Mispila (s. str.) tonkinea ( Pic, 1925 )

Xie, Guanglin, Barclay, Maxwell V. L. & Wang, Wenkai, 2023, The collection of the genus Mispila Pascoe, 1864 housed in the Natural History Museum, London (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), Zootaxa 5352 (2), pp. 245-265 : 252-254

Mispila (s. str.) tonkinea ( Pic, 1925)

( Figures 6 , 7 )

Alidus tonkinea Pic, 1925: 25 .

Alidus tonkineus var. minutus Pic, 1925: 25 .

Mispila punctifrons Breuning, 1938: 381 ; Weigel et al., 2013: 56.

Mispila (Mispila) tonkinea: Breuning, 1961a: 281 ; Breuning, 1963b: 475.

Mispila (Mispila) tonkineus var. minutus: Breuning, 1961a: 281 ; Breuning, 1963b: 476.

Mispila (Mispila) punctifrons: Breuning, 1961a: 281 ; Breuning, 1963b: 488.

Mispila (s. str.) tonkinea: Rondon & Breuning, 1970: 415 ; Yan et al., 2023: 7.

Mispila tonkinea minuta: Hua, 2002: 216 .

Mispila tonkinea tonkinea: Hua, 2002: 216 .

Mispila tonkinea: Kariyanna et al., 2017: 193 .

Type material examined. Bangladesh. Holotype of Mispila punctifrons Breuning, 1938 , female: ‘Type [p, label circular, red framed]; Silhet [h, label circular],46/48[h, reverse side]; BMNH (E) / #943683 [p]; Mispila / punctifrons / mihi Typ. [h] / det. Breuning [p]; NHMUK 014596483’.

Non-type material examined. Thirty-six specimens identified as M.tonkinea : Bangladesh: 1 male:‘ Chandkhiva / Sylhet [p]; Brit. India / J. L. Sherwill [p]; 1921. 68 [h]; 198 [p]; Mispila [h] / tonkinea [h] / Pic [h] / det. Breuning [p] ’; 1 female: ‘ Bowr. Chevr. , 63·47*; anancyclus/ lunulatus? Ol / Sylhet’; Burma : 1 male: ‘ Burma: Mishmi Hills / Dingliang. / 2450 ft. / 11–15 [h] iii. 1935 / M. Steele [p]; Brit. Mus. / 1935–312 [p]; Mispila tonkinea Pic [h] / det. Breuning [p]’; Laos : 1 female: ‘ Houeisai [Houei Sai] / 2. 12. 64 [h]; LAOS: / J. A. Rondon. / B. M. 1966–602. [p]; Mispila (s. str.) / tonkinea / (Pic) [h] ’; 1 female: ‘ Viet-Nam [sic!]/ Vientiane / ii. 1964 / T. Rondon [h]; See also Spirit Coll. [h] ’; 1 male: ‘ Paksé / 3. 10. 65 [h]; J. A. Rondon / Collection / BISHOP MUS. [p]; NHMUK014596484 [p] ’; 3 males: ‘ Houei Sai / 17.11.1964; BMNH {E} 2022–157/ E.F. Gilmour collection’ ; 1 male: ‘ Houei Say [Houei Sai]/ 17.11.1964; BMNH {E} 2022–157/ E.F. Gilmour collection’ ; 8 males: ‘ Houei Sai / 2.12.1964; BMNH {E} 2022– 157/ E.F. Gilmour collection’ ; 2 males: ‘ Houei Sai / 6.3.1964; BMNH {E} 2022–157/ E.F. Gilmour collection’ ; 1 male: ‘ Phon Tiou / 15.5.1962; BMNH {E} 2022–157/ E.F. Gilmour collection’ ; 6 females: ‘ Houei Sai / 17.11.1964; BMNH {E} 2022–157/ E.F. Gilmour collection’ ; 7 females: ‘ Houei Sai / 2.12.1964; BMNH {E} 2022–157/ E.F. Gilmour collection’ ; 1 female: ‘ Phon Tiou / 1.5.1962; BMNH {E} 2022–157/ E.F. Gilmour collection’ ; 1 female: ‘ Phon Tiou / 15.5.1962; BMNH {E} 2022–157/ E.F. Gilmour collection’ ; 1 female: ‘ Phon Tiou / 15.5.1962; BMNH {E} 2022–157/ E.F. Gilmour collection’ ; 1 female: ‘ Parkading [Pakkading]/ 6.3.1964; BMNH {E} 2022– 157/ E.F. Gilmour collection’ .

Two specimens identified as M. punctifrons : India: 1 male: ‘ India / Orient [h]; ex. Mus / Laferte [h]; Fry Coll. / 1905.100. [p]; 27529 [h]; NHMUK014596482 [p]’; 1 female: ‘Bowr. Chevr., 63·47 *’.

Comments. Five specimens (3 males and 2 females) were identified in the main Natural History Museum collection as M. tonkinea and 3 specimens (including the female holotype, 1 male and 1 female) were identified as M. punctifrons . 31 specimens (15 males and 16 females) were identified as M. tonkinea in the Gilmour collection. Yan et al. (2023) synonymized Mispila (s. str.) punctifrons Breuning, 1938 with Mispila (s. str.) tonkinea ( Pic, 1925) .

‘Paksé’ refers to a city in Champasak province of Laos. ‘Phon Tiou’ is a locality in Khammouane Province, Laos. ‘Houei Sai’ (alternatively Houayxay, Huoeisay or Huay Xai) is a district in Bokeo Province, Laos near the border with Thailand.

The specimen labelled as ‘ Vietnam, Vientiane’ in an unfamiliar handwriting, is probably a labelling error by a curator for an incompletely labelled specimen which is in fact from Vientiane, Laos. The name ‘Anancyclus lunulatus? Ol.’ Was not traced, but is a misidentification of a specimen of M. tonkinea in the Bowring/Chevrolat collection.

Figures

FIGURE 6. Habitus of Mispila (s. str.) tonkinea (Pic, 1925) (a–f) male; (g–i) female; scale: 5 mm.

FIGURE 7. Habitus of Mispila (s. str.) tonkinea (Pic, 1925) (a–d) Holotype of Mispila punctifrons Breuning, 1938, female; (e–h) male (identified as ‘M. punctifrons’ in the collection); scale: 5 mm.