Falsomesosella (Falsomesosella) truncatipennis Pic, 1944

Lin, Meiying, Weigel, Andreas & Ge, Siqin, 2021, A new synonym of the species Falsomesosella truncatipennis Pic, 1944 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae: Mesosini), Zoological Systematics 46 (4), pp. 342-343 : 342-343

Falsomesosella (Falsomesosella) truncatipennis Pic, 1944 ( Figs 1–2)

Falsomesosella truncatipennis Pic, 1944: 13 . TL: China (Zhejiang). TD: MNHN.

Falsomesosella (Falsomesosella) truncatipennis : Breuning, 1959: 50; Löbl & Smetana, 2010: 271; Lin & Tavakilian, 2019: 332; Danilevsky, 2020: 390.

Falsomesosella truncatipennis : Hua, 2002: 209; Lin, 2015: 95, figs 8–10; Lin, 2017: 348, pl. 30, fig. 3.

Falsomesosella taibaishana Lazarev, 2021: 142 , figs 1–2. TL: China (Shaanxi). TD: CML. syn. nov.

Material examined. Henan: 1♀, Xinxian, Liankangshan , 26–29.IV.2014 ( IZCAS) . Shaanxi: holotype of Falsomesosella taibaishana Lazarev, 2021 , ♂, Taibaishan National Park , elev. 1350 m, 10.VI.1999, leg. S. Murzin and 1♀ paratype, same data (examined through pictures in Lazarev, 2021) . 1♂, Meixian, Haopingsi , 24.V.2004 ( IZCAS) ; 1♂, Qinling, Foping, Longcaoping , elev. 1256 m, 3.VII.2008, leg. Siqin Ge ( IZCAS) ; 1♀, Zhouzhi County, Louguantai , elev. 680 m, 25.VI.2008, leg. Siqin Ge ( IZCAS) ; 2♂, Huashan , elev. 1100 m, 27.V.2014, leg. Wenxuan Bi ( CBWX) ; 1♀, Huashan , elev. 1600 m, 28.V.2014, leg. Wenxuan Bi ( CBWX) . Zhejiang: holotype ( Figs 1–2) of Falsomesosella truncatipennis Pic, 1944 , ♂, Zhejiang, (Fenghua County), Xuedou , 28.V.1930 ( MNHN, examined through pictures taken by J. Yamasako) ; 1♂, Gutianshan Nature Reserve , 2010, elev. 665 m, 118,14°E, 29,25°N ( CAW) ; 1♂, Xitianmushan , elev. 450 m, 2.V.2009, leg. Wenxuan Bi ( CBWX) ; 1♀, Anji County, Xiaofeng , 23.IV.2006, leg. Wenxuan Bi ( CBWX) . Hubei: 1♀, Yingshan County, Taohuachong , 24.VI.2014, leg. Xiaoshuan Bai ( IZCAS) .

Distribution. China (Henan, Shaanxi, Zhejiang, Hubei).

Remarks. This species is widespread in Central China ( Lin, 2015, 2017; Lin & Tavakilian, 2019). Based on a series of specimens collected from Shaanxi and Zhejiang, including type pictures of both taxa, we propose that Falsomesosella taibaishana Lazarev, 2021 is a new synonym of Falsomesosella truncatipennis Pic, 1944 . Lazarev (2021) compared his taxon with F. gracilior from Japan and F. horishana from Taiwan of China, while ignoring the F. truncatipennis Pic, 1944 which had been recorded from Shaanxi by Lin (2015, 2017).

Meiying Lin 1, Andreas Weigel 2, Siqin Ge 1 *

1 Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beichen West Road, Chaoyang Dist., Beijing, 100101, China

2 Am Schlossgarten 10, 07381 Wernburg, Germany

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