identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
038A878EFFE7FFD7FF75FD16044781C6.text	038A878EFFE7FFD7FF75FD16044781C6.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Gauromaia (Gauromaia) ruffordi Medina & Cabras & Ruzzier 2022	<div><p>Gauromaia (Gauromaia) ruffordi sp. nov.</p> <p>(Figs 2 A–G)</p> <p>Type specimen. Holotype: male, PHILIPPINES, Davao region, Davao City, <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=124.92166&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=7.00795" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 124.92166/lat 7.00795)">Catigan Toril</a>, 7°00’28.62 N; 124°55’17.99 E, 12-14. VII. 2019, M.N.D. Medina leg. (MMCP) to be deposited at PNM.</p> <p>Description. Measurements (in mm): body length: 14.2; IE 1.5; TD 0.4; EL 7.3; EW 4.0; mCG 0.5; PL 2.0; PW 3.2; Proportions: IE/TD 3.75; PW/PL 1.6; EL/EW 1.8.</p> <p>Body subrectangular, subparallel, black colored with strong blue-green metallic shine, elytra metallic green with a metallic purple transverse band on the ¾ of their length.</p> <p>Male. Head metallic green dorsally, with metallic blue frons; coarsely punctate at the base and near the eyes, finely punctate at the frons, piliferous; epistoma moderately depressed, finely punctate, piliferous; mEG weakly notched; labrum black, elliptical, entirely flattened, finely punctate, piliferous, with slightly concave apex which is covered with golden setae; epistomal suture obsolete, evenly arcuate; genae moderately convex, finely punctate, piliferous; frons flat, finely punctate, piligerous; inner ocular sulci shallow, extends one half the diameter of an eye; eyes light brown, moderate in size, transverse in lateral view; tempora weakly convex, not produced. Neck densely microsculptured ventrally; antennae short, reaching approximately apical third of pronotum; 7 th- 10 th antennomeres moderately dilated and forming a weak club; 1 st and 3 rd antennomeres 3.5 times as long as wide, individually; 2 nd as long as wide; 4 th 3.0 times as long as wide; 5 th twice as long as wide; 7 th- 10 th a little wider than long, individually; 7 th- 11 th moderately covered with golden setae; 11 th antennomere linguiform, as long as wide. Ultimate maxillary palpomere moderately securiform. Mentum trapezoidal, convex, bearing a fringe of long setae in anterior corners. Mandible black, glabrous. Base of the head lined with golden setae.</p> <p>Pronotum 1.6 times as wide as long, metallic green with coppery green luster, subquadrate, widest at the middle, finely punctate, piliferous; disc slightly convex, steeply descendent laterally, smooth along lateral margins; anterior margin almost straight; basal margin weakly sinuate, pronotal margin thick, black, glabrous; anterior corners obtusely rounded, posterior corners obtusely angulate, pointed. Scutellum triangular, flat, glabrous, of the same color of the pronotum.</p> <p>Elytra metallic green, with strong metallic purple transverse band on the ¾ of the elytral length; elytra distinctly convex in lateral view, widest behind middle in dorsal view; striae with very fine punctures; these punctures gradually become finer towards apical declivity; intervals almost flat, finely and sparsely punctate at the first basal half of the elytra, becoming weaker and almost invisible towards the apex; humeral calli gently humped, steep descendent towards elytral margins; epipleura metallic purple, glabrous, evenly flat until third ventrite, the rest weakly oblique, reaching the anterior third of 5 th abdominal ventrite.</p> <p>Prothoracic hypomera slightly depressed, piliferous with fine microsculpture. Prosternum with fine punctations; prosternal process (Fig. 2D) lanceolate, curved inwards behind coxae, depressed from the base to behind apex. Mesoventral ridge strongly oblique forwards, slightly raised. Abdomen finely punctate, metallic green at the lateral terminals; ventrite I-III finely punctate with microsculpture pronounced near the anterior margin; ventrite IV-V impunctate, devoid of microsculpture.</p> <p>Genitalia (Fig. 2 E-G): phallobase 1.3 times as long as paramera, subellipsoidal in dorsal view, curved at basal third in lateral view; paramera fused, leaf-shaped in dorsal view, pointed at apex, in lateral view, gently curved from the base toward the apex</p> <p>Legs metallic green, short. Femora metallic blue with metallic green luster, finely punctate, sparsely piliferous, dilated at apical third. Tibiae slightly curved, anterior terminal of pro- and posterior terminals of meso- and metatibiae bearing golden setae. Pads of (pro-, meso-, metatarsi) tarsi covered with golden setae; claws simple and glabrous.</p> <p>Etymology. The specific epithet is dedicated to Mr. Josh Rufford Medina, son of the first author.</p> <p>Diagnosis. The new species, Gauromaia ruffordi sp. nov., is similar to G. bella Pic, with which it shares a similar chromatic pattern (purple-blue transverse band on the apical third of the elytra) and body profile. The two species can be separated by the base of the color pattern of the elytra: green-purple elytra with a marked purple transverse band on the ¾ of the elytral length in G. ruffordi; elytra mostly purple, humeri greenish, with the transverse band occupying all the apical third of the elytra, band golden-purple and delimited by iridescent blue, green and gold colors in G. bella.</p> <p>Furthermore, the lateral sides of the pronotum in G. ruffordi sp. nov., in dorsal view, are gently but continuously curved from the posterior to the anterior angles of the pronotum; in G. bella the margins of the pronotum are almost subparallel-sided in the basal half and more abruptly curved in the apical half.</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/038A878EFFE7FFD7FF75FD16044781C6	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Medina, Milton Norman;Cabras, Analyn;Ruzzier, Enrico	Medina, Milton Norman, Cabras, Analyn, Ruzzier, Enrico (2022): The Tenebrionidae Latreille, 1802 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) of the Philippines Part 2. Two new species of the genus Gauromaia Pascoe, 1866 (Cnodalonini) from Mindanao Island. Zootaxa 5178 (3): 278-284, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5178.3.6
038A878EFFE1FFD6FF75FECA03CB878A.text	038A878EFFE1FFD6FF75FECA03CB878A.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Gauromaia (Gauromaia) kitangladensis Medina & Cabras & Ruzzier 2022	<div><p>Gauromaia (Gauromaia) kitangladensis sp. nov.</p> <p>(Figs 3H–N)</p> <p>Holotype: male, PHILIPPINES, Bukidnon province, <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=124.92166&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=8.123667" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 124.92166/lat 8.123667)">Mt.Kitanglad Range Natural Park</a>, 8°07’25.20 N; 124°55’17.99 E, 18-20. VII. 2018, M.N.D. Medina leg. (MMCP) to be deposited at PNM.</p> <p>Description. Measurements (in mm): body length: 14.7; IE 1.5; TD 0.5; EL 8.0; EW 4.5; mCG 0.5; PL 2.0; PW 3.4; Proportions: IE/TD 3.0; PW/PL 1.7; EL/EW 1.8.</p> <p>Body subrectangular, brownish-black with strong green metallic shine, elytra purple with green luster along suture and lateral margins.</p> <p>Head dorsally metallic green, lateral side metallic black including genae towards ventral side; head in dorsal view transversely elliptical, slightly depressed, finely microsculptured, with piliferous punctures; epistoma weakly depressed, finely punctate; mEG weakly notched; labrum dark brown, elliptical, entirely flattened, finely punctate, piliferous, covered with golden setae at apex; epistomal suture obsolete, evenly arcuate; genae slightly convex, finely punctate, subparallel at sides; frons coppery metallic green, slightly depressed, finely punctate; inner ocular sulci shallow, not extending beyond the diameter of an eye; eyes moderate in size, transverse in lateral view; tempora weakly convex, not produced. Neck glabrous.</p> <p>Antennae short, reaching approximately middle of pronotum; 7 th –10 th antennomeres moderately dilated and forming a weak club; 1 st and 3 rd twice as long as wide, individually; 2 nd as long as wide; 4 th 1.5 times as long as wide; 5 th and 6 th slightly longer than wide; 7 th as long as wide; 7 th- 11 th moderately covered with golden setae; 8 th- 10 th wider than long; 11 th ellipsoidal, as long as wide. Ultimate maxillary palpomere feebly securiform. Mentum trapezoidal, slightly convex, and roughly punctate in anterior half, bearing a couple of long golden setae. Mandible black, glabrous. Base of the head lined with golden setae.</p> <p>Pronotum subquadrate, widest at the middle, 1.7 times as wide as long, metallic blue with coppery green luster, finely punctate, piliferous; disc slightly convex, steeply descendent laterally, smooth along lateral margins; anterior margin almost straight; basal margin weakly bisinuate; pronotal margin thick, black, glabrous; anterior corners obtusely rounded, posterior corners slightly recurved, pointed. Scutellum triangular, slightly convex, metallic green, glabrous.</p> <p>Elytra metallic purple with metallic green luster along suture and lateral margins, distinctly convex in lateral view, widest before apical third; striae defined only by a series of fine, clearly separate punctures, which are gradually more defined towards apical declivity; interstrial intervals flat, finely and sparsely punctate at the basal half, becoming almost invisible towards the apex; humeral calli gently humped, steep descendent towards elytral margin; epipleura black, glabrous, evenly flat until 3 rd abdominal ventrite, the rest weakly oblique, reaching until the anterior third of 5 th abdominal ventrite.</p> <p>Prothoracic hypomera slightly depressed, piliferous, with fine microsculpture. Prosternum with very fine microscopic punctations; prosternal process (Fig. 3K) lanceolate, curved inwards behind coxae, gently depressed near the apex. Mesoventral ridge strongly oblique, slightly raised. Abdomen finely punctate; ventrite I-III with microsculpture pronounced near each anterior margin; ventrite IV-V impunctate, without microsculpture.</p> <p>Genitalia (Fig. 3 L-M): phallobase 1.2 times as long as paramera, subrectangular in dorsal view, curved at basal third in lateral view; paramera fused, leaf-shaped in dorsal view, pointed at apex, in lateral view, gently curved from the base toward the apex.</p> <p>Legs short, metallic blue-green. Femora metallic blue, finely punctate, sparsely piliferous, distinctly dilated at apical third. Tibiae slightly incurved, anterior terminals of protibiae, posterior terminals of meso- and metatibiae bearing golden setae. Tarsi (pro-, meso-, metatarsi) covered with golden setae; claws glabrous.</p> <p>Etymology. This new species is named after Mt. Kitanglad Range Natural Park in Bukidnon Philippines where the type specimen was collected.</p> <p>Diagnosis. The new species, Gauromaia kitangladensis sp. nov., resembles G. laticeps Gebien, with which it shares a similar body shape, the distinctly convex profile of the elytra in lateral view and a similar coloration of head, pronotum and legs. From the latter, G. kitangladensis can be separated by having the elytra entirely greenpurple colored (in G. laticeps elytra are dark brown with purple limited to the impressions defining elytral striae), the elytral intervals flat (slightly convex in G. laticeps), and the prosternal process sharply pointed in ventral view (blunt in G. laticeps). Unfortunately, the present diagnosis is based solely on the original description of G. laticeps, as all attempts to find the holotype in the collections of the Zoological Museum Hamburg (depository indicated in the original description) or the Naturhistorisches Museum Basel (Gebien Collection) were unsuccessful; the type is probably lost. G. kitangladensis can easily be separated from the remaining Gauromaia species in the Philippines, because of the absence of a transverse iridescent band on the elytra.</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/038A878EFFE1FFD6FF75FECA03CB878A	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Medina, Milton Norman;Cabras, Analyn;Ruzzier, Enrico	Medina, Milton Norman, Cabras, Analyn, Ruzzier, Enrico (2022): The Tenebrionidae Latreille, 1802 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) of the Philippines Part 2. Two new species of the genus Gauromaia Pascoe, 1866 (Cnodalonini) from Mindanao Island. Zootaxa 5178 (3): 278-284, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5178.3.6
038A878EFFE0FFD5FF75F90605DA8016.text	038A878EFFE0FFD5FF75F90605DA8016.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Gauromaia Pascoe 1866	<div><p>Key to the species of the genus Gauromaia in the Philippines</p> <p>1 Rows of punctures on elytra coarse....................................................................... 2</p> <p>- Rows of punctures on elytra fine.......................................................................... 3</p> <p>2 Prosternum vertically truncated towards the apex; prosternal process deeply furrowed at the apex........ G. laticeps Gebien</p> <p>- Prosternum narrowly beaded at apex; prosternal process curved inwards behind coxae, dilated before apex................................................................................................ G. mindoroensis Ando</p> <p>3 Elytra without transverse band, of entirely green-purple color.............................. G. kitangladensis sp. nov.</p> <p>- Elytra with transverse band............................................................................. 4</p> <p>4 Elytra green-purple, with distinctive purple transverse band between behind the middle and apical third, and dilated at suture and lateral intervals.................................................................... G. ruffordi sp. nov.</p> <p>- Elytra with thick transverse band of gold, fuchsia pink, purple, turquoise colors extending from the middle towards apical third, dilated at suture and 2 nd intervals................................................................. G. bella Pic</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/038A878EFFE0FFD5FF75F90605DA8016	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Medina, Milton Norman;Cabras, Analyn;Ruzzier, Enrico	Medina, Milton Norman, Cabras, Analyn, Ruzzier, Enrico (2022): The Tenebrionidae Latreille, 1802 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) of the Philippines Part 2. Two new species of the genus Gauromaia Pascoe, 1866 (Cnodalonini) from Mindanao Island. Zootaxa 5178 (3): 278-284, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5178.3.6
