Clytellus laosicus Gressitt et Rondon, 1970

Miroshnikov, A. I., 2020, Taxonomic notes on the tribes Tillomorphini Lacordaire, 1868 and Clytellini Miroshnikov, 2014, stat. n., with descriptions of new taxa and a third addition to review of the genus Clytellus Westwood, 1853 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae), Russian Entomological Journal 29 (4), pp. 388-399 : 396

Clytellus laosicus Gressitt et Rondon, 1970

Fig. 20 .

MATERIAL. 1♂ (cAM) ( Fig. 20 ),, Vietnam, Quang Nam Prov., Tay Giang Distr. , 1300 m, 05.2019 (local collector) .

DISTRIBUTION. This species has hitherto been known only from northern Laos [ Gressitt, Rondon, 1970; Miroshnikov, 2014, 2015].

Based on the studied material, C. laosicus is being recorded here from central Vietnam for the first time.

BIONOMICS. In northern Laos, adults active from about mid-February at least to the second half of March [ Gressitt, Rondon, 1970; Miroshnikov, 2014]. In central Vietnam, one specimen was collected in May.

REMARKS. The body length of the studied male is 4.2 mm, the humeral width is 1.0 mm.

Acknowledgements. I am very grateful to Alexander S. Konstantinov (USNM), Alexey Yu. Solodovnikov (NHMD), James E. Wappes (ACMT) for the opportunity to study the museum material, again to Alexander S. Konstantinov for the helpful provision of a series of high-quality photographs of some Tillomorphini species and a valuable information used in the present paper. I give special thanks to Kirill V. Makarov (Moscow Pedagogical State University, Moscow, Russia) for having rendered his great help in the preparation of most pictures and to my wife Tatiana P. Miroshnikova who helped a lot in the preparation of the illustrations for publication.

Figures

Figs 19–20. Clytellus spp., habitus, dorsal view: 19 — C. jenisi, female from Sarawak, Malaysia; 20 — C. laosicus, male from Vietnam. Рис. 19–20. Clytellus spp., общий вид, сверху: 19 — C. jenisi, самка иЗ Саравака (МалайЗиЯ); 20 — C. laosicus, самец иЗ Вьетнама.