Miccolamia tuberculipennis Breuning, 1947

Figs 23, 24, 39, Map 1 Chinese common name: 瘤翅小沟胫天牛

Miccolamia tuberculipennis Breuning, 1947: 58. Type locality: Foochow (= Fuzhou), Fujian.

Miccolamia tuberculipennis: Gressitt 1951: 533, 534; Breuning 1963: 490; Hua 2002: 216.

Miccolamia (Miccolamia) tuberculipennis: Löbl and Smetana 2010: 224; Lin and Yang 2019: 261; Danilevsky 2020: 315.

Miccolamia (Isomiccolamia) tuberculipennis: Breuning 1975: 52, 54.

Type material examined.

Holotype (Fig. 46): • male, “ Fo chow / Fokien ”, “ Miccolamia / tuberculipenni / mihi Type / det. Breuning ”, “ Typus ” [red label], “ Naturhistoriska / Riksmuseet Stockholm / Loan no 342 / 97 ”, “ 5251 / E 94 ” (JLKB 000027292, NHRS), three photographs examined taken by Johannes Bergsten in 2017 .

Additional material examined.

Zhejiang: • 1 male, 1 female, Longquan, Fengyangshan, Luaocun, 1,100 m, 2014. IV. 28, leg. Z. Peng & X.-B. Song (CBWX) ; • 2 females, Anji, Baofuzhen, Chenluoshan, 790 m, 2016. V. 11, leg. Wen-Xuan Bi (CBWX) ; • 1 female, ditto except Lidongwu, 950 m, 2016. V. 16 (CBWX) ; • 1 male, 1 female, ditto except Anji, Longwangshan, Qianmutian, 1,250 m, 2016. V. 19 (CBWX) ; • 1 male, ditto except 2016. V. 30 (CBWX); • 1 male, 1 female, Lin’an, Shenlongchuan, 880–950 m, 2017. IV. 1, leg. Wen-Xuan Bi (CBWX) ; • 1 female, Xitianmushan, 1,200 m, 2016. VI. 5, leg. Wen-Xuan Bi (CBWX) ; • 1 male, ditto except 1,200–1,500 m, 2017. IV. 28 (CBWX); • 1 female, ditto except 1,200–1,250 m, 2017. V. 1 (CBWX); • 1 female, ditto except 1,150 m, 2017. V. 5 (CBWX); • 2 males, 2 females, ditto except Xitianmushan, Xiguan, 1,100–1,200 m, 2017. IV. 11 (CBWX) ; • 1 male, 2 females, Changhua, Qianqingtang, 1,100–1,200 m, 2018. V. 18, leg. Wen-Xuan Bi (CBWX) . Jiangxi: • 1 female, Pingxiang, Wugongshan, Yangshimu, 916 m, 2013. X. 24, leg. Zhong Peng (CBWX) . Hubei: • 1 female, Yichang, Dalaoling, 1,300 m, 2020. V. 23, leg. Wen-Xuan Bi (CBWX) .

Remarks.

This species exhibits notable variation in the presence and development of a subquadrate light macula on the basal half of the elytra. The macula is moderately developed in most specimens (Figs 23, 24), completely absent (or nearly so) in three specimens including the holotype (Fig. 46), and exceptionally enlarged in one female specimen where it occupies most of the basal elytral surface.

This species shows remarkable similarity to Miccolamia glabricula Bates, 1884 known from Japan, particularly in elytral and tarsal morphology (characterized by multi-tuberculate elytra and simple tarsal claws). Based on comparison of a high-quality photographic series of M. glabricula provided by Patrick Gorring in 2025 (PSGC), M. tuberculipennis can be preliminarily distinguished by the scape and femora more strongly clavate and thickened (especially in males); the pronotal disk usually glabrous on the central area; and the elytral tubercles much more developed and strongly elevated in lateral view.

Distribution

(Map 1). China: Zhejiang (new province record), Hubei (new province record), Jiangxi (new province record), Fujian.