Peltonotus similis Arrow, 1931

Jameson, Mary Liz & Drumont, Alain, 2013, Aroid scarabs in the genus Peltonotus Burmeister (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Dynastinae): key to species and new distributional data, ZooKeys 320, pp. 63-95 : 80

Peltonotus similis Arrow, 1931 Figs 33, 53, 69, 86

Diagnosis (male and female).

Length 18.0-20.9 mm, color overall dark brown or black, elytra dark brown or black with or without iridescent bloom, head with some multisetigerous punctures, labrum bi-emarginate, mentum rounded in apical half (Fig. 33), labial palpomere 2 slightly enlarged and not obviously dorsoventrally flattened (Fig. 33), mala without lamellate setal brush, maxillary stipes without setae curled at apices, protarsomere 5 of male with internomedial protuberance (Fig. 53), male protibia bidentate, form of parameres (Fig. 69), female epipleuron incised and with rounded emargination (Fig. 86).

Distribution.

Malaysia, Borneo Island (Sabah).