Revision of the genus Adorodocia Brenske 1893 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Rutelinae: Adoretini) endemic to Madagascar |
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Authors: | Olivier Montreuil Andrey Frolov |
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Affiliation: | 1. UMR 7205, Département Systématique et Evolution, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Entomologie, C.P. 50, 57 rue Cuvier, F – 75231 Paris cedex 05, Franceomontreuil@mnhn.fr;3. Department of Coleopterology, Laboratory of Insect Systematics, Zoological Institute RAS, Universitetskaya nab., 1, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia |
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Abstract: | Summary. The Adoretini of the Malagasy endemic genus Adorodocia Brenske 1893 is revised. Fourteen new species and one new subspecies are described and compared with their most closely related species: A. constricta n. sp., A. cuccodoroi n. sp., A. flava n. sp., A. liliae n. sp., A. marginata n. sp., A. peyrierasi n. sp., A. pseudoconstricta n. sp., A. pseudoflava n. sp., A. pseudostrigata n. sp., A. recta n. sp., A. robusta n. sp., A. sogai n. sp., A. vadoni n. sp., A. viettei n. sp. and A. vittaticollis flavipes n. ssp. The synonymy between Adoretus strigatus Waterhouse 1878, and Pseudadorodocia aenigma Arrow 1901, is confirmed. Thus, based on the results of this study, the genus Adorodocia includes 16 species, and one of them is represented by two subspecies. Diagnostic characters to separate the species in the genus deal mostly with the shape of parameres, color of body and legs, shape of pronotum and female eighth tergite, setation of pronotum and elytra. Key to species, diagnoses and distribution for each species are provided. Endophallus and female genitalia are illustrated for the first time for this genus. |
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Keywords: | new species key Madagascar Shining Leaf Chafers |
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