Zeugophora (Pedrillia) dimorpha Gressitt, 1945

Li, Kaiqin & Liang, Hongbin, 2018, A check list of the Chinese Zeugophorinae (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae), with new synonym, new record and two new species of subgenus Pedrillia from China, Zootaxa 4455 (1), pp. 127-149 : 135

Zeugophora (Pedrillia) dimorpha Gressitt, 1945

Zeugophora dimorpha Gressitt, 1945: 138 , pl. 6, figs. 6, 9. Type locality: Jiangxi (Kiangsi) , Guangdong ( Kwangtung ), China. Type depository: CAS .

Zeugophora (Pedrillia) dimorpha Gressitt : Jolivet, 1957: 12.

Distribution. China (Jiangxi, Hunan).

Remarks: After checking a series of specimens, we found this species has two kinds of color. In some specimens, head and pronotum are black, elytra yellowish brown but elytra suture with black strip ( Fig. 14 ); in the others, dorsal surface of body in completely yellowish brown, elytra without black strip ( Fig. 15 ). In the original description, the author mentioned that male and female have different color pattern. However, we found both male and female could own the same colour pattern (elytra with black strip).

Figures

FIGURES 14–15. Zeugophora (Pedrillia) dimorpha Gressitt, 1945. 14. Dorsal view; 15, Paratype deposited in CAS, dorsal side. Scale line = 2.0 mm (Fig. 14).