Trachelophora floresica Breuning 1963

Trachelophora floresica Breuning, 1963 Fig. 6 A – E Trachelophora floresica Breuning, 1963: 218 (original description, type locality: Sita, Flores Island. Type material examined. Holotype: ♂ (MfN), Trachelophora floresica mihi typ Breuning det. (handwritten and printed with black ink on a rectangular white label) / West Flores Sita 700 m - 30.6. 27 Dr. Rensch S. G. (handwritten and printed with black ink on a rectangular white label) / TYPE (printed with black ink on a rectangular red label) / MfN URL http://coll.mfn-berlin.de/u/09f3e8 with barcode (printed with black ink on a rectangular white label) (Fig. 6 A – E). Diagnosis. (holotype, based on quality photographs, and modified from the original description) Male medium-sized body, length 24.0 mm, width 6.5 mm, elongate, robust habitus, dark reddish-brown integument largely concealed by dense, short, recumbent ochraceous to yellowish-brown pubescence, and sparse pale white setae, most conspicuous on the antennae, elytra, and legs. Head distinctly narrower than the prothorax, ~ 3 / 4 as long as the pronotum, with a broad, shallow median groove on the frons not reaching the clypeal margin; eyes deeply emarginate, with large lower lobes. Antennae slender, ~ 2 × the body length; scape elongate and distinctly clavate; antennomere III> 2 × as long as the scape. Pronotum slightly broader than long, subquadrate, with a strong acute conical lateral spine on each side and three indistinct ochraceous maculae on each side. Elytra elongate, densely and irregularly punctate, with punctures becoming finer apically; each elytron bearing a small indistinct ochraceous discal macula near the lateral margin at the apical third, ochraceous tomentum laterad of the scutellum, and individually obtuse apices. Remarks. The combination of antennae ~ 2 × the body length, a subquadrate pronotum lacking discal tubercles but bearing strong acute conical lateral spines, a broad and shallow frontal median groove not reaching the clypeal margin, dense ochraceous pubescence intermixed with sparse pale white setae, and elongate elytra bearing ochraceous tomentum beside the scutellum together with a small indistinct ochraceous discal macula near the lateral margin of the apical third readily distinguishes this species from all congeners. Distribution. This species is currently known only from Flores Island (Breuning, 1963).