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Genitalia of Plocia barsevskisi Medina & Avergonzado sp. nov. (A-F) and P. diverseguttata albopunctata (G-H). Plocia barsevskisi A: whole system, ventral aspect, whole system, B: lateral aspect, C: aedeagus, ventral side, D: aedeagus, lateral side, E: tegmen, ventral side, F: tegmen, lateral side. P. diverseguttata albopunctata G: tegmen and H: aedeagus. Images courtesy M.N.D. Medina. Plocia vivesi Medina & Avergonzado sp. nov. (Fig. 2).
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The genus Plocia Newman, 1842 is one of the genera under the tribe Apomecynini which includes four species and four subspecies worldwide. An additional two new species are added, P. barsevskisi Medina & Avergonzado sp. nov. and P. vivesi Medina & Avergonzado sp. nov. from Mt. Candala Range in Maragusan, Davao de Oro province. With the addition of t...
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... lanceolate, and highly cuspidate apex, tegmen long, paramere longer than wide, closed, apex lined with long, soft, and erect yellowish setae (Fig. 2). Adult female. There is no sexual dimorphism between males and females except that the antennae of females are shorter than males. The body of females is more robust than males. Differential diagnosis. The new species closely resemble P. diverseguttata albopunctata (Breuning, 1982) but differs in the following characteristics: Plocia ...
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... at frons (vs. scattered shallow punctures in P. diverseguttata albopunctata). Lateral margin lined with thin yellowish recumbent pubescence (vs. thick band in P. diverseguttata albopunctata). Parameres closed (vs. parameres open in P. diverseguttata albopunctata); apex of aedeagus cuspidate (vs. acute in P. diverseguttata albopunctata) (Fig. 2). The new species also differs from other P. diverseguttata species group based on the arrangement of bands of whitish pubescence at elytra. Etymology. The new species is named after Dr. Arvids Barsevskis of Daugavpils University, Latvia, a good friend and colleague working on the taxonomy of Philippine Cerambycidae. Distribution. ...
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