TABLE 1. Unusual character states in the two mistletoe-associated Habroloma species. Character statesHabroloma tsutsumiuchiiHabroloma taxillusiOther congeners1.Modified antennal scapePresentNot modifiedPresent in 8 spp. (see main text)2.Prominently narrowed clypeusBroad clypeusPresentPresent in more than 20 spp. (see Table 2)3.Round elytral puncturePresentPresentPresent in H. baucis and H. spinicorne4.Pronotal and elytral tuftsPresentAbsentPresent in e.g., H. baucis, H. c oomani, H. spinicorne, and H. thomasseti5.Hypomeral apical excavationPresentAbsentAbsent (nearly no data)6.Apical comb of female abdomenAbsentPresentAbsent7.Delta-like portion of leaf-minePresentPresentAbsent8.Frass pupal chamberPresentPresentAbsent9.Large clutch sizePresent1 egg/1 leaf1 egg/1 leaf

Published as part of Tamadera, Yutaka, 2025, New or little-known jewel beetles on mistletoe, Taxillus Tiegh. (Loranthaceae), in Japan: Unusual morphology and biology in Habroloma Thomson, 1864 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), pp. 75 in Zootaxa 5725 (1) on page 75, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5725.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/17868326