Spiloscapha bipunctata Schawaller, 1997

Schawaller, Wolfgang, 2012, New species and records of the genus Spiloscapha Bates (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from the Oriental and Papuan Regions (part 2), Zootaxa 3336 (1), pp. 62-68 : 65-66

Spiloscapha bipunctata Schawaller, 1997

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New material. " Tonkin", VI.1917, leg. R. V. de Salvaza, 1 ex. BMNH . – "Tonkin", Hoabinh [ Vietnam], VIII.1918, leg. R. V. de Salvaza, 1 ex. BMNH . – N Laos, 17 km NE Oudom Xai, 1100 m, 1.–9.V.2002, leg. V. Kubáň, 1 ex. SMNS . – NE Laos, Xieng Khouang Prov., 30 km NE Phonsavan, Ban Na Lam to Phou Sane Mt., 1300–1700 m, 10.–30.V.2009, leg. M. Geiser, 1 ex. NHMB.

Remarks. The ♂ specimen from Hoabinh has a smaller body length (3.5 mm) than the specimens of the type series (4.0– 4.3 mm), and the elytral colour pattern is somewhat different with a broader transverse light band in the anterior third ( Fig. 7 ), and not with round spots as in the other specimens including the types. The aedeagus, however, is identical and thus I consider this colour form as an infraspecific variation.

Distribution. Vietnam, Laos (new record), Yunnan.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 10. Dorsal view of Spiloscapha species and aedeagus. S. assamica (1), S. grimmi (2), S. rufonotata comb. n. (3), S. toxopeusi sp. n. (4), S. meghalaya sp. n. (5, 6), S. bipunctata (7), S. bryanti sp. n. (8); S. cechovskyi sp. n. (9), Spiloscapha sp. (10).