Thaumaglossa bellissima

Háva, Jiří, 2016, A Contribution To Knowledge Of Dermestidae (C O L E O P T E R A: B O S T R I C H If O R M I A) F R O M T H E Philippines, Acta Biologica Universitatis Daugavpiliensis 16 (2), pp. 129-134 : 131

Thaumaglossa bellissima HÁva, 2005: 85 syn.

nov.

Material examined ♂♂: Philippines, North Luzon, Pagudpud , Ilocos Norte, Apr.2016, native collector , 2 ♂, J. HÁva det., ( JHAC) ; Philippines, Eastern Luzon, Sierra Madre , Quirino, January 2016, native collector , 1 ♂, J. HÁva det., ( JHAC) ; Philippines, Mindanao, Kabanglasan , Bukidnon, March 2016, native collector , 1 ♂, J. HÁva det., ( JHAC) ; Philippines, Mindanao, Esperanza , Agusan del Sur, Apr.2016, native collector , 1 ♂, J. HÁva det., ( JHAC) ; Philippines, Eastern Luzon, Sierra Madre, Tanay Rizal, May 2016, native collector , 1 ♂, J. HÁva det., ( JHAC) .

Published material ♀♀ as T. bellissima (Háva et al. 2015) : Philippines, Eastern Luzon, Sierra Madre , Quirino, January 2016, native collector , 1 ♀, J. HÁva det., ( JHAC) ; Philippines, Eastern Luzon, Sierra Madre, Tapsoy , Nagtipunan , Quirino, April 2016, native collector , 1 ♀, J. HÁva det., ( JHAC) ; Philippines, Mindanao, Masara , Compostela Valley, April 2016, native collector , 1 ♀, J. HÁva det., ( JHAC) .

Remarks. HÁva (2002 and 2005) described the species (male and female specimens) as two different taxa but according to the present study of recently collected material from Luzon and Mindanao, T. bellissima and T. dembyckyi are conspecific. Females differ from the males in size and colour of elytral spots, apical spots being absent in females, as shown in Figs. 4-5. Thaumaglossa bellissima HÁva, 2005 syn. nov. is a junior synonym of Thumaglossa dembyckyi HÁva, 2002. The species is the first known taxon belonging to the genus Thaumaglossa and exerting the sexual dimorphism.

Distribution. A species known from the Philippines: Luzon, Mindanao and Singapore.