis id="3198EAA5FFFE59728D9E27BC9D742095" bold="true" box="[189,547,1231,1257]" pageId="9" pageNumber="193">
Redescription of the
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</emphasis>
</heading>
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<paragraph id="035336B7FFFE59728D9E278D9EB32164" blockId="9.[189,484,1277,1304]" box="[189,484,1277,1304]" pageId="9" pageNumber="193">BODY LENGTH. 36.0 mm.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="035336B7FFFE59728D9E264C9E812126" blockId="9.[189,470,1343,1370]" box="[189,470,1343,1370]" pageId="9" pageNumber="193">BODY WIDTH. 17.0 mm.</paragraph>
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COLOUR. Dorsum monochromatic blackish. Head, pronotum, scutellum, elytra, legs, blackish; covered with yellowish white scales (
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). Venter blackish, covered with whitish scales (
<figureCitation id="9BD72A32FFFE597289B726D79BBB21C2" box="[1172,1260,1444,1470]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="10.[189,233,1962,1988]" captionTargetBox="[202,1398,500,1918]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="Fig. 1114. Leucopholis semperi Brenske, 1896, neotype, ♂ (MNHN). 11. Habitus, dorsal aspect. 12. Metaventral process, dorsal aspect. 13. Male genitalia, dorsal aspect. 14. Male genitalia, lateral aspect." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8306342" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8306342/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="193">Fig. 12</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="035336B7FFFE59728D9E26959C202366" blockId="9.[187,1400,1509,1818]" pageId="9" pageNumber="193">
HEAD. Clypeus with medial anterior margin nearly straight anteriorly; slightly cleft, slanted at 60° angle laterally; anterior surface uneven, lustrous, impunctate subanteriorly; above clypeo-labral suture with row of moderate-sized, rounded to rugose punctures adjacent to posterior margin; each puncture with stiff brownish hair or seta; anterior and lateral margins carinate dorsally, slightly concave medially; anterior angle widely rounded; dorsal surface covered with short or long, elongate, lanceolate, rounded to tapered apically scales. Apical maXillary palpomere rice grain-like, with spindle-shaped to oval flattened area. Mentum pot-shaped, lustrous, glabrous; with very few hairbrushes on each side of medial cleft subanteriorly; with slightly sunken surface on each four corners. Antennal lamellae length
<quantity id="C4149B52FFFE5972883725AE9A23228B" box="[1300,1396,1757,1783]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.2" pageId="9" pageNumber="193" unit="mm" value="3.2">3.2 mm</quantity>
, distinctly longer than entire length of antennomeres IIVII.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="035336B7FFFE59718D9E24329C5025F0" blockId="9.[187,1400,1857,2025]" lastBlockId="10.[187,1399,265,397]" lastPageId="10" lastPageNumber="194" pageId="9" pageNumber="193">PRONOTUM. Anterior margin evenly, widely concave, nearly straight medially; anterior angle obtuse, with lustrous, glabrous, impunctate callosity subapically; rounded apically; lateral margin widely convex; anterolateral at 45° angle, crenulate; medial margin crenulate; posterolateral margin wedge-shaped, slightly crenulate; posterior angle at 90° angle, strongly sinuate, rounded apically; posterior margin widely concave, deeply rounded medially, distinctly extended posteriorly; surface covered with variable scales; covered mostly with short, ovoid, elongate, rounded apically scales medio-subanteriorly; covered mostly with elongate, spindle-shaped, tapered apically scales medio-subposteriorly; covered mostly with elongate, lanceolate, tapered apically scales submedially; covered mostly with short, ovoid, stout medially, rounded apically scales adjacent to lateral margin.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="3198EAA5FFFD59718D9E24D99E1D23B8" bold="true" box="[189,330,1962,1988]" pageId="10" pageNumber="194">Fig. 1114.</emphasis>
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,
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(MNHN).
<emphasis id="3198EAA5FFFD5971891124D99B1923B8" bold="true" box="[1074,1102,1962,1988]" pageId="10" pageNumber="194">11</emphasis>
. Habitus, dorsal aspect.
<emphasis id="3198EAA5FFFD59718D9E24BE9F8D239B" bold="true" box="[189,218,1997,2023]" pageId="10" pageNumber="194">12</emphasis>
. Metaventral process, dorsal aspect.
<emphasis id="3198EAA5FFFD59718F5E24BE9DCD239B" bold="true" box="[637,666,1997,2023]" pageId="10" pageNumber="194">13</emphasis>
. Male genitalia, dorsal aspect.
<emphasis id="3198EAA5FFFD59718ED824BE9B4F239B" bold="true" box="[1019,1048,1997,2023]" pageId="10" pageNumber="194">14</emphasis>
. Male genitalia, lateral aspect.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="035336B7FFFC59778D9E227A9E9925CC" blockId="11.[187,1399,265,397]" lastBlockId="12.[189,1400,265,432]" lastPageId="12" lastPageNumber="196" pageId="11" pageNumber="195">
VENTRAL SIDE OF THORAX. Prosternal process short, nearly isosceles triangulate; widely rounded apically; with flattened impunctate area medially and apically; covered with very few hairs or seta, with very few elongate, thin, narrow, parallel-sided, tapered apically scales. Metaventral process length
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; distinctly wide, triangulate basally, elongate towards apex; not constricted subapically; subapical lateral margin distinctly long, nearly parallel-sided; widely rounded apically; surface lustrous, glabrous, impunctate dorsally; with faint, longitudinal thin dark line medially; dark line much distinct in metasternum; each side and ventrally covered with scales of variable shapes and sizes; covered with very long stiff hairs (
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). Metasternum with medial depression, covered mostly with elongate, ovoid, stout medially, tapered apically scales.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="3198EAA5FFFC59708D9E24F49E1223DD" bold="true" box="[189,325,1927,1953]" pageId="11" pageNumber="195">Fig. 1516.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="3198EAA5FFFC59708C6F24F49D1723DD" box="[332,576,1927,1953]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="195">Leucopholis semperi</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="677D4B46FFFC59708F6424F49DA323DD" author="Brenske E." box="[583,756,1927,1953]" pageId="11" pageNumber="195" pagination="178 - 205" refId="ref7881" refString="Brenske E. 1896. Neue Melolonthiden aus Africa und Asien. Stettiner entomologische Zeitschrift 57: 178 - 205." type="journal article" year="1896">Brenske, 1896</bibRefCitation>
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.
<emphasis id="3198EAA5FFFC59708FDC24F49C4B23DD" bold="true" box="[767,796,1927,1953]" pageId="11" pageNumber="195">15</emphasis>
.
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,
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(MNHN), metaventral process, dorsal aspect.
<emphasis id="3198EAA5FFFC59708C3724D99E6623B8" bold="true" box="[276,305,1962,1988]" pageId="11" pageNumber="195">16</emphasis>
. Nontypes,
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, dorsal aspect (photograph of Brenskes non-type series from ZMHB courtesy of Dr Joachim Willers).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="035336B7FFFB59778D9E22A49BEA258D" blockId="12.[189,1213,471,497]" box="[189,1213,471,497]" pageId="12" pageNumber="196">LEG. Foretibia bidentate, widely rounded apically; posterior metatibia with 22 spicules.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="035336B7FFFB59778D9E216A9BB5262A" blockId="12.[187,1399,537,598]" pageId="12" pageNumber="196">SCUTELLUM. Covered with small, moderate-sized to long, elongate, ovoid, slightly stout medially, rounded apically scales; lustrous, impunctate, without scales medially and around posterior margin.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="035336B7FFFB59778D9E210E9C4C2716" blockId="12.[187,1400,637,875]" pageId="12" pageNumber="196">ELYTRON. Anterior margin slightly wedge-shaped; anterior angle widely rounded; thickly carinate, explanate; with narrow suture towards anterior angle; margin, evanescent medially; posterolateral margin vertically flattened towards posterior angle; posterior angle obtuse, widely rounded, moderately eXplanate, evanescent towards sutural angle; posterior margin smooth, slightly concave towards sutural angle; sutural angle slightly obtuse; sutural margin medially and towards sutural angle distinctly carinate, towards scutellum infleXed, not carinate; surface mostly covered with elongate, narrow, spindle-shaped to lanceolate, tapered to round, bent apically scales.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="035336B7FFFB59778D9E20E19BBB278E" blockId="12.[187,1398,914,1011]" pageId="12" pageNumber="196">ABDOMEN.Abdominal sternites IV covered mostly with short, ovoid, inverted-lanceolate, tapered basally, widely rounded to truncate apically scales; scales with distinct longitudinal grooves or furrows starting basally and terminating medially; sternite VI covered with variable shapes and sizes scales.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="035336B7FFFB59778D9E27699BD720E1" blockId="12.[189,1399,1050,1182]" pageId="12" pageNumber="196">PYGIDIUM. Anterolateral margin thickly carinate towards anterior angle, disappearing medially; posterolateral margin widely explanate medially towards posterior margin; posterior margin slightly concave, narrowly explanate, depressed medially; subposterior margin sloping downward laterally; surface covered mostly with large, elongate spindle-shaped, stout medially scales.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="035336B7FFFB59778D9E27B69A3E2110" blockId="12.[187,1400,1221,1388]" pageId="12" pageNumber="196">
MALE GENITALIA. Genitalia length
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; phallobase with dorsal anterior margin W-shaped, moderately convex medially (
<figureCitation id="9BD72A32FFFB59778CAD279B9EB1217E" box="[398,486,1256,1282]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="10.[189,233,1962,1988]" captionTargetBox="[202,1398,500,1918]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="Fig. 1114. Leucopholis semperi Brenske, 1896, neotype, ♂ (MNHN). 11. Habitus, dorsal aspect. 12. Metaventral process, dorsal aspect. 13. Male genitalia, dorsal aspect. 14. Male genitalia, lateral aspect." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8306342" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8306342/files/figure.png" pageId="12" pageNumber="196">Fig. 13</figureCitation>
). Paramere with dorsal basal margin bisinuate, bowl-shaped, slightly concave medially. Apical process length 3.0 mm, distinctly shorter than phallobase; bird bill-like, with widely rounded apex; apical margin bisinuate; posterior margin slightly extended, rounded apically. Lateral margin of paramere with wide, shallow, rugose surface longitudinal depression on each side (
<figureCitation id="9BD72A32FFFB5977882726219A0B2110" box="[1284,1372,1362,1388]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="10.[189,233,1962,1988]" captionTargetBox="[202,1398,500,1918]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="Fig. 1114. Leucopholis semperi Brenske, 1896, neotype, ♂ (MNHN). 11. Habitus, dorsal aspect. 12. Metaventral process, dorsal aspect. 13. Male genitalia, dorsal aspect. 14. Male genitalia, lateral aspect." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8306342" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8306342/files/figure.png" pageId="12" pageNumber="196">Fig. 14</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="035336B7FFFB59778D9E26E09B2421AC" blockId="12.[189,1398,1427,1489]" pageId="12" pageNumber="196">FEMALE. Anterior margin of clypeus slightly slanted medially at 45° angle laterally. Antennal lamellae nearly as long as antennomeres IIVII. Posterior metatibiae with 2432 spicules.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="035336B7FFFB59778D9E268B9E01226E" blockId="12.[189,342,1528,1554]" box="[189,342,1528,1554]" pageId="12" pageNumber="196">
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<emphasis id="3198EAA5FFFB59778D9E268B9E01226E" bold="true" box="[189,342,1528,1554]" pageId="12" pageNumber="196">Distribution</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
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<collectingCountry id="7BFB7627FFFB59778D9E25559E16223C" box="[189,321,1574,1600]" name="Philippines" pageId="12" pageNumber="196">Philippines</collectingCountry>
(Visayas, Mindanao).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="4BF6653CFFFB59768D9E251B9E032673" lastPageId="13" lastPageNumber="197" pageId="12" pageNumber="196" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="035336B7FFFB59778D9E251B9E7822FE" blockId="12.[189,303,1640,1666]" box="[189,303,1640,1666]" pageId="12" pageNumber="196">
<heading id="581B81DBFFFB59778D9E251B9E7822FE" bold="true" box="[189,303,1640,1666]" fontSize="11" level="3" pageId="12" pageNumber="196" reason="3">
<emphasis id="3198EAA5FFFB59778D9E251B9E7822FE" bold="true" box="[189,303,1640,1666]" pageId="12" pageNumber="196">Remarks</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="035336B7FFFB59778D9E25E59CCD2341" blockId="12.[188,1399,1686,1854]" pageId="12" pageNumber="196">
<bibRefCitation id="677D4B46FFFB59778D9E25E59E2622CD" author="Brenske E." box="[189,369,1686,1713]" pageId="12" pageNumber="196" pagination="178 - 205" refId="ref7881" refString="Brenske E. 1896. Neue Melolonthiden aus Africa und Asien. Stettiner entomologische Zeitschrift 57: 178 - 205." type="journal article" year="1896">Brenske (1896)</bibRefCitation>
described
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<emphasis id="3198EAA5FFFB59778CCE25E49D3F22CC" box="[493,616,1687,1712]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="196">L. semperi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
probably from a single male specimen from: “
<collectingCountry id="7BFB7627FFFB597789A125E59A5822CC" box="[1154,1295,1686,1712]" name="Philippines" pageId="12" pageNumber="196">Philippinen</collectingCountry>
, Dugang (Semper,
<date id="77521077FFFB59778C0825C99EBF22A8" box="[299,488,1721,1748]" pageId="12" pageNumber="196" value="1864-07-04" valueMax="1864-07-10" valueMin="1864-07-04">4.-10. Juli 1864</date>
)”. However, there is no place in the
<collectingCountry id="7BFB7627FFFB59778EA525C99B5D22A8" box="[902,1034,1722,1748]" name="Philippines" pageId="12" pageNumber="196">Philippines</collectingCountry>
with the name ʻDugangʼ, it is a Waray word for ʻadditionalʼ, probably it is a case of miscommunication about the locale during that time. Moreover, it is highly probable that the
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locality of the specimen is in the Visayas region particularly, in the
<collectingRegion id="C128F855FFFB59778C2624579E1F2342" box="[261,328,1828,1854]" country="Philippines" name="Southern Leyte" pageId="12" pageNumber="196">Leyte</collectingRegion>
area since Waray is the local dialect of the people.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="035336B7FFFB59768D9E24169E032673" blockId="12.[189,1400,1893,2025]" lastBlockId="13.[187,1400,265,527]" lastPageId="13" lastPageNumber="197" pageId="12" pageNumber="196">
According to primary description, the type series was deposited in the collection of René Oberthür. During and after the Covid-19 pandemic of 20202021 several request attempts were made to MNHN for the whereabouts of the type material of
<taxonomicName id="C4EC4D34FFFB59778FE724DF9C1723B9" authorityName="Brenske" authorityYear="1896" box="[708,832,1964,1989]" class="Insecta" family="Scarabaeidae" genus="Leucopholis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="196" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="semperi">
<emphasis id="3198EAA5FFFB59778FE724DF9C1723B9" box="[708,832,1964,1989]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="196">L. semperi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but curators at MNHN did not find it. No type specimen was found in the collection of Ernst Brenske (now housed at ZMHB,
<collectingRegion id="C128F855FFFB5977897A24BD9BF22394" box="[1113,1189,1998,2024]" country="Germany" name="Berlin" pageId="12" pageNumber="196">Berlin</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingCountry id="7BFB7627FFFB5977899324BD9A742394" box="[1200,1315,1998,2024]" name="Germany" pageId="12" pageNumber="196">Germany</collectingCountry>
). Thus, it is probable, that original type material of
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<emphasis id="3198EAA5FFFA59768FE222799C6A255F" box="[705,829,266,291]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="197">L. semperi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is lost. To avoid ambiguity about the identity of
<taxonomicName id="C4EC4D34FFFA59768D9D22589E6E2538" authorityName="Brenske" authorityYear="1896" box="[190,313,299,324]" class="Insecta" family="Scarabaeidae" genus="Leucopholis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="197" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="semperi">
<emphasis id="3198EAA5FFFA59768D9D22589E6E2538" box="[190,313,299,324]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="197">L. semperi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, a
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specimen is designated in the present paper. Fortunately, in Brenskes collection,
<specimenCount id="15EAFD3EFFFA59768D9E223E9E7A251A" box="[189,301,332,359]" pageId="13" pageNumber="197" type="male">one male</specimenCount>
specimen collected by Charles Baker in Surigao, Mindanao and
<specimenCount id="15EAFD3EFFFA59768975223F9BB8251A" box="[1110,1263,332,358]" pageId="13" pageNumber="197" type="female">three female</specimenCount>
specimens from Burauen, Leyte identified as
<taxonomicName id="C4EC4D34FFFA59768F70221C9D8725F4" authorityName="Brenske" authorityYear="1896" box="[595,720,367,392]" class="Insecta" family="Scarabaeidae" genus="Leucopholis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="197" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="semperi">
<emphasis id="3198EAA5FFFA59768F70221C9D8725F4" box="[595,720,367,392]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="197">L. semperi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
were found. The male (
<figureCitation id="9BD72A32FFFA59768EC8221D9B1525F5" box="[1003,1090,366,393]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="11.[189,232,1927,1953]" captionTargetBox="[189,1398,480,1860]" captionTargetId="figure-86@11.[416,1172,1122,1594]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="Fig. 1516. Leucopholis semperi Brenske, 1896. 15. Neotype, ♂ (MNHN), metaventral process, dorsal aspect. 16. Nontypes, ♀♀, dorsal aspect (photograph of Brenskes non-type series from ZMHB courtesy of Dr Joachim Willers)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8306346" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8306346/files/figure.png" pageId="13" pageNumber="197">Fig. 16</figureCitation>
) perfectly fits the original description of
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<emphasis id="3198EAA5FFFA59768C4822E39EBF25D5" box="[363,488,400,425]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="197">L. semperi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and was collected near the original type locality. That is why, this specimen was selected as the
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. The
<typeStatus id="DC578815FFFA59768F6722C19DF625B0" box="[580,673,434,460]" pageId="13" pageNumber="197" type="neotype">neotype</typeStatus>
specimen is currently on loan from ZMHB,
<collectingRegion id="C128F855FFFA5976898E22C29BAE25B7" box="[1197,1273,433,459]" country="Germany" name="Berlin" pageId="13" pageNumber="197">Berlin</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingCountry id="7BFB7627FFFA5976882622C29A2425B7" box="[1285,1395,433,459]" name="Germany" pageId="13" pageNumber="197">Germany</collectingCountry>
, and will be deposited at Oberthürs collection at MNHN, Paris,
<collectingCountry id="7BFB7627FFFA59768EB422A09CB12591" box="[919,998,467,493]" name="France" pageId="13" pageNumber="197">France</collectingCountry>
for stability and upon consultation with experts.
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