Eophileurus gracilis Prell, 1913

Yang, Qiao-Zhi & Pathomwattananurak, Wuttipon, 2022, Four new species of the genus Eophileurus Arrow, 1908 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae Dynastinae) from Thailand and Vietnam, with notes on some Indochinese species, Zootaxa 5165 (4), pp. 451-485 : 462-464

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5165.4.1

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6857348

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D9879B-E856-1761-7EFD-FA2D6821A3A3

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scientific name

Eophileurus gracilis Prell, 1913
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Eophileurus gracilis Prell, 1913

( Figs. 54–64 View FIGURES 54–59 View FIGURES 60–64 )

Eophileurus gracilis Prell, 1913: 116 (type locality: “Andamanen”), plate 1–2, fig. 9 (parameres); Arrow 1937: 84; Endrődi 1977: 106 (Coromandel; Delhi; Genji; Madras; Taniore; Bhadravati), fig. 15 (parameres); Endrődi 1985: 667, fig. 2018 (parameres); Krajčik 2005: 64; Yamaya & Muramoto 2008: 26, figs. 65–66 (female habitus), fig. 67 (female pronotum), fig. 68 (female elytra); Krajčik 2012: 101; Jákl & Zídek 2015: 19.

Eophileurus andamanicus Arrow, 1914: 261 (type locality: “Andaman Is.”; “Nicobar Is”.), plate 13, fig. 3 (parameres); Arrow 1937: 84; Endrődi 1977: 95 (synonymized with Eophileurus gracilis Prell, 1913 ); Krajčik 2005: 64 (in synonymy).

Type material examined. Lectotype of Eophileurus gracilis Prell, 1913 (♂, MFNB, Figs. 54–59 View FIGURES 54–59 ), labeled: “Andamanen // Eophileurus gracilis Prell ♂ - Type // Lectotypus Eophileurus gracilis Prell SEndrődi”. Lectotype of E. andamanicus Arrow, 1914 (hereby designated; ♂, BMNH, Figs. 60–64 View FIGURES 60–64 ), labeled: “SYN-TYPE // Andaman Islands // Fry Coll. 1905-100. // Capt Wimberley // 45001 // NHMUK 014380703”, an additional red label will be provided labeling: “ Lectotype Eophileurus andamanicus Arrow, 1914 des. Yang & Pathomwattananurak 2022”, examined through photographs provided by Keita Matsumoto. Paralectotypes of E. andamanicus Arrow, 1914 , 1♀ ( BMNH), labeled: “SYN-TYPE // Andaman Islands // Fry Coll. 1905-100. // Capt Wimberley // NHMUK014380707 About NHMUK ; 1♀ ( BMNH), same data as the first ♀, but the last label with “ NHMUK014380704 About NHMUK ” and with an additional label: “ planatus, Wied. Puncture rather tiner than type compared with type. G. A. K. M. Sept. 1907.” ; 1♂ ( BMNH), same data as the first ♀, but the last label with “ NHMUK014380705 About NHMUK ” and with an additional label: “ ♂ ” ; 1♂ ( BMNH), same data as the first ♀, but the last label with “ NHMUK014380706 About NHMUK ” and with an additional label: “ Eophileurus gracilis, Prell Determined from description. G. J. A.” ; 1♀ ( BMNH), same data as the first ♀, but the last label with “ NHMUK014380708 About NHMUK ” and with an additional label: “ ♀ ” ; 1♀ ( BMNH), same data as the first ♀, but the last label with “ NHMUK014380708 About NHMUK ; 1♂ ( BMNH), labeled: “SYN-TYPE // TYPE H. T. // Roeþtorff // Sumatra Nicobar I. // Fry Coll. 1905-100. // NHMUK014380702 About NHMUK ”. An additional red label will be provided for each paralectotype labeling: “ Paralectotype Eophileurus andamanicus Arrow, 1914 des. Yang & Pathomwattananurak 2022”, examined through photographs provided by Keita Matsumoto .

Additional material examined. None.

Distribution. India: Andaman Is., Nicobar Is.

Remarks. Eophileurus gracilis Prell, 1913 was described from Andaman Island. Eophileurus andamanicus Arrow, 1914 was described from Andaman Island and Nicobar Island by Arrow (1914) without mentioning the species described by Prell one year prior, it is then treated as junior synonym of E. gracilis by Endrődi (1985). By examining the type material of E. gracilis ( Figs. 54–59 View FIGURES 54–59 ) and E. andamanicus ( Figs. 60–64 View FIGURES 60–64 ), the treatment by Endrődi is considered valid. Lectotype of E. andamanicus is designated for the only syntype originally dissected by Arrow. The paralectotype from Nicobar Island was dissected by Keita Matsumoto (BMNH) and confirmed to be conspecific, thus confirming its distribution on Nicobar Island.

MFNB

Museo Friulano di Storia Naturale

NHMUK

Natural History Museum, London

T

Tavera, Department of Geology and Geophysics

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Dynastidae

Genus

Eophileurus

Loc

Eophileurus gracilis Prell, 1913

Yang, Qiao-Zhi & Pathomwattananurak, Wuttipon 2022
2022
Loc

Eophileurus andamanicus

Krajcik, M. 2005: 64
Endrodi, S. 1977: 95
Arrow, G. J. 1937: 84
Arrow, G. J. 1914: 261
1914
Loc

Eophileurus gracilis Prell, 1913: 116

Jakl, S. & Zidek, J. 2015: 19
Krajcik, M. 2012: 101
Yamaya, S. & Muramoto, R. 2008: 26
Krajcik, M. 2005: 64
Endrodi, S. 1985: 667
Endrodi, S. 1977: 106
Arrow, G. J. 1937: 84
Prell, H. 1913: 116
1913
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