Pleophylla, Erichson, 1847
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NINETEEN NEW PLEOPHYLLA View in CoL 335
metatarsomere as long as subsequent one. Aedeagus: Fig. 2Y View Figure 2 – Aa. Habitus: Fig. 2 View Figure 2 Ab.
Diagnosis: Pleophylla congoensis sp. nov. is similar to P. burundiensis sp. nov., but it can be distinguished by the basal lobe of the left paramere, which is produced beyond the distal half of the paramere.
Variation: Body length: 8.8 – 10.6 mm, elytral length: 6.9 – 8.1 mm, maximum width: 4.7 – 5.6 mm. Density of dark spots may vary slightly, but never completely without spots. Female: antennal club of female straight, composed of five antennomeres, slightly longer than the remaining antennomeres combined; sixth antennomere short, slightly shorter than half of club length. Eyes smaller than in male: ratio of eye diameter/interocular width: 0.52.
Etymology: The new species is named ‘ congoensis ’ following its occurrence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (Virunga Mountains).
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