Miccolamia castaneoverrucosa Hayashi, 1974

Figs 25, 26, 40, Map 1 Chinese common name: 南投小沟胫天牛

Miccolamia castaneoverrucosa Hayashi, 1974: 52. Type locality: Sungkang, Nantou County, Taiwan.

Miccolamia castaneoverrucosa: Hua 2002: 216.

Miccolamia (Miccolamia) castaneoverrucosa: Löbl and Smetana 2010: 224; Lin and Yang 2019: 260; Danilevsky 2020: 315.

Type material examined.

Holotype (Fig. 48): • male, “ SUNGKANG / TAIWAN / 14. IV. 1970 / T. KOBAYASHI ”, “ HOLOTYPE / Miccolamia / castaneoverrucosa / Hayashi ” [red label] (OSAKA), eight photographs examined provided by Nobuo Ohbayashi .

Additional material examined.

Taiwan: 1 male, 1 female, China, Taiwan, Hsinchu, Taiwu, Taikanglintao, 1,850 m, 2014. X. 19, leg. Yu-Long Lin (CCCC) .

Remarks.

Hayashi (1974) differentiated this species from the Japanese M. verrucosa Bates by its longer prothorax, which has more distinct lateral and dorsal tubercles or callosities, and by the more strongly uneven elytra with more developed dorsal tubercles and coarser punctures. This species is also similar to M. tuberculipennis, but can be separated by the more slender body, lighter coloration of the femora and elytra, and the presence of coarse rugose-punctures on sides of the vertex. Examination of fresh specimens revealed an appendiculate tarsal claw structure, a diagnostic feature not reported in the original description. Lau (2019) recorded this species from Hong Kong. However, the photographic evidence from certain local naturalist websites was later determined to be a misidentification of Paratimiola rondoni Breuning, 1965 (Clive Lau pers. comm., 2025).

Distribution

(Map 1). China: Taiwan.