Phyllophaga (Phyllophaga) schneblei Frey, 1975

Vallejo, Luís Fernando & Wolff, Martha, 2013, The genus Phyllophaga Harris (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) in the Colombian Andean Mountains, Zootaxa 3722 (2), pp. 101-142 : 136-137

30. Phyllophaga (Phyllophaga) schneblei Frey, 1975

Redescription. Length 22–26 mm. Elongate body, dorsal and ventral surface are densely covered with setae, easily observed, dark chestnut in color. Pronotum (Fig. 131) is expanded, wider than it is long, with a surface densely covered in setae, with crenulated lateral margins. Clypeus is slightly sinuous, concave, with raised margins and a densely punctate surface; vertex is marked with small punctures, most pronounced on the clypeus. Antennae (Fig. 132) have 10 antennomeres with wide and compact antennal clubs. Tarsal claws (Figs. 133, 135) are cleft, with a long, sharp ventral setae. Protibiae are flat, with three teeth, the first two more pronounced and the third tooth smaller; metatibiae (Fig. 134) have transversal oblique carinae, most defined in the dorsolateral region, with two typical spurs, the inner almost equal in length to the outer, and both fused with the tibia. The pygidial plate (Figs. 136–137) is convex with abundant erect, short and medium-sized setae on the abdomen. Male genital capsule (Figs. 138–139) is short, cylindrical, and slightly curved; parameres are wide, with long, sharp teeth at the ventral base; aedeagus is membranous, very adorned, with a pair of lateral fins with a roughly punctate texture on the basal half. In the mid section, two lines of minute spines directed towards the base are present; the distal section ends with a crown of minute spines at the base, finishing in a type of tubular flagellum, adorned with further minute spines and teeth.

Comments. The type series, made up of 14 pairs, was obtained by Schneble in "Medellín, Kolumbien ". In Frey’s key (1975) this species was located between P. pubescens (Burmeister) from Brazil and P. penaella Frey from Ecuador.

Geographic records. Departamento de Antioquia: Municipio de San Vicente, vereda Chaparral (1,850 m) 21 March 2012, Fernando Vallejo, 2 males, 2 females. Departamento de Caldas: Municipio de Aguadas, vereda El Diamante (1,650 m) March–June 2006, 2007, Fernando Vallejo, 18 males, 9 females; municipio de Riosucio (1,800 m) March 2006, Fernando Vallejo, 5 males, 2 females; municipio de Manizales, Valle de Maltería, Granja Tesorito-Universidad de Caldas (2,280 m) March-June 2006, 2007, Fernando Vallejo, 12 males, 2 females. Departamento de Cauca: Municipio de Caldono (1,670 m) 2 October 1998, Luis Carlos Pardo-Locarno, 2 males, 2 females. Departamento de Risaralda: Municipio de Pereira (1,420 m) April–June 2003; Municipio de Pereira, corregimientos de La Florida (1,660 m) y La Colonia (1,580 m), April–June 2003, 2004, Fernando Vallejo, 10 males, 9 females; municipio de Dosquebradas (1,410 m) January–June 2003; April–June 2003, Fernando Vallejo, 16 males, 2 females; municipio de Quinchía, March–June 2007, 2008, Octavio Útima, 7 males, 7 females.