Anomophysis hainana ( Gressitt, 1940 )

Majumder, Amitava, Drumont, Alain, Jákl, Stanislav, Tavakilian, Gérard, Manjunatha, Hasaholalu Boregowda & Chandra, Kailash, 2021, Contribution to the knowledge of the Prioninae (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) from the Mizoram State (India), with the first report of the genus Megobaralipton Lepesme & Breuning and new records from the country, Zootaxa 4963 (2), pp. 375-383 : 378

Anomophysis hainana ( Gressitt, 1940)

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Macrotoma (Zooblax) hainana Gressitt, 1940: 18 , pl. 1, fig. 2; 1951: 11.

Anomophysis hainana ; Quentin & Villiers, 1981: 361, 376, 382, figs. 33 (male), 34–36 [key, comb. nov.]; Lingafelter et al., 2013: 119, fig. 2a [holotype]; Lingafelter et al., 2014: 73, fig. 79i (holotype) [holotype]; Drumont et al., 2000: 490, fig. 2 (male) [synonymy]; Hua, 2002: 193 [Catalog, Host plant].

Holotype male deposited in the National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian).

Type-locality: China (Central Hainan Island): Dwa-Bi ( Tai-pin ), near Loi Mother Mountain , 370 m. Size: 36–46 mm .

Flying period previously recorded for the species: May–July.

Host Plants: Hevea brasiliensis (A. Jussieu) Müller-Argoviensis (Euphorbiaceae) .

Studied material: 1 male, 2 females, India: Mizoram / Lawnglai Dist. / Ngengpuikai vill. / Ngeng Pui N. R. / 120–350 m / 20.IV-9. V.2017 / Stanislav Jákl leg.

Distribution: China, India — new country record (Mizoram), Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam.

Comments: Described by Gressitt in 1940 based on a small series of specimens collected near Loi Mother Mountain in the central part of Chinese Hainan Island, Anomophysis hainana currently exhibits a wider distribution as the species is present in five countries in continental Asia ( Quentin & Villiers 1981; Drumont et al. 2000). In this work, we confirmed the presence of A. hainana in India and add a sixth country to the geographical range of the species. Following Kariyanna et al. (2017), who listed seven species of Anomophysis in India, A. hainana represents thus the 8 th species of this genus occurring in the country.