Phanerotoma bicolor Šnoflák, 1958

Phanerotoma bicolor Šnoflák, 1958: 381 (original description).

The holotype and four paratypes are deposited in NMPC (ex. coll. J. Obenberger):

HOLOTYPE (♀): ‘ Agay – var / Gallia, v.27 / Coll. Obenberger [p] // typus [hw] // TYPUS [p, red label in black frame] / ex. Šnoflákem původ. / označ. j. typ. (♀!), ne / ♂, jak změň. Kratochvíl! [hw, reverse of the same red label] // Phanerotoma / bicolor / ♀ Šnoflák [hw] / J. Šnoflák determ. // Mus. Nat. Pragae / Inv. [p] 3536 [hw, orange label]’ (Fig. 2). (Missing middle left leg and hind left tarsi.)

ALLOTYPE (♂): ‘ Agay – var / Gallia, v.28 / Coll. Obenberger [p] // allotypus [hw] / Allotypus [hw, red label] / Phanerotoma / bicolor / ♂ Šnoflák [hw] / J. Šnoflák determ. // Mus. Nat. Pragae / Inv. [p] 3539 [hw, orange label]’ (Fig. 3).

PARATYPE (♂): ‘ Agay – var / Gallia, v. 27 / Coll. Obenberger [p] // Paratypus [hw, red label] / Phanerotoma / bicolor / ♂ Šnoflák [hw] / J. Šnoflák determ.// Mus. Nat.Pragae / Inv.[p] 3540 [hw, orange label]’. (Left antenna partly missing.)

PARATYPE (♀): ‘ Agay – var / Gallia, v.27 / Coll. Obenberger [p] // [label with part of antenna] // Paratypus [hw, red label] / Phanerotoma / bicolor /♀ Šnoflák [hw] / J. Šnoflák determ. // Mus. Nat. Pragae / Inv. [p] 3538 [hw, orange label]’. (Antennae partly missing.)

PARATYPE (♀): ‘ Le Lavandou / Var. Gallia m. / EXP. Obenb. // [piece of card with probably lost glued missing leg] // Paratypus [hw, red label] / Phanerotoma / bicolor / ♀ Šnoflák [hw] / J. Šnoflák determ. // Mus. Nat. Pragae / Inv. [p] 3541 [hw, orange label]’. (Missing part of front left leg and whole left hind leg. On the right side missing whole middle leg and antenna.)

Current status. Junior synonym of Phanerotoma planifrons (Nees, 1816) (see BELOKOBYLsKYJ et al. 2003).

Distribution. Afghanistan, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, China, Czech Republic, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korean peninsula, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Portugal, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, USA (introduced species), Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan (see YU et al. 2016, GADALLAH et al. 2022).