Parastasia birmana Arrow, 1899

Zhao, Ming-Zhi, 2019, Notes on the genus Parastasia Westwood (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) from China, with description of a new species, Zootaxa 4613 (2), pp. 240-250 : 248-249

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scientific name	Parastasia birmana Arrow, 1899
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Parastasia birmana Arrow, 1899: 481 [original description, figured]; Ohaus 1900: 250 [in P. rufopicta species-group, parameres figured]; Arrow 1917: 38 [redescription, key]; Ohaus 1918: 35 [catalogued, in P. canaliculata -group]; Ohaus, 1934: 103

[catalogued]; Paulian, 1958: 83 [redescription, key]; Machatschke, 1972: 42 [catalogued]; Kuijten 1992: 42 [redescription and key, figured]; Zorn 2006: 277 [catalogued]; Zorn & Bezděk 2016: 357 [catalogued].

Material examined (14♂♂, 3♀♀). 1♂ ( CZMZ), CHINA: Yunnan, Xishuangbanna Pref., Mengla County, Xiang- ming Township , 2018. V.13, Yi-Tao Wang leg. ; 1♂ ( CZMZ), CHINA: Yunnan, Xishuangbanna Pref., Mengla County, Wangtianshu , 2016. V.23, Lu Qiu leg. ; 1♂ ( SCAU), CHINA: Yunnan, Xishuangbanna Pref., Jinghong City, Mount Jinuoshan , 2009. V.6, Shun-Xiang Ren, Xing-Min Wang, Xiao-Sheng Chen & Jun-Yi Hao leg. ; 1♂ ( CCCC), CHINA: Yunnan, Xishuangbanna Pref., Jinghong City, Mount Jinuoshan , 900–1000m, light, 2018. V.31, Yu-Tang Wang leg. ; 1♂ ( CCCC), CHINA: Yunnan, Xishuangbanna Pref., Jinghong City, Dadugang Township , Guanping Village , 2008. V.27, Xin-Yong Huang leg. ; 1♀ ( CCCC), CHINA: Yunnan, Xishuangbanna Pref., Mengla , 1100m, 2018. V.13–18, Chang-Chin Chen leg. ; 1♂ ( CZMZ), CHINA: Yunnan, Dehong Pref., Yingjiang County, Nabang Town , 252m, 2018. VI.4, Lu Qiu leg. ; 1♀ ( CCCC), CHINA: Yunnan, Dehong Pref., Yingjiang County, Nabang Town , 300m, 2016. V.27–30, Yu-Tang Wang leg. ; 1♂, 1♀ ( CZMZ), CHINA: Hainan, Wuzhishan City, Fanyang Town , 2015. IV.20, light trap, Lu Qiu leg. ; 2♂♂ ( CCCC), CHINA: Hainan, Ledong County, Mount Jianfengling, Mingfenggu , 1000m, 2015. V.7–12, Yu-Tang Wang leg. ; 3♂♂ ( CZMZ), VIETNAM: Qu ảng Nam Prov., Tây Giang Distict , Mount Axan , 15°49′ N, 107°18′ E, 2018.V, local collector leg GoogleMaps .; 1♂ ( CCCC), VIETNAM, Vinh Phuc Prov., Phuc Yen, Ngoc Thanh , Me Linh Station , 110m, 2014. V.31, light trap, Nan-Yi Tsai leg. ; 1♂ ( CTZY), LAOS: Hua Phan Prov., Mount Phu Phan , 2060m, 2016.III (examined according to photos by Zhao-Yang Tang) .

Remarks. This species is found over a wide continental range from Myanmar to Vietnam. The records from Hainan document the occurrence of this species from an insular area for the first time.

Distribution. China: Yunnan, Hainan (new record); Myanmar; Vietnam; Laos; Thailand.

References

Arrow, G. J. (1899) On sexual dimorphism in the rutelid genus Parastasia, with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the Entomological Society London, 4, 479 - 499. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2311.1899. tb 00990. x

Arrow, G. J. (1917) The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Coleoptera Lamellicornia part II (Rutelinae, Des- monycinae, and Euchirinae). Taylor & Francis, London, 387 pp.

Kuijten, P. (1992) A revision of the genus Parastasia in the Indo-Australian region (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Rutelinae). Zoologische Verhandelingen, 275, 3 - 176.

Machatschke, J. W. (1972) Coleopterorum catalogus supplementa. Pars 66, fascicle 1. Superfamilie Scarabaeoidea, Familie Melolonthidae, Subfamilie Rutelinae. Editio Secunda. Dr. W. Junk, s' - Gravenhage, Berlin, 361 pp.

Ohaus, F. (1900) Revision der Parastasiiden. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 1900 (2), 225 - 266.

Ohaus, F. (1934) Coleoptera Lamellicornia, Family Scarabaeidae, Subfamily Rutelinae, 1. Genera Insectorum de P. Wytsman, 199 (A), 1 - 172.

Paulian, R. (1958) Coleopteres Scarabeides de l'Indochine (Rutelines et Cetonines). Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France, 127, 73 - 105.

Zorn, C. (2006) Subfamily Rutelinae, tribe Rutelini. In: Lobl, I. & Smetana, A. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3, Scarabaeoidea, Scirtoidea, Dascilloidea, Buprestoidea, Byrrhoidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, pp. 276 - 277.

Zorn, C. & Bezdek, A. (2016) Subfamily Rutelinae. In: Lobl, I. & Lobl, D. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3, Scarabaeoidea, Scirtoidea, Dascilloidea, Buprestoidea, Byrrhoidea. Revised and updated edition. Brill, Leiden, pp. 317 - 358.