Mispila (s. str.)

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 : 248-250

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5352.2.6

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8431428

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B72087A5-6217-5B15-53C2-C54D9F2DF9E9

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scientific name

Mispila (s. str.)
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Mispila (s. str.) View in CoL curviline a Pascoe, 1869

( Figure 3 View FIGURE 3 )

Mispila curvilinea Pascoe, 1869: 206 View in CoL ; Gemminger & Harold, 1873: 3092; Hua, 1981: 178; Hua, 2002: 216; Weigel, 2012: 411; Kariyanna et al., 2017: 193; Barševskis, 2018: 291 View Cited Treatment .

Mispila (Mispila) curvilinea: Aurivillius, 1922: 275 View in CoL ; Breuning, 1961a: 281; Breuning, 1963b: 474; Rondon & Breuning, 1970: 415; Löbl & Smetana, 2010: 315.

Alidus multilineatus Pic, 1925: 24 View in CoL .

Type material examined. India. Holotype, male ( Figure 3a–d View FIGURE 3 ): ‘Type [p, label circular, red framed]; India [h, label oval, dark green]; Pascoe / Coll. / 93–60 [p]; Mispila / curvilinea / Typ. Pasc. [h]; Mispila / curvilinea [h]; NHMUK 014596491’.

Non-type material examined. India: 1 male: ‘ Mungphu. [Sikkim, India]; Atkinson Coll. / 92–3 .’; Laos: 1 male: ‘ B. Van Heua [ Ban Van Heua ] / 30.4–65 [h]; J. A. Rondon Collection / BISHOP MUS.’; 1 female: ‘unreadable / 4–7–63 [h]/ Vientiane; Laos: / J. A. Rondon. / B. M. 1966–602. [p, with yellow line] ’; 1 male: ‘ Phon Tiou / 4–5–63 [h]; Laos : / J. A. Rondon. / B. M. 1966–602. [p, with yellow line]; NHMUK014596462 About NHMUK [p]’; 1 female: ‘ Phon Tiou / 1–5–62 [h]; Laos : / J. A. Rondon. / B. M. 1966–602. [p, with yellow line]; NHMUK014596463 About NHMUK [p]’; 1 female: ‘ Houei Sai / 2. 12. 64; Laos / J. A. Rondon. / B. M. 1966–602. [p]; Mispila (S. Str.) curvilinea Pascoe [h] ’; 36 specimens (male and female) all with labels: ‘ Phon Tiou [h]; Laos : / J. A. Rondon. / B. M. 1966–602. [p, with yellow line]’ and dates (with number of specimens in parentheses) 1.5.62 (x3), 15.5.62 (x5), 1.4.63 (x11), 10.4.63 (x2), 20.4.63 (x6), 4.5.63 (x5), 16.5.63 (x1), 27.5.63 (x1), 20.10.63 (x2) .

Comments. A total of 43 specimens, 17 males (including the holotype) and 26 females were examined. The markings on the pronotum and elytra of the specimens from India (the holotype and a non-type from Mungphu, Sikkim) are distinctly paler and lighter than those observed on the non-type specimens from Laos. The specimens from Laos are also more brightly coloured, pinkish brown rather than greyish in the Indian specimens. This variation may have led Pic (1925) to describe Alidus multilineatus from Laos, which is presently treated as a junior synonym of Mispila curvilinea . Reexamination of Pic’s type material would be needed to verify this synonymy.

‘Ban Van Heua’ is a locality in Vientiane Province, Laos. ‘Houei Sai’ (alternatively Houayxay, Huoeisay or Huay Xai) is a district in Bokeo Province, Laos near the border with Thailand. ‘Phon Tiou’ is a locality in Khammouane Province, Laos.

NHMUK

Natural History Museum, London

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Cerambycidae

Loc

Mispila (s. str.)

Xie, Guanglin, Barclay, Maxwell V. L. & Wang, Wenkai 2023
2023
Loc

Alidus multilineatus

Pic, M. 1925: 24
1925
Loc

Mispila (Mispila) curvilinea:

Lobl I. & Smetana A. 2010: 315
Rondon, J. A. & Breuning, S. 1970: 415
Breuning, S. 1963: 474
Breuning, S. 1961: 281
Aurivillius, C. 1922: 275
1922
Loc

Mispila curvilinea

Barsevskis, A. 2018: 291
Kariyanna, B. & Mohan, M. & Gupta, R. & Vitali, F. 2017: 193
Weigel, A. 2012: 411
Hua, L. - Z. 2002: 216
Hua, L. - Z. 1981: 178
Gemminger, M. & Harold, E. 1873: 3092
Pascoe, F. P. & XXIV 1869: 206
1869
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