Massicus punctulipennis Holzschuh, 2018

Miroshnikov, A. I., 2019, The longicorn beetle tribe Cerambycini Latreille, 1802 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae) in the fauna of Asia. 6. A new or little-known species of the genus Massicus Pascoe, 1867, Russian Entomological Journal 28 (3), pp. 269-281 : 280

Massicus punctulipennis Holzschuh, 2018

Massicus punctulipennis Holzschuh, 2018: 87 . Type locality: S Vietnam, Play Cu (according to the original description).

MATERIAL. Holotype, ♀ (cCH) (photograph); 1♀ (cLD), S Vietnam, 40 km NW of An Khe, Buon Luoi , 14.10N / 108.30E, 620–750 m, 28.03– 12.04.1995, leg. L. Dembický, P.Pacholátko.

REMARKS. This species was described from a single female, its body length being 32 mm [ Holzschuh, 2018]. I have also examined one female from southern Vietnam (see above) with a body length of 29.3 mm and a humeral width of 6.6 mm .

Acknowledgements. I am very grateful to Maxwell V.L. Barclay and Michael F. Geiser (BMNH), Thierry Deuve and Azadeh Taghavian (MNHN), Alain Drumont (IRSN), Alexey Yu. Solodovnikov and Sree Gayathree Selvantharan (NHMD) for the opportunity to study the museum material, to Luboš Dembický (Brno, Czech Republic) who has provid- ed some specimens from his private collection. I am deeply indebted again to Alexey Yu. Solodovnikov who helped a lot in my prompt receipt of the material for study, to Daniel J. Heffern (Houston, USA), Denis G. Kasatkin (Rostov-on- Don, Russia), Florence Trus (IRSN), again Luboš Dembický, Alain Drumont and Azadeh Taghavian for the helpful provision of some pictures and/or valuable information. I give special thanks to my wife Tatiana P.Miroshnikova for having rendered great help in the preparation of almost all photographs and to Kirill V. Makarov (Moscow Pedagogical State University, Russia) who has also helped in the preparation of the several pictures.