Saprovisca leytensis Stebnicka, 1993

Skelley, Paul E., 2015, Saprovisca sarangay, new species, a second species in an unusual Philippine genus of Eupariini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae), Insecta Mundi 2015 (419), pp. 1-6 : 2-3

Saprovisca leytensis Stebnicka

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Saprovisca leytensis Stebnicka, 1993: 29–30 , 35 fig. 1–3.

Diagnosis. Length 6.9 mm. Compared with the new species, S. leytensis is easily recognized by having the clypeal lateral margin not indented at juncture with clypeal-genal suture in dorsal view, pronotal disc with scattered moderate punctures and lacking large impunctate areas, humeral denticle small, abdominal sternites with sutures deep and finely fluted, and flight wings vestigial. Saprovisca leytensis occurs on Leyte, Philippines.

Materials examined. Photos of S. leytensis ( Fig. 1–3 ) were studied. Holotype label data (from Stebnicka 1993): “ Leyte, VISCA N Baybay, in cultivated land, 3.III.1991, leg. W. Schawaller & al.” Deposited in the SMNS.

Remarks. Assuming S. leytensis possesses similar horn dimorphisms as found in S. sarangay , the holotype is a minor male. The holotype was collected in cultivated area with no large mammals that was near primary forest (in.litt., W. Schawaller).

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Figures 1–3. Saprovisca leytensis, holotype. 1) Dorsal habitus. 2) Head, dorsal view. 3) Head, lateral view. Photographs by Christian König, SMNS.