Goudotostes sp. F

Ballerio, Alberto, 2021, The Ceratocanthinae of Madagascar and Comoro Islands: a revision of the genera Synarmostes and Goudotostes, and of the flightless Philharmostes, with description of 64 new species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea, Hybosoridae), Fragmenta entomologica 53 (2), pp. 105-282 : 204

8.36: Goudotostes sp. F

( Figs 76 c-d, 77)

Material examined. 2 ♀♀ ( CASC): / CASENT 8135356 / Madagascar: Mahajanga Province. Mahavavy River 6.2 km 145° SE Mitsinjo elev 20 m 1-5 Dec 2002 / 16° 03’ 06” S 045° 54’ 30” E coll. Fisher, Griswold et al. California Acad. of Sciences pitfall trap in gallery forest Collection code: BLF6929 /.

Possibly a new species, belonging to the scabrosus group of species, closely resembling G. siccaesilvae sp. nov. and differing from it because of the presence of more raised and shorter elytral carinae and the presence of a clypeal tubercle.

Figures

Fig. 76 – Goudotostes sp., undescribed females (not to scale), a–b, Goudotostes sp. from Antsiranana, forêt d’Analabe; c–d, Goudotostes sp. from Mahajanga, Mahavavy River 6.2 km 145° SE Mitsinjo; e–f, Goudotostes sp. from Mahajanga, Parc National d’Ankarafantsika, Ampijoroa Station Forestière; g–h, Goudotostes sp.from Toliara, Forêt Classée d’Analavelona.