Pleophylla pilosa, BOHEMAN, 1857

Eberle, Jonas, Beckett, Marc, Ozgul-Siemund, Alev, Frings, Jujina, Fabrizi, Silvia & Ahrens, Dirk, 2017, Afromontane forests hide 19 new species of an ancient chafer lineage (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae): Pleophylla Erichson, 1847 - phylogeny and taxonomic revision, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (Zool. J. Linn. Soc.) 180 (2), pp. 321-353 : 329

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PLEOPHYLLA PILOSA BOHEMAN, 1857 View in CoL ( FIGS 2E – H View Figure 2 , 5B View Figure 5 , 6)

Pleophylla pilosa Boheman, 1857: 125 View in CoL [type locality: Limpopo river] Schaufuss, 1871: 232; Brenske, 1900: 84; Peringuey, 1904: 8.

Pleophylla opalina Schaufuss, 1871: 232 View in CoL [Caffraria interia]; Brenske, 1900: 84, Peringuey, 1904: 8; syn. nov.

Type material examined: Lectotype (here designated): ♂ “Caffraria./ J. Wahlb. /Type./ Pleophylla pilosa / pilosa Bhn. Ent. Kaffr. /3680E91 + /Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet Stockholm Loan no. 1746/07” ( NHRS) . Lectotype ( opalina , here designated): ♂ “ Coll. L.W. Schaufuss /Nunqn at pag. 232/ opalina Schauf. Caffr. inter./Type./ Pleophylla opalina m. navicularis Burm. [sic! canceled] Natal” ( ZMHB) .

Additional material examined: See Appendix S1.

Redescription: Body length: 9.0 mm, elytral length: 6.1 mm, maximum width: 4.7 mm. Angle between lateral margins of labroclypeus and ocular canthus indistinct; anterior margin of labroclypeus medially straight; margins of labroclypeus moderately reflexed; smooth area in front of eyes twice as wide as long; ratio of eye diameter/interocular width: 0.68. Pronotum with dense and thick erect setae; unicoloured; basal margin of pronotum complete; larger punctures on pronotum moderately large. Hypomeron not carinate. Elytra with dark spots; erect dorsal pilosity on elytra dense (more than ten setae per interval); sutural interval in apical declivity of elytra delimited by a sharp carina; white, fine pilosity not condensed to longitudinal patches; intervals punctate at least laterally; adpressed white pilosity long, 1/3 to 1/2 of width of elytral intervals; external apical elytral angle evenly convex. Mesosternal process short. Ratio of length of metepisternum/metacoxa: 1/1.33. Metatibia, ratio of width/length: 1/3.87. Metatarsi dorsally smooth; first metatarsomere as long as subsequent one. Aedeagus: Fig. 2E – G View Figure 2 . Habitus: Fig. 2H View Figure 2 .

Remarks: The shape of the parameres of P. opalina are virtually identical in shape to those of the lectotype of P. pilosa . In previous publications we referred to this species as ‘sp6’ (Ozg € ul-Siemund € & Ahrens, 2015; Eberle et al., 2016b).