Zeugophora setsukoae Gressitt, 1965

Sekerka, Lukáš & Vives, Eduard, 2013, Review of Zeugophorinae of New Guinea, with description of Zeugophorella gen. nov. and new synonyms of Zeugophora (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 53 (2), pp. 747-762 : 758-759

Zeugophora setsukoae Gressitt, 1965

Zeugophora setsukoae Gressitt, 1965: 135 (type locality: “Airurop, 1530 m, nr Mendi, Southern Highlands, N Papua ”).

Type material. Not studied.

Material examined. IRIAN JAYA: JAYAWIJAYA: Borme , 1000-1450 m, 12.-15.viii.1992, 1 spec., A. Riedel lgt. ( SMNS, published by MEDVEDEV (1996)) ; MANOKWARI: Mokwam (Siyoubrig.), 1°06.26’S, 133°54.41’E, 1400-1800 m, 24.-28.ii.2007, 1 spec., A. Weigel lgt. ( NMEG) .

Distribution. Indonesia: Papua : Jayawijaya province ( MEDVEDEV 1996); West Papua : Manokwari province (present paper); Papua New Guinea: Southern Highlands province ( GRESSITT 1965).

Note. The specimen from Borme ( Fig. 8 ) agrees quite well with the primary description except for the more pronounced pale basal coloration of elytra. The other specimen ( Fig. 9 ) has whole elytra metallic purplish-blue and the pronotum somewhat darkened not pale ochraceous, nevertheless, other characters seems to be quite similar. As many Zeugophora species are quite variable concerning dorsal color we assigned the specimen from Mokwam to Z. setsukoae . However, we did not examine its holotype, housed in the Bishop Museum, thus our identification is rather tentative.

Figures

Figs 4–15.New Guinean Zeugophorinae.4 – Zeugophora aethiops Medvedev, 1996 (holotype, 3.0 mm), 5 – Z.alticola (Gressitt, 1959) (3.9 mm), 6 – Z. enduwakombugoensis Sekerka, 2007 (holotype, 3.4 mm), 7 – Z.papuana Medvedev, 2009 (paratype, 3.1 mm), 8, 9 – Z. setsukoae Gressitt, 1965 (3.6 mm and 3.9 mm), 10 – Zeugophorella bicolora (Medvedev, 1996) (holotype, 4.7 mm), 11 – Z.clypealis (Medvedev, 1996) (holotype, 5.1 mm), 12 – Z. gracilicornis (Medvedev, 1996) (holotype, 3.8 mm), 13 – Z. pallescens sp. nov. (holotype, 4.9 mm); 14 – Z. riedeli (Medvedev, 1996) (paratype, 5.2 mm), 15 – Z. elongata (Gressitt, 1959) (holotype, 4.75 mm after original description).