Afromontane forests hide 19 new species of an ancient chafer lineage (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae): Pleophylla Erichson, 1847 - phylogeny and taxonomic revision Author Eberle, Jonas Author Beckett, Marc Author Ozgul-Siemund, Alev Author Frings, Jujina Author Fabrizi, Silvia Author Ahrens, Dirk text Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 2017 Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 180 2 321 353 https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/f558ad26-a47a-355d-9f45-4a1c420a1594/ journal article 10.1111/zoj.12489 0024-4082 14807083 3663E0A-2E17-4346-A388-6BEE53081814 NINETEEN NEW PLEOPHYLLA 335 Figure 7. Distribution of Pleophylla species (left side) and absence records (right side), represented by sampling localities of all other sampled Sericini species without records of Pleophylla (white dots). metatarsomere as long as subsequent one. Aedeagus: Fig. 2Y – Aa. Habitus: Fig. 2 Ab. Diagnosis: Pleophylla congoensis sp. nov. is similar to P. burundiensis sp. nov. , but it can be distinguished by the basal lobe of the left paramere, which is produced beyond the distal half of the paramere. Variation: Body length: 8.8 – 10.6 mm , elytral length: 6.9 – 8.1 mm , maximum width: 4.7 – 5.6 mm . Density of dark spots may vary slightly, but never completely without spots. Female: antennal club of female straight, composed of five antennomeres, slightly longer than the remaining antennomeres combined; sixth antennomere short, slightly shorter than half of club length. Eyes smaller than in male: ratio of eye diameter/interocular width: 0.52. Etymology: The new species is named ‘ congoensis ’ following its occurrence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (Virunga Mountains).