Synarmostes sp. C

Ballerio, Alberto, 2021, The Ceratocanthinae of Madagascar and Comoro Islands: a revision of the genera Synarmostes and Goudotostes, and of the flightless Philharmostes, with description of 64 new species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea, Hybosoridae), Fragmenta entomologica 53 (2), pp. 105-282 : 167

Synarmostes sp. C

( Figs 34 h-i; 35)

Material examined. 1 ♀ ( CASC): / CASENT 8135293 / Madagascar: Toamasina, Montagne d’Akirindro 7.6 km 341° NNW Ambinanitelo elev. 600 m 17-21 Mar. 2003 / 15° 17’ 18” S 049° 32’ 54” E California Acad. of Sciences coll. Fisher, Griswold et al. sifted litter (leaf mold, rotten wood) rainforest BLF 8250 /.

A probable new species belonging to the tibialis group of species. Large-sized and somewhat similar to S. aes sp. nov. and S. separatus sp. nov. It shares with them the punctation pattern of elytra and pronotum but has a stronger sculpturing on elytral distal third and a distinctly saddle-shaped pronotum (lateral view). Brachypterous ( Fig. 10 c ).

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Fig. 34 – a–b, Synarmostes parrilloi sp. nov. (Col du Sedro); c, d, g, Synarmostes sp. A from Antsiranana, Réserve Spéciale de l’Ankarana; e–f, Synarmostes sp. B from Parc National de Zombitse; h–i, Synarmostes sp. C from Toamasina, Montagne d’Akirindro; j–k, Synarmostes sp. D from Fianarantsoa, forêt de Vevembe.

Fig. 10 – Wings. a, Synarmostes tibialis; b, Synarmostes occidentalis sp. nov.; c, Synarmostes sp. C; d, Philharmostes metallicus sp. nov.; e, Synarmostes makirovanae sp. nov.; f, Goudotostes laevis sp. nov..