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Issue: Vol. 4859 No. 4: 8 Oct. 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-10-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4859.4.4
Page range: 527–536
Abstract views: 109
PDF downloaded: 10

Review of the genus Exopholis Motschulsky, 1859 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Leucopholini) in the Philippines

Regional Crop Protection Center -Region IV-CALABARZON, Timugan, Los Baños, Laguna 4030, Philippines.
Crop Protection Cluster-College of Agriculture, University of the Philippines Los Baños, 4031 College, Laguna, Philippines.
Crop Protection Cluster-College of Agriculture, University of the Philippines Los Baños, 4031 College, Laguna, Philippines.
Coleoptera Scarabaeidae Melolonthinae Leucopholini

Abstract

Motschulsky (1859), a Russian Imperial Army Colonel and entomologist, established the genus Exopholis, described E. birmannica and transferred Melolontha hypoleuca Wiedemann, 1819 to it. Brenske (1896) described Exopholis philippinica from the “Philippinen” from a single female specimen. Dalla Torre (1912), listed eight species under the genus Exopholis Motschulsky, 1859 from South East Asia: E. hypoleuca (Weidemann, 1819) (Myanmar, Malaysia, Borneo, Java, Sumatra, Nias, Ambon), E. costata (Burmeister, 1855) (Java, Nias), E. birmanica Motschulsky, 1859 (Myanmar), E. lacordairei Waterhouse, 1867 (Borneo), E. pinguis Lansberge, 1879 (Sumatra), E. brenskei Nonfried, 1891, E. borneensis Brenske, 1894 (both from Borneo) and E. philippinica Brenske, 1896 (Philippines). This paper aims to review the taxonomy of Exopholis from the Philippines. Specifically, to focus on the diagnosis of Exopholis philippinica and its geographic distribution.

 

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