Abstract
A new species of the genus Megistophylla Burmeister, 1855 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) from Yunnan Province, China is described and illustrated: Megistophylla octobracchia Gao & Li, new species. Megistophylla grandicornis (Fairmaire, 1891) is redescribed and illustrated with mouthparts and male genitalia for the first time. Megistophylla grandicornis is newly recorded for Fujian Province, China. [Megistophylla octobracchia Gao & Li, new species, LSID: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:C6D8B7D8-F81B-4E26-AEDA-90576F08B303]
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