Holomelia gigantea Miyake, 1996

Kaneko, Naoki & Wada, Kaoru, 2020, Catalogue of the type material of Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) deposited in the Research Institute of Evolutionary Biology, Tokyo, Japan, ZooKeys 958, pp. 35-89 : 35

Holomelia gigantea Miyake Figure 3D

Holomelia gigantea Miyake, 1996: 35-36.

Note.

The holotype and following paratypes are deposited in RIEB (ex coll. Y. Miyake).

Holotype

(♂). '19 miles from / Tapah, Malaya / 1-II-1974 / Y. Miyake leg [white label, front] // Wu TET KONG / legt. [white label, back] // 29・5 // 家 = ie [aedeagus mount] // Holotype: / Holomelia / gigantea / Y. MIYAKE, 1996'. (Fig. 3D )

Paratypes.

2 exs.: 1 ♂ 'Cameron H. / MALAYA / Jan-Feb 1974 / Y. Miyake leg. // 30.5 // Paratype: / Holomelia gigantea / Y. MIYAKE, 1996 // 19 miles from / Tapah, Malaya / 1-II-1974 [white label, front] // Wu Tet Kong legt. [white label, back]'. 1 ex. '19 miles from / Tapah, Malaya / 1-II-1974 [white label, front] // Wu Tet Kong legt. [white label, back] // Paratype: / Holomelia gigantea / Y. MIYAKE, 1996'.

Type condition.

The aedeagus of the holotype is pinned separately.

Current status.

Valid species.

Remark.

Miyake (1996) did not provide a photograph of the holotype. Apparently he provided a photograph of a paratype, but we could not trace that specimen.

Figures

Figure 3. Habitus of holotype specimens. A Apogonia terminalis Miyake, Yamagushi et Akiyama B Apogonia unidentata Miyake, Yamaguchi et Akiyama C Dichelomorpha sublineata Miyake D Holomelia gigantea Miyake E Holotrichia loochooana umebayashii Miyake F Holotrichia yamayai Miyake et Yamaguchi G Hoplia choui Miyake H Hoplia nakanei Miyake.