Celebia lactospreta Heller, 1924

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 : 90-91

Celebia lactospreta Heller, 1924

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Type locality: Negros Island , Mt. Cuernos (Type in MTD, examined) .

Type category: Holotype (female).

Distribution: Negros Island. Species is known from a single specimen from Mt. Cuernos at the Southern part of Negros Island.

Remarks: One of the two species known to be distributed at Negros Island. Species can be easily distinguished from C. negrosensis Leitāne & Rukmane by it d” #{GGs unique white scally spots on elytra.

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).