Zeugophorella gracilicornis ( Medvedev, 1996 ) Sekerka & Vives, 2013

Sekerka, Lukáš & Vives, Eduard, 2013, Review of Zeugophorinae of New Guinea, with description of Zeugophorella gen. nov. and new synonyms of Zeugophora (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 53 (2), pp. 747-762 : 759-760

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5740745

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persistent identifier

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scientific name

Zeugophorella gracilicornis ( Medvedev, 1996 )
status

comb. nov.

Zeugophorella gracilicornis ( Medvedev, 1996) View in CoL comb. nov.

Pedrilliomorpha gracilicornis Medvedev, 1996: 68 (type locality: “ Irian Jaya: Jayawijaya, Nalca, 1900-2100 m ”).

Type material. HOLOTYPE J (glued): “ Irian Jaya:Jayawi- | jaya, Nalca 1900- | 8.9.1992 2100 m | leg.A.RIEDEL [pale violet, printed and cardboard label] || Holotypus [red, handwritten and cardboard label] || Holotypus | Pedrilliomorpha [handwritten] | gracilicornis [handwritten] | m. [handwritten] | L. Medvedev det. 199[printed]5[handwritten] [white, printed and cardboard label]” ( SMNS).

Distribution. Indonesia: Papua : Jayawijaya province ( MEDVEDEV 1996).

Note. MEDVEDEV (1996) separated this species from similarly colored Z. riedeli and Z. clypealis by its smaller size and feebly serrate antennae. It is true that the only specimen of Z. gracilicornis has thiner and less markedly serrate antennae, and being smaller in size than both congeners, however, its is a male while the other two species were described from females. Zeugophorella gracilicornis is very similar to Z. riedeli except for its size and form of the antennae, however, these are perhaps sexually dimorphic characters. Quite likely, Zeugophorella gracilicornis is just a male of Z. riedeli . However, we do not propose their synonymy until we have the opportunity to examine more material.

Zeugophorella pallescens sp. nov. Type material. See description.

Distribution. Indonesia: West Papua : Manokwari province.

SMNS

Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkund Stuttgart

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Megalopodidae

Genus

Zeugophorella

Loc

Zeugophorella gracilicornis ( Medvedev, 1996 )

Sekerka, Lukáš & Vives, Eduard 2013
2013
Loc

Pedrilliomorpha gracilicornis

MEDVEDEV L. N. 1996: 68
1996
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