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Colour (
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). Pronotum, scutellum, venter, and legs reddish
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green.
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Head (
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). Clypeus rectangular, apical angles rounded, slightly widened at apex; apical portion perpendicularly reflexed, moderately sinuate in frontal view; slightly convex medially; lateral angles planar; surface densely and evenly punctate, punctures large, each bearing a short, robust, erect seta, setae light yellowish-brown; clypeofrontal suture complete; centre of frons strongly concave, surface sparsely setose; side of eyes densely setose, setae moderately longer and more robust than those on clypeus; sides slightly narrowed making eyes larger. Antennae 10 segmented with 7 segmented club, lamellae strongly curved outwardly, 3.65 times as long as stem, antennomere 1 distinctly swollen apically, apical segment moderately elongate; labrum symmetrically bilobed, lobes transversally developed; mentum slightly concave centrally, surface glabrous with only a few scattered setae; maxillary palpi with apical palpomere subequal in length to combination of palpomeres 2–3; ocular canthus densely covered with brownish erect and robust setae.
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Pronotum (
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). Transverse, wid est in middle; basomedially protuberant posteriorly; surface densely to confluently punctate along lateral margin; puncture with a tiny, brownish seta; setae longer and more robust towards the centre; centre of pronotal disc sparsely punctate, punctures moderately large; sides of midline setose with spots consisting of concentrated brownish setae at apical sides of midline; setae dense along basomedial margin; serration of lateral margin poorly developed anteriorly, basal half of margin with completed bead.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="9.[151,1437,150,2013]" pageId="9" pageNumber="200">
|
||
Scutellar plate (
|
||
<figureCitation box="[375,460,511,537]" captionStart="FIGURES 33–40" captionStartId="12.[151,264,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[178,1417,190,1911]" captionTargetId="figure-25@12.[168,1418,181,1919]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURES 33–40. Melolontha lachungensis new species (holotype). 33, head and antennae; 34, basal segments of antennae; 35, pronotum; 36, scutellar plate; 37, protibia; 38, mesometasternal process; 39, metatarsomeres; 40, abdomen." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7800996" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7800996/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="200">Fig. 36</figureCitation>
|
||
). Oval, surface lightly, sparsely punctate, glabrous; apical margin with a row of slender hair
|
||
<emphasis box="[195,204,547,572]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="200">-</emphasis>
|
||
like setae.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="9.[151,1437,150,2013]" pageId="9" pageNumber="200">
|
||
Elytra (
|
||
<figureCitation box="[284,355,583,609]" captionStart="FIGURES 1–4" captionStartId="3.[151,264,1930,1954]" captionTargetBox="[167,1416,214,1888]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[151,1436,200,1907]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 1–4. Habitus of Melolontha species. 1, M. guttigera; 2, M. virescens; 3, M. arunachalensis new species (holotype); 4, M. lachungensis new species (holotype)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7800980" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7800980/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="200">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
|
||
). Broadest at base; costae 1–3 (costa one as sutural costa) glabrous and well developed; costae 2 and 3 broadly fused on apical umbone; costa 4 feebly developed and hardly visible; outer margin of costa 1 with aligned row of whitish and scale
|
||
<emphasis box="[508,517,655,680]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="200">-</emphasis>
|
||
like setae; intervals rugose, intermixed with
|
||
<specimenCount box="[1006,1085,655,681]" pageId="9" pageNumber="200" type="generic" typeStatus="types">2 types</specimenCount>
|
||
of whitish setae, lanceolate and scale
|
||
<emphasis box="[207,216,691,716]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="200">-</emphasis>
|
||
like (slender and smaller), both moderately densely distributed; posthumeral and 3 basal patches composed of overlapping, white, scale
|
||
<emphasis box="[461,470,727,752]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="200">-</emphasis>
|
||
like setae, posthumeral patch slender in shape; apical area of elytron steeply depressed below plane of disc, densely covered with whitish-brown, but tiny setae; epipleuron entirely setose, whitish-brown setae becoming gradually denser apically, posterior one third in a band; humeral umbone moderately swollen.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="9.[151,1437,150,2013]" pageId="9" pageNumber="200">
|
||
Pygidium (
|
||
<figureCitation box="[324,407,835,861]" captionStart="FIGURES 13–18" captionStartId="6.[151,264,1761,1785]" captionTargetBox="[152,1435,184,1728]" captionTargetId="figure-25@6.[151,1436,181,1737]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 13–18. Pygidium of Melolontha species. 13, M. guttigera; 14, M. virescens; 15, M. arunachalensis new species (holotype); 16, M. lachungensis new species (holotype); 17, M. aeneicollis; 18, M. cuprescens." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7800986" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7800986/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="200">Fig. 16</figureCitation>
|
||
). 1.52 times broader in width than length; anterior half with long, hair
|
||
<emphasis box="[1194,1203,835,860]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="200">-</emphasis>
|
||
like setae, remainder Triangular, intermixed with yellowish
|
||
<emphasis box="[570,579,871,896]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="200">-</emphasis>
|
||
white, scale
|
||
<emphasis box="[710,719,871,896]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="200">-</emphasis>
|
||
like setae; disc on either side slightly depressed medially; surface densely covered with whitish-brown, short setae; setae denser in apical portion; apex broadly rounded; lateral sides slightly curved.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="9.[151,1437,150,2013]" pageId="9" pageNumber="200">
|
||
Venter (
|
||
<figureCitation box="[286,369,979,1005]" captionStart="FIGURES 33–40" captionStartId="12.[151,264,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[178,1417,190,1911]" captionTargetId="figure-25@12.[168,1418,181,1919]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURES 33–40. Melolontha lachungensis new species (holotype). 33, head and antennae; 34, basal segments of antennae; 35, pronotum; 36, scutellar plate; 37, protibia; 38, mesometasternal process; 39, metatarsomeres; 40, abdomen." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7800996" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7800996/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="200">Fig. 38</figureCitation>
|
||
). Mesometasternal process weakly produced beyond mesocoxae, surface smooth with few hairs; meso- and metasternum with thick and dense hairs.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="9.[151,1437,150,2013]" pageId="9" pageNumber="200">
|
||
Abdominal sternites (
|
||
<figureCitation box="[441,526,1051,1077]" captionStart="FIGURES 33–40" captionStartId="12.[151,264,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[178,1417,190,1911]" captionTargetId="figure-25@12.[168,1418,181,1919]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURES 33–40. Melolontha lachungensis new species (holotype). 33, head and antennae; 34, basal segments of antennae; 35, pronotum; 36, scutellar plate; 37, protibia; 38, mesometasternal process; 39, metatarsomeres; 40, abdomen." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7800996" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7800996/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="200">Fig. 40</figureCitation>
|
||
). Sternite 1–5 with a lateral maculation consisting of yellowish-brown, scale-like setae; maculation on sternite 6 distinctly present; abdominal surface moderately setose; setae small, whitish–brown to yellowish-brown, lanceolate and becoming slender medially, transversely distributed with scattered, longer setae in line; sternites 2–5 weakly fused medially; suture well defined.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="9.[151,1437,150,2013]" pageId="9" pageNumber="200">
|
||
Legs (
|
||
<figureCitation box="[271,410,1195,1221]" captionStart="FIGURES 33–40" captionStartId="12.[151,264,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[178,1417,190,1911]" captionTargetId="figure-25@12.[168,1418,181,1919]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURES 33–40. Melolontha lachungensis new species (holotype). 33, head and antennae; 34, basal segments of antennae; 35, pronotum; 36, scutellar plate; 37, protibia; 38, mesometasternal process; 39, metatarsomeres; 40, abdomen." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7800996" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7800996/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="200">Figs. 37, 39</figureCitation>
|
||
) Protibiae unidentate, apical tooth acute (
|
||
<figureCitation box="[891,977,1195,1221]" captionStart="FIGURES 33–40" captionStartId="12.[151,264,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[178,1417,190,1911]" captionTargetId="figure-25@12.[168,1418,181,1919]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURES 33–40. Melolontha lachungensis new species (holotype). 33, head and antennae; 34, basal segments of antennae; 35, pronotum; 36, scutellar plate; 37, protibia; 38, mesometasternal process; 39, metatarsomeres; 40, abdomen." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7800996" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7800996/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="200">Fig. 37</figureCitation>
|
||
); tarsal claws symmetrically unidentate, abruptly curved apically with a small, vertical tooth at base. Pro- and mesofemora transversely flattened, surface densely clothed with long, hair-like, brown setae, posterior femur stouter, with shorter setae; apical portion of metatarsomere 1 distinctly swollen; outer metatibial spur subequal in length to combined length of metatarsomeres 1 and 2 (
|
||
<figureCitation box="[242,319,1339,1365]" captionStart="FIGURES 33–40" captionStartId="12.[151,264,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[178,1417,190,1911]" captionTargetId="figure-25@12.[168,1418,181,1919]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURES 33–40. Melolontha lachungensis new species (holotype). 33, head and antennae; 34, basal segments of antennae; 35, pronotum; 36, scutellar plate; 37, protibia; 38, mesometasternal process; 39, metatarsomeres; 40, abdomen." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7800996" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7800996/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="200">Fig 39</figureCitation>
|
||
). Tibiae and tarsi moderately clothed with pale–white, scale–like, short setae at dorsal surface; meso- and metatibiae with 2 elongate apical spurs; mesotibial spurs slightly shorter than length of mesotarsomere 1.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="9.[151,1437,150,2013]" pageId="9" pageNumber="200">
|
||
Parameres (
|
||
<figureCitation box="[332,427,1411,1437]" captionStart="FIGURES 41–46" captionStartId="13.[151,264,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[254,1329,181,1912]" captionTargetId="figure-17@13.[252,1335,181,1920]" captionTargetPageId="13" captionText="FIGURES 41–46. Parameres of Melolontha species in dorsal view. 41, M. guttigera; 42, M. virescens; 43, M. arunachalensis new species (holotype); 44, M. lachungensis new species (holotype); 45, M. aeneicollis; 46, M. cuprescens." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7801000" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7801000/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="200">Figs. 44</figureCitation>
|
||
,
|
||
<figureCitation box="[439,471,1410,1437]" captionStart="FIGURES 53–64" captionStartId="15.[151,264,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[209,1358,186,1908]" captionTargetId="figure-17@15.[209,1379,181,1920]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="FIGURES 53–64. Parameres of Melolontha species in lateral view. 53, M. guttigera; 54, M. virescens; 55, M. arunachalensis new species (holotype); 56, M. lachungensis new species (holotype); 57, M. aeneicollis; 58, M. cuprescens; 59, M. chinensis; 60, M. nepalensis; 61, M. carinata; 62, M. indica; 63, M. flabellata; 64, M. furcicauda." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7801008" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7801008/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="200">56</figureCitation>
|
||
). Symmetrical; basal piece subequal in length to paramere; lobes of parameres nearly rounded at apex, not pointed at end in dorsal view (
|
||
<figureCitation box="[704,785,1447,1473]" captionStart="FIGURES 41–46" captionStartId="13.[151,264,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[254,1329,181,1912]" captionTargetId="figure-17@13.[252,1335,181,1920]" captionTargetPageId="13" captionText="FIGURES 41–46. Parameres of Melolontha species in dorsal view. 41, M. guttigera; 42, M. virescens; 43, M. arunachalensis new species (holotype); 44, M. lachungensis new species (holotype); 45, M. aeneicollis; 46, M. cuprescens." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7801000" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7801000/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="200">Fig. 44</figureCitation>
|
||
), more or less straight in lateral view (
|
||
<figureCitation box="[1198,1280,1446,1473]" captionStart="FIGURES 53–64" captionStartId="15.[151,264,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[209,1358,186,1908]" captionTargetId="figure-17@15.[209,1379,181,1920]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="FIGURES 53–64. Parameres of Melolontha species in lateral view. 53, M. guttigera; 54, M. virescens; 55, M. arunachalensis new species (holotype); 56, M. lachungensis new species (holotype); 57, M. aeneicollis; 58, M. cuprescens; 59, M. chinensis; 60, M. nepalensis; 61, M. carinata; 62, M. indica; 63, M. flabellata; 64, M. furcicauda." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7801008" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7801008/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="200">Fig. 56</figureCitation>
|
||
); ventroapical process of paramere distinctly elongate and gradually acuminate with a strong, crest-like protuberance on top of right paramere in lateral view (
|
||
<figureCitation box="[498,582,1518,1545]" captionStart="FIGURES 53–64" captionStartId="15.[151,264,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[209,1358,186,1908]" captionTargetId="figure-17@15.[209,1379,181,1920]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="FIGURES 53–64. Parameres of Melolontha species in lateral view. 53, M. guttigera; 54, M. virescens; 55, M. arunachalensis new species (holotype); 56, M. lachungensis new species (holotype); 57, M. aeneicollis; 58, M. cuprescens; 59, M. chinensis; 60, M. nepalensis; 61, M. carinata; 62, M. indica; 63, M. flabellata; 64, M. furcicauda." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7801008" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7801008/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="200">Fig. 56</figureCitation>
|
||
); dorsal process marked and protuberant (
|
||
<figureCitation box="[1051,1136,1519,1545]" captionStart="FIGURES 41–46" captionStartId="13.[151,264,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[254,1329,181,1912]" captionTargetId="figure-17@13.[252,1335,181,1920]" captionTargetPageId="13" captionText="FIGURES 41–46. Parameres of Melolontha species in dorsal view. 41, M. guttigera; 42, M. virescens; 43, M. arunachalensis new species (holotype); 44, M. lachungensis new species (holotype); 45, M. aeneicollis; 46, M. cuprescens." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7801000" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7801000/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="200">Fig. 44</figureCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="9.[151,1437,150,2013]" box="[199,401,1555,1581]" pageId="9" pageNumber="200">Female unknown.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="9.[151,1437,150,2013]" box="[199,603,1590,1617]" pageId="9" pageNumber="200">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,504,1590,1616]" pageId="9" pageNumber="200">Collecting circumstances.</emphasis>
|
||
At light.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="9" pageNumber="200" type="diagnosis">
|
||
<paragraph blockId="9.[151,1437,150,2013]" pageId="9" pageNumber="200">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,463,1626,1652]" pageId="9" pageNumber="200">Differential diagnosis.</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="Gupta & Keith & Bhunia & Das & Ghosh & Chandra, 2023" authorityName="Gupta & Keith & Bhunia & Das & Ghosh & Chandra" authorityYear="2023" box="[471,754,1627,1653]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Melolontha" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="200" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lachungensis" status="new species">
|
||
<emphasis box="[471,754,1627,1653]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="200">Melolontha lachungensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[762,900,1626,1653]" pageId="9" pageNumber="200">
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[762,900,1626,1653]" pageId="9" pageNumber="200" rank="species">new species</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
differs from the other two species in the group (
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Keith" authorityYear="2008" box="[161,341,1663,1689]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Melolontha" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="200" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="phupanensis">
|
||
<emphasis box="[161,184,1663,1688]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="200">M</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis box="[201,341,1663,1689]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="200">phupanensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="Gupta & Keith & Bhunia & Das & Ghosh & Chandra, 2023" authorityName="Gupta & Keith & Bhunia & Das & Ghosh & Chandra" authorityYear="2023" box="[403,615,1663,1689]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Melolontha" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="200" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="arunachalensis" status="new species">
|
||
<emphasis box="[403,426,1663,1688]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="200">M</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis box="[444,615,1663,1689]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="200">arunachalensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[626,767,1662,1689]" pageId="9" pageNumber="200">
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[626,767,1662,1689]" pageId="9" pageNumber="200" rank="species">new species</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
) by the unique structure and shape of the parameres and unidentate protibiae. See species key and
|
||
<tableCitation box="[635,721,1699,1725]" captionStart="Table 1" captionStartId="16.[151,226,152,180]" captionTargetBox="[163,1415,224,1313]" captionTargetPageId="16" captionText="Table 1. Characters separating M. arunachalensis new species, M. lachungensis new species and M. phupanensis." pageId="9" pageNumber="200">Table 1</tableCitation>
|
||
to distinguish it from
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Keith" authorityYear="2008" box="[985,1165,1699,1725]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Melolontha" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="200" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="phupanensis">
|
||
<emphasis box="[985,1008,1699,1724]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="200">M</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis box="[1025,1165,1699,1725]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="200">phupanensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="Gupta & Keith & Bhunia & Das & Ghosh & Chandra, 2023" authorityName="Gupta & Keith & Bhunia & Das & Ghosh & Chandra" authorityYear="2023" box="[1225,1436,1699,1725]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Melolontha" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="200" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="arunachalensis" status="new species">
|
||
<emphasis box="[1225,1248,1699,1724]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="200">M</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis box="[1265,1436,1699,1725]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="200">arunachalensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,289,1734,1761]" pageId="9" pageNumber="200">
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[151,289,1734,1761]" pageId="9" pageNumber="200" rank="species">new species</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
. The newly described species also shows similarities in general appearance to
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="Fairmaire, 1889" authorityName="Fairmaire" authorityYear="1889" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Melolontha" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="200" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="costipennis">
|
||
<emphasis box="[1174,1436,1735,1761]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="200">Melolontha costipennis</emphasis>
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Fairmaire, L." box="[151,330,1771,1797]" pageId="9" pageNumber="200" pagination="5 - 84" refId="ref14111" refString="Fairmaire, L. (1889) Coleopteres de l'interieur de la Chine. (5 e partie). Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France, Series 6, 9, 5 - 84." type="journal article" year="1889">Fairmaire, 1889</bibRefCitation>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(=
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="Brenske, 1903" authorityName="Brenske" authorityYear="1903" box="[361,675,1771,1797]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Melolontha" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="200" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tricostata">
|
||
<emphasis box="[361,384,1771,1796]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="200">M</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis box="[398,505,1771,1796]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="200">tricostata</emphasis>
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Brenske, E." box="[512,675,1771,1797]" pageId="9" pageNumber="200" pagination="333 - 335" refId="ref13473" refString="Brenske, E. (1903) Drei neue Melolonthiden-Gattungen und - Arten vom Kuku-nor. Munchener Koleopterologische Zeitschrift, 1 [1902 - 1903], 333 - 335. https: // doi. org / 10.1002 / mmnd. 48019030216" type="journal article" year="1903">Brenske, 1903</bibRefCitation>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
) and
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="Fairmaire, 1896" authorityName="Fairmaire" authorityYear="1896" box="[737,1086,1771,1797]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Melolontha" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="200" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tenuicauda">
|
||
<emphasis box="[737,760,1771,1796]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="200">M</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis box="[774,898,1771,1797]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="200">tenuicauda</emphasis>
|
||
Fairmaire, 1896
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, both of which are known from
|
||
<collectingCountry box="[151,218,1807,1833]" name="China" pageId="9" pageNumber="200">China</collectingCountry>
|
||
(
|
||
<collectingRegion box="[235,300,1807,1833]" country="China" name="Xizang" pageId="9" pageNumber="200">Tibet</collectingRegion>
|
||
).
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Fairmaire" authorityYear="1889" box="[321,585,1807,1833]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Melolontha" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="200" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="costipennis">
|
||
<emphasis box="[321,585,1807,1833]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="200">Melolontha costipennis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, placed under the
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Bates" authorityYear="1891" box="[801,922,1807,1833]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Melolontha" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="200" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aeneicollis">
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<emphasis box="[801,922,1807,1833]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="200">aeneicollis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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group (
|
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<bibRefCitation author="Li, C. - L. & Yang, P. - S. & Wang, C. - C." box="[1015,1178,1807,1833]" pageId="9" pageNumber="200" pagination="341 - 359" refId="ref14954" refString="Li, C. - L., Yang, P. - S. & Wang, C. - C. (2010) Revision of the Melolontha guttigera group with a key and an annotated checklist of the East and South-East Asian Melolontha groups. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 103 (3), 341 - 359. https: // doi. org / 10.1603 / AN 09088" type="journal article" year="2010">
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Li
|
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<emphasis box="[1050,1109,1807,1833]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="200">et al.</emphasis>
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2010
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
), differs from the new species by a narrowly elongated pygidium at the apex (pygidium rounded at apex, not elongated in
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="Gupta & Keith & Bhunia & Das & Ghosh & Chandra, 2023" authorityName="Gupta & Keith & Bhunia & Das & Ghosh & Chandra" authorityYear="2023" box="[1253,1436,1843,1869]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Melolontha" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="200" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lachungensis" status="new species">
|
||
<emphasis box="[1253,1276,1843,1868]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="200">M</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis box="[1290,1436,1843,1869]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="200">lachungensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,292,1878,1905]" pageId="9" pageNumber="200">
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[151,292,1878,1905]" pageId="9" pageNumber="200" rank="species">new species</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
).
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Fairmaire" authorityYear="1896" box="[320,584,1879,1905]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Melolontha" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="200" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tenuicauda">
|
||
<emphasis box="[320,584,1879,1905]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="200">Melolontha tenuicauda</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
has a much shorter antennal club, as compared to
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="Gupta & Keith & Bhunia & Das & Ghosh & Chandra, 2023" authorityName="Gupta & Keith & Bhunia & Das & Ghosh & Chandra" authorityYear="2023" box="[1191,1378,1879,1905]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Melolontha" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="200" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lachungensis" status="new species">
|
||
<emphasis box="[1191,1214,1879,1904]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="200">M</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis box="[1232,1378,1879,1905]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="200">lachungensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="9" pageNumber="200" rank="species">new species</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection box="[199,1266,1951,1977]" pageId="9" pageNumber="200" type="etymology">
|
||
<paragraph blockId="9.[151,1437,150,2013]" box="[199,1266,1951,1977]" pageId="9" pageNumber="200">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,334,1951,1977]" pageId="9" pageNumber="200">Etymology.</emphasis>
|
||
The name (adjective in the nominative singular) refers to the
|
||
<typeStatus box="[1027,1075,1951,1977]" pageId="9" pageNumber="200">type</typeStatus>
|
||
locality,
|
||
<collectingRegion box="[1178,1263,1951,1977]" country="India" name="Sikkim" pageId="9" pageNumber="200">Sikkim</collectingRegion>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection box="[199,1101,1986,2013]" pageId="9" pageNumber="200" type="distribution">
|
||
<paragraph blockId="9.[151,1437,150,2013]" box="[199,1101,1986,2013]" pageId="9" pageNumber="200">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,353,1986,2012]" pageId="9" pageNumber="200">Distribution.</emphasis>
|
||
So far, only known from the
|
||
<typeStatus box="[683,731,1987,2013]" pageId="9" pageNumber="200">type</typeStatus>
|
||
locality:
|
||
<collectingCountry box="[837,897,1987,2013]" name="India" pageId="9" pageNumber="200">India</collectingCountry>
|
||
,
|
||
<collectingRegion box="[908,989,1987,2013]" country="India" name="Sikkim" pageId="9" pageNumber="200">Sikkim</collectingRegion>
|
||
(
|
||
<figureCitation box="[1004,1089,1987,2013]" captionStart="FIGURE 72" captionStartId="18.[151,250,1826,1850]" captionTargetBox="[163,1416,199,1796]" captionTargetId="figure-25@18.[151,1436,181,1804]" captionTargetPageId="18" captionText="FIGURE 72. Map of North-east India showing the type localities of the newly described species." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7801014" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7801014/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="200">Fig. 72</figureCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
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