Mescirtes wasungenensis Klausnitzer

Yoshitomi, Hiroyuki & Klausnitzer, Bernhard, 2016, A new species of the genus Mescirtes Motschulsky, 1863, (Coleoptera: Scirtidae: Scirtinae) from Vietnam, with a species list of the world, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 64, pp. 123-126 : 124-125

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Mescirtes wasungenensis Klausnitzer , replacement name

Prionocyphon (Orientoprionocyphon) herthae Klausnitzer, 2009: 106 .

Mescirtes herthae: Ruta, 2010: 58 ; Klausnitzer, 2012: 201 [additional description].

Specimens examined. 1 Female ( BPBM), “ LAOS: Vientian Prov. Ban Van Eue 15 May 1967 ”, “native collector RONDON – BISHOP MUS. COLLECTION” ; 1 female ( BPBM), ditto but collecting date “ 15 January 1967 ” ; 1 female ( Fig. 4 View Figs : EUMJ), “[LA5] Phou Samsoum , Xieng Khouang Prov., 23–27 May 2013, N19 08.663 E103 48.083, 2157 m, H. Yoshitomi leg. by FIT” GoogleMaps ; 1 ex. ( EUMJ), “ LAOS Ban Saleui, Houa Phan Prov. Alt. ca 1,400 –1,500 m 20~24. VI, 2003 N. Ohbayashi ” GoogleMaps ; 1 ex. ( EUMJ), “ LAOS Mt. Phu- Pan Houa Phan Prov. Alt. ca 1,700 –1,800 m 17–20 June 2003 N. Ohbayashi ” GoogleMaps ; 1 male, 1 female and 2 exs. ( Fig. 3 View Figs ; BPBM), “ THAILAND Chiangmai Prov.; Doi Suthep 1–5 April 1958 ”, “ T. C. Maa Collector BISHOP ” ; 1 male ( Fig. 2 View Figs ; BPBM), “ THAILAND Chiang mai Prov.; Doi Stuthep 1–5 April 1958 ”, “ T. C. Maa Collector BISHOP ” .

Distribution. Laos, Thailand (new record).

Remarks. Mescirtes wasungenensis is proposed as a replacement name for for Prionocyphon (Orientoprionocyphon) herthae Klausnitzer, 2009 , a junior secondary homonym of Scirtes herthae Klausnitzer, 2005 , now that both species are placed in the genus Mescirtes Motschulsky, 1863 . This replacement name is authored by B. Klausnitzer only and should be cited as Mescirtes wasungenensis Klausnitzer in Yoshitomi & Klausnitzer.

The specimens collected from Thailand ( Figs. 2, 3 View Figs ) have different elytral maculation pattern from that of Laosian specimens ( Fig. 4 View Figs ). After close examination of male genitalia, we concluded that these are infraspecific variation.

References

Klausnitzer B (2005) Eine neue Art der Gattung Scirtes Illiger, 1807 aus Thailand (Col., Scirtidae). Entomologische Nachrichten und Berichte, 49: 185 - 189.

Klausnitzer B (2009) Untergattungen bei Prionocyphon L. Redtenbacher, 1858 (Coleoptera, Scirtidae). Entomologische Nachrichten und Berichte, 53: 105 - 114.

Klausnitzer B (2012) Neue Arten von Mescirtes Motschulsky, 1863 aus Sudostasien (Coleoptera: Scirtidae). Entomologische Zeitschrift 122 (2): 69 - 74.

Motschulsky V (1863) Essai d'un Catalogue des Insectes de l'ile Ceylon. Bulletin de la Societe Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscou, 36: 483 - 487.

Ruta R (2010) Two new species of Prionocyphon Redtenbacher from Taiwan (Coleoptera: Scirtidae), with notes on Prionocyphon, Mescirtes Motschulsky and Prionoscirtes Champion from East and Southeast Asia. Zootaxa, 2402: 52 - 60.

Figures

Figs. 1–4. Mescirtes spp.: 1, Mescirtes kojimai, new species, holotype; 2–4, Mescirtes wasungenensis Klausnitzer, new name: 2, 3, from Thailand, male (2) and female (3); 4, from Laos, female. Scale bar = 1.0 mm.