Heptophylla gongshana Bezděk & Král, n. sp. from China (Yunnan) and a Checklist of the Tribe Heptophyllini (Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae)
Heptophylla gongshana Bezděk & Král, n. sp. from Yunnan, China, is described. The new species, conspicuous in the genus Heptophylla Motschulsky, 1858, by its black body and octomerous antennal club in males, is compared with similar congeners. An iconography including the male genitalia of the new species and the type material of the Heptophyllini taxa described by You-Wei Zhang and found in the Institute of Zoology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, is provided. An updated checklist of Heptophyllini (Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) is presented, and the validity of the tribe is discussed.
Authors
- Aleš Bezděk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8748-3281)
- Yuanyuan Lü (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0648-5531)
- David Král (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1439-7892)
- Yi-Ping Luo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9001-3571)
Institutions
- Czech Academy of Sciences (CZ)
- Charles University (CZ)
- Institute of Entomology (CZ)
- Czech Academy of Sciences, Biology Centre (CZ)
- Institute of Zoology (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Taxonomy
- Published
- 2025-09-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/taxonomy5040052
- Primary Topic
- Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00