Megobaralipton kalimantanum ( Komiya & Makihara, 2001 )

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 : 377

Megobaralipton kalimantanum ( Komiya & Makihara, 2001)

(Figs. A–B)

Megopis kalimantana Komiya & Makihara, 2001: 37 , fig. 5 (female holotype), 6 (male paratype), 7 (male paratype mandibles).

Megobaralipton kalimantanum ; Komiya, 2002: 228, 233, fig. 7 (male), 8 (female), 20 (mandible, male) [comb. nov.]; Komiya & Drumont, 2014: 191, 197 [distribution, key]; Drumont et al., 2018a: 51, fig. 11 (female) [distribution]; Drumont et al., 2018b: 15, figs. 1–4 (male) [distribution].

Holotype Female deposited in Pusat Penelitian Pengambangan Biologi-LIPI, Cibinong.

Type-locality: Indonesia (East Kalimantan [Borneo Island]): Bukit Soeharto.

Size: 27.7–40.6 mm.

Flying period previously recorded for the species: February–October.

Studied material: 3 males, 5 females, India: Mizoram / Lawnglai Dist. / Ngengpuikai vill. / Ngeng Pui N. R. / 120–350 m / 20.IV–9. V.2017 / Stanislav Jákl leg.

Distribution: India — new country record (Mizoram), Indonesia (East Kalimantan), Laos, Malaysia (continental part; Sabah state), Thailand, Vietnam.

Comments: Megobaralipton kalimantanum (figs. A–B) belongs to the bicoloripes species-group. This species exhibits a robust body above all in female and by having the elytra rounded with black margins, while the other species of this species-group have parallel-sided elytra without black margins ( Komiya & Drumont, 2014; Drumont et al., 2018b). Megobaralipton kalimantanum was originally described from the island of Borneo (East Kalimantan province ( Indonesia) and from Sabah State from East Malaysia). Shortly after, it was reported by Komiya (2002) from continental Malaysia (Cameron Highland). Recently, the species was also mentioned by Drumont & Komiya (2014) from Thailand, based on one male collected in north-eastern part of the country, from Laos by Drumont et al. (2018a) based on one female from Oudomxay province, and from Vietnam by Drumont et al. (2018b) based on several specimens collected in different areas of the country. The discovery of specimens of M. kalimantanum in the Mizoram State extends the geographical distribution of the species into the northern-western part of mainland Asia.