Pleophylla navicularis Burmeister, 1855: 181 Schaufuss, 1871: 231 Pleophylla flavicornis Schaufuss, 1871: 232 Afromontane forests hide 19 new species of an ancient chafer lineage (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae): Pleophylla Erichson, 1847 - phylogeny and taxonomic revision Eberle, Jonas Beckett, Marc Ozgul-Siemund, Alev Frings, Jujina Fabrizi, Silvia Ahrens, Dirk Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 2017 Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 180 2 321 353 4K848 BURMEISTER, 1855 Burmeister 1855 [185,717,668,695] Insecta Scarabaeidae Pleophylla Animalia Coleoptera 16 337 Arthropoda species navicularis      Pleophylla navicularis Burmeister, 1855: 181[ typelocality: Weihnachtsbai (Hoppig)];  Schaufuss, 1871: 231; Brenske, 1900: 83; Peringuey, 1904: 7.     Pleophylla flavicornis  Schaufuss, 1871: 232[ typelocality: Caffr., New Germany]; Brenske, 1900: 83, syn. nov.   Type material examined:  Lectotype(  navicularis, here designated): ♂ “navicularis Nab.subcylindr. Pt. Nat. Gm.” ( MLUH). Paralectoptype: 1 ♀[without labels, provided with a copy of the original collection label] ( MLUH).  Lectotype(  flavicornis, here designated): ♀“Type./flavicornis m. N. Germ./Nunqu at. pag. 232/ Coll. L.W. Schaufuss/ flavicornis Schauf. Caffraria/ Pleophylla” ( ZMHB).  Additional material examined:See Appendix S1.  Redescription:Body length: 13.0 mm, elytral length: 9.4 mm, maximum width: 6.6 mm. Angle between lateral margins of labroclypeus and ocular canthus indistinct; anterior margin of labroclypeus medially straight; margins of labroclypeus moderately reflexed; smooth area in front of eyes three times as wide as long; ratio of eye diameter/interocular width: 0.68. Pronotum with dense and thick erect setae; unicoloured; basal margin of pronotum narrowly interrupted medially (distinctly less than scutellum width); larger punctures on pronotum very coarse. Hypomeron not carinate. Elytra with dark spots; erect dorsal pilosity on elytra dense (more than ten setae per interval); sutural interval in apical declivity of elytra distinctly elevated but convex; white, fine pilosity not condensed to longitudinal patches; intervals punctate at least laterally; adpressed white pilosity long, 1/3 to 1/2 of width of elytral intervals; external apical elytral angle evenly convex. Mesosternal process short. Ratio of length of metepisternum/metacoxa: 1/1.47. Metatibia, ratio of width/length: 1/4.3. Metatarsi dorsally smooth; first metatarsomere as long as subsequent one. Aedeagus: Fig. 3I –K. Habitus: Fig. 3L. Female genitalia: Fig. 5I.  Remarks:In previous publications we referred to this species as ‘sp11’ (Ozg € ul-Siemund € & Ahrens, 2015; Eberle et al., 2016b). [420,683,840,862] Germany Brenske 16 337 1 MLUH Pt. Nat. Gm. 16 337 2 1 1 lectotype ZMHB N. Germ. & Coll. L. W. Schaufuss 16 337 1 1 lectotype