Mispila (s. str.) parallela Breuning, 1937

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 : 255-256

Mispila (s. str.) parallela Breuning, 1937

( Figure 10h–j )

Mispila parallela Breuning, 1937: 57 .

Mispila (Mispila) parallela: Breuning, 1961a: 281 ; Breuning, 1963b: 483.

Type material examined. Malaysia: Holotype (maybe male): ‘Type [p, label circular, red framed]; SARAWAK: / Mt. Dulit. / Moss forest / 25. X. 1932. [p, ‘Moss forest’ and ‘25’ are handwritten]; Oxford Univ. Exp. / B. M. Hobby & / A. W. Moore. / B. M. 1933–254 [p] / A. J. FORD [h]; Beating trees. [h]; F199 [h]; Mispila / elongata / mihi Typ. [h] / det. Breuning [p]; ‘TYPE’ / Mispila / parallela Breun. [h] / det. R. G. Booth, 1989 [p]; NHMUK 014596473’.

Comments. This specimen was mislabelled with a type label of Mispila elongata handwritten by Breuning. R. G. Booth, in 1989, recognised that this specimen was in fact the type specimen of M. parallela and marked it with a handwritten label ( Figure 10j ). Although we were unable to directly observe the terminal ventrite, this holotype may be a male based on the antennae and the lateral view of the abdomen.

Figures

FIGURE 10. Habitus of Mispila spp. (a–g) Mispila (s. str.) elongata Breuning, 1938, a–c holotype, female, d–f male; (h–j) Mispila (s. str.) parallela Breuning, 1937, holotype; scale: 5 mm.