Parastasia sawadai Wada, 2003

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 : 244

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scientific name	Parastasia sawadai Wada, 2003
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( Figs. 18, 21, 22 View FIGURES 18–26 )

Parastasia sawadai Wada, 2003: 97 [description, figured].

Material examined (2♂♂). 1♂ ( CCCC), CHINA: Guangxi, Liuzhou City, Rongshui County, Mount Jiuwanshan , 1000m, 2015. VIII.9–10, Yu-Tang Wang leg. ; 1♂ ( MZUF), C VIETNAM: Kon Tum Province, surroundings Kon Plong , 1120m 14°37,350′ N 108°17,651′ E leg. L. Bartolozzi, S. Bambi, A. Bandinelli, V. Sbordoni - 4–7.V.2016 (Mag. 3078) (examined according to photos by Carsten Zorn) GoogleMaps .

Remarks. The specimen from China and central Vietnam matches the original description and figures by Wada (2003). Hitherto, the female of P. sawadai remains unknown.

Distribution. Vietnam: Vĩnh Phú, Kon Tum (new record); China (new record): Guangxi.

References

Wada, K. (2003) Two new species of the genus Parastasia (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Rutelinae) from Vietnam and Tana Island of Vanuatu. Elytra, 31 (1), 97 - 102.

Figures

FIGURES 18–26. Habitus and aedeagus of Parastasia spp. 18, 21–22, P. sawadai (China: Guangxi); 19, 23–24, P. indica (China: Guangdong); 20, 25–26, P. indica (China: Yunnan); 18–20, habitus in dorsal view; 21, 23, 25, aedeagus in dorsal view; 22, 24, 26, aedeagus in lateral view.