Cyphochilus gandhii Sabatinelli 2020, n. sp.

Cyphochilus gandhii n. sp. Figs 32-34, 84 Holotype: MHNG (MHNG-ENTO-81686); 1 ♂; WEST BENGAL: // INDIA / [West Bengal, Darjeeling] Kurseong / V.1975 (H) // HOLOTYPUS ♂ / Cyphochilus / gandhii mihi / G. Sabatinelli, 2020 (T on red) // (Fig. 84). Paratypes: 78 specimens. UTTAR PRADESH: BMNH; 1 ♂; Allahabad (sub. C. candidus det. Waterhouse). WEST BENGAL: ISNB; 8 ♂, 8 ♀; Kurseong (sub C. pygidialis det. Moser). – MHNG; 4 ♂, 6 ♀; same data as previous. – BMNH; 1 ♂; same data as previous (sub C. candidus det. Arrow). – HNHM; 1 ♂; same data as previous. – NMPC; 1 ♂; same data as previous (sub. C. ca... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Sabatinelli, Guido
Dokumenttyp: other
Erscheinungsdatum: 2020
Schlagwörter: Biodiversity / Taxonomy / Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Coleoptera / Melolonthidae / Cyphochilus / Cyphochilus gandhii
Sprache: unknown
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27273797
Datenquelle: BASE; Originalkatalog
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Link(s) : https://zenodo.org/record/5743437

Cyphochilus gandhii n. sp. Figs 32-34, 84 Holotype: MHNG (MHNG-ENTO-81686); 1 ♂; WEST BENGAL: // INDIA / [West Bengal, Darjeeling] Kurseong / V.1975 (H) // HOLOTYPUS ♂ / Cyphochilus / gandhii mihi / G. Sabatinelli, 2020 (T on red) // (Fig. 84). Paratypes: 78 specimens. UTTAR PRADESH: BMNH; 1 ♂; Allahabad (sub. C. candidus det. Waterhouse). WEST BENGAL: ISNB; 8 ♂, 8 ♀; Kurseong (sub C. pygidialis det. Moser). – MHNG; 4 ♂, 6 ♀; same data as previous. – BMNH; 1 ♂; same data as previous (sub C. candidus det. Arrow). – HNHM; 1 ♂; same data as previous. – NMPC; 1 ♂; same data as previous (sub. C. candidus det. Frey). – MHNG; 2 ♂, 6 ♀; Maria Basti [Christian church near Pedong]. – MHNG; 2 ♂, 3 ♀; Pedong. – MSNG; 1 ♂; same data as previous. – ISNB; 2 ♀; Darjeeling. – ISNB; 2 ♂, 1 ♀; Kolkata. SIKKIM: ISNB; 2 ♂; Sikkim. – MTD; 3 ♂, 3 ♀; same data as previous. ASSAM: MTD, 1 ♂; Assam. – MHNG 1 ♂; same data as previous. ARUNACHAL PRADESH: NHMB; 8 ♂, 8 ♀; btw. Dirang & Bomdila pass., 27˚19’ N 92˚22’ E, 2200 m; 15.VI.2004; leg. L. Dembický. INDIA (generically): ISNB 6 ♂. Description of the holotype male: Size – BL: 21 mm, BW: 8.8 mm, BWX: 11.4 mm, situated at midpoint of elytra. Color – Integument dark shiny brown except for brown-reddish clypeus, antennal clubs, other appendices and legs; dorsal surface with white scales densely aggregated along the sides of pronotum and margins of elytra. Head – CW/L: 3.5; anterolateral edges of clypeus rounded, lateral edges of clypeus curved divergent posteriad; frons large, making eyes relatively small, not prominent (F/O: 5.4); antennal club slightly longer than antennomeres 2-7 (A2-7/CL: 0.88). Pronotum – Transverse (PnW/L: 2.2), strongly convex; apical angles and lateral margins flattened, apical angles acute protuberant; basal lateral margins curved, basal angles obtuse and largely rounded. Elytra – Smooth, without any elevated stria. Thoracic sterna – Surface with short, white pubescence and scales; mesosternum strongly developed anteriorly (MstL: 1.8 mm) between mesocoxae. ...