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Description of the
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). Elongated ovoid, subcylindrical, somewhat broadened behind.
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Habitus and labels of
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spp. A
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–B,
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; E–F,
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; G–I,
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, holotype. A, C, E, G, dorsal view; B, D, F, H, ventral view.
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Wider than long. Lateral margin generally parabolic, with rather strong scalloped modification. Anterior angle strongly protruding and acute at apex, posterior angle weakly protruding, and surface depressed on all margins except before the scutellum. Disc with scattered and large punctures, punctures smaller and more aggregated near lateral and depressed portions. Each puncture with a minute seta; lateral margin of pronotum along with several rather short setae.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,278,1467,1492]" pageId="5" pageNumber="363">FIGURE 4.</emphasis>
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Detailed characters of
|
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<taxonomicName box="[525,721,1468,1492]" pageId="5" pageNumber="363">
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<emphasis box="[525,635,1468,1492]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="363">Brachyllus</emphasis>
|
||
species
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, arrows indicate the moderately long setae. A, C, E,
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="Zhao & Qi & Su & Liao, 2023" authorityName="Zhao & Qi & Su & Liao" authorityYear="2023" box="[1283,1436,1468,1492]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Brachyllus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="363" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dongzhiweii" status="new species">
|
||
<emphasis box="[1283,1436,1468,1492]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="363">B. dongzhiweii</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,276,1503,1528]" pageId="5" pageNumber="363">
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[151,276,1503,1528]" pageId="5" pageNumber="363" rank="species">new species</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
, holotype; B, D, F,
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Brenske" authorityYear="1896" box="[478,591,1504,1528]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Brachyllus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="363" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="frontalis">
|
||
<emphasis box="[478,591,1504,1528]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="363">B. frontalis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
; G,
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[636,857,1504,1527]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Brachyllus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="363" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="rougeriei" subSpecies="rougeriei">
|
||
<emphasis box="[636,857,1504,1527]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="363">B. rougeriei rougeriei</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, holotype; H,
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Keith" authorityYear="2008" baseAuthorityName=", Keith" baseAuthorityYear="2008" box="[1004,1206,1504,1528]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Brachyllus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="363" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="rougeriei" subSpecies="langeri">
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||
<emphasis box="[1004,1206,1504,1528]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="363">B. rougeriei langeri</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. A–B, antennae; C–D, abdominal ventrites; E–F, elytra; G–H, pronotum.
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</paragraph>
|
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</caption>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="5.[151,1437,1610,2032]" pageId="5" pageNumber="363">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,326,1610,1636]" pageId="5" pageNumber="363">Scutellum.</emphasis>
|
||
Ogival. With several irregularly-distributed punctures, somewhat smaller than those on pronotal disc. Each puncture with a minute seta.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="5.[151,1437,1610,2032]" pageId="5" pageNumber="363">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,282,1682,1708]" pageId="5" pageNumber="363">Elytra.</emphasis>
|
||
Surface uneven, with somewhat reticulated raised reliefs, the sutural interval well-defined, other intervals are interrupted by the depressed portions and hardly recognizable; humeral umbone prominent, subapical umbone indistinct. Raised portions rarely punctured, except for the sutural interval; unraised portions with moderately dense and large punctures, the sutural interval with scattered punctures, punctures slightly smaller than those on scutellum. Each puncture with a minute, scaly seta, some rather short to short setae emerge sparsely, being slightly denser near apex; epipleura with a row of several rather short setae at basal fourth.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="5.[151,1437,1610,2032]" pageId="5" pageNumber="363">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,491,1898,1924]" pageId="5" pageNumber="363">Ventral thoracic surface.</emphasis>
|
||
Ventral prothoracic surface with moderately dense and large punctures, ventral meso- and metathoracic surfaces with smaller but very dense punctures. Ventral prothoracic surface with moderately dense and long setae, mesoventrite sparsely setose, metaventrite with dense and rather long setae. Prosternal process small and conical, not extending beyond procoxa.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="6.[151,1437,150,1184]" pageId="6" pageNumber="364">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,323,150,176]" pageId="6" pageNumber="364">Abdomen.</emphasis>
|
||
Abdominal ventrites I–V weakly carinate laterally. Abdominal ventrites with moderately dense punctures, becoming somewhat denser laterally, the punctures as large as those on metaventrite; ventrite VI with punctures on margins only. Each puncture on ventrites with a minute seta, each puncture on posterior half of lateral portions of each ventrite with a short and recumbent seta; very dense, short and oblong setae aggregated along the lateral carinae of ventrites I–IV, ventrite VI with a row of moderately dense and moderately long setae along posterior margin. Pygidium weakly convex, surface with dense and large punctures; posterior margin a row of moderately long setae, which becoming long near apex.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="6.[151,1437,150,1184]" pageId="6" pageNumber="364">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,262,402,428]" pageId="6" pageNumber="364">Legs.</emphasis>
|
||
Slender. Protibia tridentate, apical and second teeth prominent, proximal tooth small, equally spaced; without protibial spur. Each tarsal claw with a strong medial tooth. Femora with moderately dense and large punctures, somewhat aggregated on profemora. Meso- and metafemora each with a transverse row of sparse and moderately long setae behind middle, anterior portions of femora with scattered and moderately long setae; tibiae with scattered and short to moderately long setae.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="6.[151,1437,150,1184]" box="[199,556,582,609]" pageId="6" pageNumber="364">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,377,582,608]" pageId="6" pageNumber="364">Male genitalia.</emphasis>
|
||
As in
|
||
<figureCitation box="[449,552,582,609]" captionStart="FIGURE 7" captionStartId="9.[151,250,1014,1038]" captionTargetBox="[161,1426,195,984]" captionTargetId="figure-18@9.[151,1435,181,989]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURE 7. Male genitalia of Brachyllus species. A–B, B. songhaitiani new species, holotype; C–D, B. deuveianus, holotype; E–F, B. rougeriei rougeriei, holotype; G–H, B. rougeriei langeri; I–J, B. dongzhiweii new species, holotype; K–L, B. frontalis; M–N, B. itohi mantilleri, holotype; O–P, B. tangzhaoyangi new species, holotype. Upper row, parameres in dorsal view; lower row, aedeagus in lateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7755216" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7755216/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="364">Fig. 7I–J</figureCitation>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="6.[151,1437,150,1184]" box="[199,418,618,644]" pageId="6" pageNumber="364">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,293,618,644]" pageId="6" pageNumber="364">Female.</emphasis>
|
||
Unknown.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="6.[151,1437,150,1184]" pageId="6" pageNumber="364">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,382,654,680]" pageId="6" pageNumber="364">Measurements.</emphasis>
|
||
Body length (measured from anterior margin of clypeus to apex of elytron):
|
||
<quantity box="[1264,1367,654,681]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.53" pageId="6" pageNumber="364" unit="mm" value="15.3">15.3 mm</quantity>
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, body width (measured across humeri):
|
||
<quantity box="[526,615,690,717]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.6" pageId="6" pageNumber="364" unit="mm" value="6.6">6.6 mm</quantity>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="6" pageNumber="364" type="diagnosis">
|
||
<paragraph blockId="6.[151,1437,150,1184]" pageId="6" pageNumber="364">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,461,726,752]" pageId="6" pageNumber="364">Differential diagnosis.</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="Zhao" authorityName="Zhao & Qi & Su & Liao" authorityYear="2023" box="[467,795,726,752]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Brachyllus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="364" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dongzhiweii" status="new species">
|
||
<emphasis box="[467,729,726,752]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="364">Brachyllus dongzhiweii</emphasis>
|
||
Zhao
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[806,942,726,752]" pageId="6" pageNumber="364">
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[806,942,726,752]" pageId="6" pageNumber="364" rank="species">new species</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
is most similar to
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="Brenske, 1896" authorityName="Brenske" authorityYear="1896" box="[1145,1436,726,752]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Brachyllus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="364" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="frontalis">
|
||
<emphasis box="[1145,1270,726,752]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="364">B. frontalis</emphasis>
|
||
Brenske, 1896
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(
|
||
<figureCitation box="[159,283,762,788]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1437,1461]" captionTargetBox="[168,1422,187,1406]" captionTargetId="figure-18@4.[158,1430,181,1413]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 3. Habitus and labels of Brachyllus spp. A–B, B. dongzhiweii new species, holotype; C–D, B. frontalis; E–F, B. rougeriei langeri; G–I, B. rougeriei rougeriei, holotype. A, C, E, G, dorsal view; B, D, F, H, ventral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7755202" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7755202/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="364">Fig. 3C–D</figureCitation>
|
||
). The new species can be easily separated from
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Brenske" authorityYear="1896" box="[818,943,762,788]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Brachyllus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="364" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="frontalis">
|
||
<emphasis box="[818,943,762,788]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="364">B. frontalis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by the shorter antennal club, which is equal to the combined length of antennomeres 3–4 but of antennomeres
|
||
<quantity box="[882,952,798,824]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.143" metricValueMax="1.524" metricValueMin="0.762" pageId="6" pageNumber="364" unit="in" value="4.5" valueMax="6.0" valueMin="3.0">3–6 in</quantity>
|
||
the latter species (
|
||
<figureCitation box="[1157,1279,798,824]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1467,1491]" captionTargetBox="[165,1423,181,1444]" captionTargetId="figure-18@5.[164,1423,181,1444]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 4. Detailed characters of Brachyllus species, arrows indicate the moderately long setae. A, C, E, B. dongzhiweii new species, holotype; B, D, F, B. frontalis; G, B. rougeriei rougeriei, holotype; H, B. rougeriei langeri. A–B, antennae; C–D, abdominal ventrites; E–F, elytra; G–H, pronotum." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7755206" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7755206/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="364">Fig. 4A–B</figureCitation>
|
||
). The setae on lateral portions of abdominal ventrites are stouter (
|
||
<figureCitation box="[716,839,834,860]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1467,1491]" captionTargetBox="[165,1423,181,1444]" captionTargetId="figure-18@5.[164,1423,181,1444]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 4. Detailed characters of Brachyllus species, arrows indicate the moderately long setae. A, C, E, B. dongzhiweii new species, holotype; B, D, F, B. frontalis; G, B. rougeriei rougeriei, holotype; H, B. rougeriei langeri. A–B, antennae; C–D, abdominal ventrites; E–F, elytra; G–H, pronotum." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7755206" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7755206/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="364">Fig. 4C–D</figureCitation>
|
||
). The elytra of the new species bear some short setae, while short setae are almost imperceptible on elytra of
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Brenske" authorityYear="1896" box="[773,899,870,896]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Brachyllus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="364" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="frontalis">
|
||
<emphasis box="[773,899,870,896]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="364">B. frontalis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(
|
||
<figureCitation box="[915,1034,870,896]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1467,1491]" captionTargetBox="[165,1423,181,1444]" captionTargetId="figure-18@5.[164,1423,181,1444]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 4. Detailed characters of Brachyllus species, arrows indicate the moderately long setae. A, C, E, B. dongzhiweii new species, holotype; B, D, F, B. frontalis; G, B. rougeriei rougeriei, holotype; H, B. rougeriei langeri. A–B, antennae; C–D, abdominal ventrites; E–F, elytra; G–H, pronotum." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7755206" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7755206/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="364">Fig. 4E–F</figureCitation>
|
||
). Moreover, the shape of parameres differs a lot in lateral view: in
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="Zhao & Qi & Su & Liao, 2023" authorityName="Zhao & Qi & Su & Liao" authorityYear="2023" box="[500,667,906,932]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Brachyllus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="364" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dongzhiweii" status="new species">
|
||
<emphasis box="[500,667,906,932]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="364">B. dongzhiweii</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[676,814,906,932]" pageId="6" pageNumber="364">
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[676,814,906,932]" pageId="6" pageNumber="364" rank="species">new species</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
, the dorsal concavity is much shallower and the upper lobe is rounded ventrally, the lower lobe distinctly protruding.
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Brenske" authorityYear="1896" box="[884,1012,942,968]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Brachyllus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="364" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="frontalis">
|
||
<emphasis box="[884,1012,942,968]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="364">B. frontalis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
has deep dorsal concavity, ventrally protruding upper lobe and weakly protruding lower lobe (
|
||
<figureCitation box="[797,908,978,1004]" captionStart="FIGURE 7" captionStartId="9.[151,250,1014,1038]" captionTargetBox="[161,1426,195,984]" captionTargetId="figure-18@9.[151,1435,181,989]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURE 7. Male genitalia of Brachyllus species. A–B, B. songhaitiani new species, holotype; C–D, B. deuveianus, holotype; E–F, B. rougeriei rougeriei, holotype; G–H, B. rougeriei langeri; I–J, B. dongzhiweii new species, holotype; K–L, B. frontalis; M–N, B. itohi mantilleri, holotype; O–P, B. tangzhaoyangi new species, holotype. Upper row, parameres in dorsal view; lower row, aedeagus in lateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7755216" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7755216/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="364">Fig. 7I–L</figureCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="6.[151,1437,150,1184]" pageId="6" pageNumber="364">
|
||
Other two Himalayan congeners,
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="Brenske, 1896" authorityName="Brenske" authorityYear="1896" box="[579,888,1014,1040]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Brachyllus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="364" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ulcerosus">
|
||
<emphasis box="[579,717,1014,1040]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="364">B. ulcerosus</emphasis>
|
||
Brenske, 1896
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="Keith, 2005" authorityName="Keith" authorityYear="2005" box="[944,1250,1014,1041]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Brachyllus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="364" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bhutanensis">
|
||
<emphasis box="[944,1110,1014,1040]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="364">B. bhutanensis</emphasis>
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Keith, D." box="[1117,1250,1014,1041]" pageId="6" pageNumber="364" pagination="23 - 32" refId="ref6016" refString="Keith, D. (2005) Remarques taxonomiques sur quelques Rhizotroginae orientaux et description de nouvelles especes (Col. Scarabaeoidea Melolonthidae). Symbioses, Nouvelle Serie, 12, 23 - 32." type="journal article" year="2005">Keith, 2005</bibRefCitation>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
are also similar. But the two have a distinctly opaque and uneven pronotum, in contrast to the shiny and less uneven in
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="Zhao & Qi & Su & Liao, 2023" authorityName="Zhao & Qi & Su & Liao" authorityYear="2023" box="[1271,1436,1050,1076]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Brachyllus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="364" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dongzhiweii" status="new species">
|
||
<emphasis box="[1271,1436,1050,1076]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="364">B. dongzhiweii</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,288,1086,1112]" pageId="6" pageNumber="364">
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[151,288,1086,1112]" pageId="6" pageNumber="364" rank="species">new species</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Brenske" authorityYear="1896" box="[343,468,1086,1112]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Brachyllus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="364" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="frontalis">
|
||
<emphasis box="[343,468,1086,1112]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="364">B. frontalis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="6" pageNumber="364" type="etymology">
|
||
<paragraph blockId="6.[151,1437,150,1184]" pageId="6" pageNumber="364">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,334,1122,1148]" pageId="6" pageNumber="364">Etymology.</emphasis>
|
||
This species is dedicated to Zhi-Wei Dong, who collected and donated the
|
||
<typeStatus box="[1201,1299,1122,1148]" pageId="6" pageNumber="364">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
of this new species.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
</document> |