Pterorthochaetes insularis Gestro, 1899

Ballerio, Alberto & Maruyama, Munetoshi, 2010, The Ceratocanthinae of Ulu Gombak: high species richness at a single site, with descriptions of three new species and an annotated checklist of the Ceratocanthinae of Western Malaysia and Singapore (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea, Hybosoridae), ZooKeys 34 (34), pp. 77-104 : 94

Pterorthochaetes insularis Gestro, 1899 ( Fig. 3A )

Known distribution: Indonesia, Philippines ( Paulian 1978), Nepal ( Ballerio 1999), West Malaysia (Kelantan) (Grebennikov et al. 2005).

New material examined: West Malaysia, Perak, 25 km NE of Ipoh, Banjaran Titi Wangsa Mounts, Gunung Korbu, 1400–1800 mt., 11–31.I.1999, leg. P. Cechovsky ( ABCB).

Remarks. First record for Perak and Selangor. Based on unpublished data of the senior author, P. insularis is a quite common species with a wide distribution, spanning from Nepal to Borneo, with a strong geographical morphological variation, whose taxonomic meaning still needs to be evaluated.

Figures

Figure 3. Ceratocanthinae of Ulu Gombak. A Pterorthochaetes insularis habitus dorsal B Pterorthochaetes sp. habitus dorsal C Pterorthochaetes tsurui sp. n. habitus dorsal D idem habitus lateral E Cyphopisthes sp. habitus dorsal.