Neosclerus fortepunctatus CAMERON, 1924
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https://doi.org/ 10.21248/contrib.entomol.61.1.149-153 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10238170 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FAB873-8C2A-FFF6-46A1-BDB9E0819B94 |
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Carolina |
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Neosclerus fortepunctatus CAMERON, 1924 |
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Neosclerus fortepunctatus CAMERON, 1924 View in CoL
Additional material examined:
Nepal: 1 , 1 , trail from Pokhara to Goropani, IX-X.1971, leg. Franz ( NHMW, cAss).
Comment:
The above specimens represent the first confirmed record from Nepal. It seems possible that the females previously reported as N. brevipennis (CAMERON, 1943) from Nepal refer to either this or the following species. Another previously unseen syntype from the original type series, but not conspecific with the lectotype, was discovered in the Franz collection at the NHMW (see the additional paratypes of N. dupleseriatusdupleseriatus below).
Neosclerus dupleseriatus sp. n.
Additional paratypes:
1 [macropterous]: "Chakrata Dist. Khedar Khud 7500, Dr. Cameron. 11. V.22 / Lobochilus (Neosclerus) fortepunctatus Cam. / Paralectotypus Lobochilus fortepunctatusfortepunctatus Cameron , rev. V. Assing 2010 / Paratypus Neosclerus dupleseriatus sp. n., det. V. Assing 2010" ( NHMW); 1 [brachypterous]: "Kakani b. Kathmandu, Nepal, 26.9.78, lg. H. Franz " ( NHMW); 1 , 1 ex. [macropterous]: Barahbise geg. Ting-Sang-La, Nepal, lg. H. Franz " ( NHMW); 1 [brachypterous]: "Umg. Dhumpus b. Pokhara , Nepal, lg. Franz " ( NHMW); 1 [brachypterous]: " Nagarkolpedi, Nepal, 1550 m, lg. H. Franz " ( NHMW); 1 [macropterous]: "Zentral-Nepal, Sept.-Okt. 1971, lg. H. Franz / Zw. Sunderijal u. Mulkharka / Lobochilus fortepunctatus Cam., H. Coiffait det. 1975" (cAss); 1 [macropterous]: "Zentral-Nepal, Sept.-Okt. 1971, lg. H. Franz / Kali-Gandaki-Tal, zw. Ghasa u. Lete" (cAss); 1 [macropterous]: "Khorkhore südl. Pokhara, Nepal, lg. H. Franz / Lobochilus fortepunctatus Cam., H. Coiffait det. 1978" (cAss) .
Comment:
The above material shows that N. dupleseriatus is apparently not uncommon in central Nepal. It also confirms that the species is wing-dimorphic. The specimen from Chakrata district belongs to the original type series of Neosclerus fortepunctatus .
Neosclerus praeacutus sp. n.
Additional paratypes:
6 exs.: " Thailand, Taksin Maharat N. P., 1000 m, 9.2.93, Schwendinger" ( MHNG, cAss) .
Comment:
Previously, only specimens from Yunnan ( China) were seen. The above material from western Thailand suggests that the species may be widespread.
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