Hemipeplus grouvellei Pollock, 1997

Kc, Sajan & Pollock, Darren A., 2025, Review of the Hemipeplinae (Coleoptera: Mycteridae) fauna of the world with descriptions of twenty-nine new species, Zootaxa 5574 (1), pp. 1-140 : 60-61

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scientific name	Hemipeplus grouvellei Pollock, 1997
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(Figs 27, 63)

FIGURE 27. Hemipeplus grouvellei Pollock, 1997 (Holotype). A. Dorsal habitus; B. Dorsal head and prothorax; C. Lateral view of head and prothorax. Image Credit. NMNH/Lourdes Chamorro.

Hemipeplus grouvellei Pollock, 1997: 88 , Figs 3, 11, 14, 22.

Type Material. Holotype, sex unknown, only images sent from NMNH, labeled: ‘ MADAGASCAR: Prov. Fianarantsoa, 7 km W Ranomafana , 1100m 1–7 November 1988 W. E. Steiner / At black light in montane rain forest / [handwritten] Comp. with type of H. madagascariensis Grouvelle & NOT the same species / [red label] HOLOTYPE [in Pollock’s handwriting] Hemipeplus grouvellei Pollock [printed] Examined by D.A. Pollock 1997 / [with a barcode] USNMENT, 01595470’, in NMNH .

Diagnosis. Hemipeplus grouvellei can be distinguished from the similar-appearing H. egregius (Fig. 26) by its obtusely rounded posterolateral pronotal angles and less prominent pronotal lobe. Hemipeplus grouvellei has the following diagnostic features: temples absent; scape submoniliform; eyes very large (subequal to scape + pedicel + antennomere III) moderately wide and moderately convex; pronotum subcordiform, wide and flat without a distinct anterior emargination; pronotum strongly sinuate anterolaterally, anterior half strongly produced, acutely rounded; pronotal pad absent; posterolateral angles obtusely rounded; pronotal lobe broad and arcuate; elytra slightly convex apically; color uniformly light brown; distribution: Madagascar ( Pollock 1997).

Geographical Distribution (Fig. 63). Madagascar.

Natural History. According to Pollock (1997), adults of H. grouvellei were collected from blacklights in montane rainforest.