Celebia mundosoctata Heller, 1929

Leitāne, Līga Anna & Rukmane-Bārbale, Anita, 2021, To the knowledge of the genus Celebia Thomson, 1857 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Eupholini) of the Philippines, Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 21 (1), pp. 87-94 : 91

5. Celebia mundosoctata Heller, 1929

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Type locality: Samar Island (Type in MTD, examined) .

Type category: Holotype (female).

Distribution: From the original description it was known that species is distributed at Samar Island, new data presents species exact distribution which is Northern part of the Island: Lope De Vega province.

Material examined: PHILIPPINES / Samar, Lope De Vega / II. 2017 / local collector leg. (1 female) / / IV. 2017 (3 males, 3 females) // V. 2017 (1 female) / VI. 2017 (1 male) // VII. 2017 (1 male) // IX. 2017 (1 female) // X. 2017 (1 female) // XII. 2017 (1 female) // II. 2018 (1 female) // X. 2018 (1 female) // XI. 2018 (2 females) // IV. 2019 (1females). Total: 18 ex. (6 males, 12 females).

Remarks: Species can be easily distinguished from closely related C. leytensis and C. merrilli by circular impressions on elytra, that are present on all length.

Figures

Fig. 1. 1 – C. merrilli Schultze, 1919 (Holotype female, MTD), 2 – C. philippinica Heller, 1921 (Holotype female, MTD), 3 – C. iligana Schultze, 1922 (Holotype female, MTD), 4 – C. lactospreta Heller, 1924 (Holotype female, MTD), 5 – C. mundocostata Heller, 1929 (male, female), 6 – C. samarana Schultze, 1934 (Holotype female, MTD), 7 – C. barsevskisi Leitāne & Rukmane, 2019 (Holotype male), 8 – C. mindanaoensis Leitāne & Rukmane, 2019 (Holotype male, Paratype female), 9 – C. negrosensis Leitāne & Rukmane, 2019 (Holotype male, Paratype female), 10 – C. leytensis Leitāne & Rukmane- Bārbale, 2020 (Holotype male, Paratype female).