Parasymmela howdeni, Pacheco & Monné & Vaz-de-Mello & Ahrens, 2022

Pacheco, Thaynara L., Monné, Marcela L., Vaz-de-Mello, Fernando Z. & Ahrens, Dirk, 2022, First non-feeding Sericini beetles (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae): new genus from Amazonia and phylogenetic position, Organisms Diversity & Evolution (New York, N. Y.) 22 (3), pp. 733-748 : 745

Parasymmela howdeni sp. n.

(Figs. 3V–X, 4I–P, and 5).

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Type material examined Holotype ♂ " Brazil Para Tucurui FIT 9–17.XII.1985 N. Degallier " ( CMNC) . Paratypes: 12 ♂♂ " Brazil Para Tucurui FIT 9–17.XII.1985 N. Degallier " ( CMNC, CEMT, MNRJ, ZFMK) , 1 ♂ " Brazil Para Tucurui FIT 9–17.XII.1985 N. Degallier / X-DA5561" ( ZFMK) .

Diagnosis P. howdeni is virtually identical to P. amazonica but differs in the following features: eyes larger (in P. amazonica smaller); protibial claws smaller, being half as long as 5th protarsomere (in P. amazonica more or less subequal to 5th protarsomere) ( Fig. 4L ); and shape of aedeagus; parameres shorter compared to the phallobase ( Fig. 4M, N ), in lateral view more strongly curved than in P. amazonica , their lateral margin more strongly emarginate (dorsal and apical view); the medially fused ventral plate of phallobase is

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Fig.4 (A–H) Parasymmela amazonica, male. (I–P) P. howdeni, male. (A, I) Habitus, dorsal view. (B, J) Habitus, lateral view. (C, K) Head, dorsal view. (D, L) Protarsomere and claws. (E–H, M–P) Aedeagus;