Physopelta (Neophysopelta) parviceps Blöte, 1931

Physopelta parviceps Blöte, 1931: 100 (description, figure, distribution).

HOLOTYPE: ♂, Japan (RMNH, confirmed by Y. van Nierop, pers. comm.).

Physopelta albofasciata (misidentification): MATSUMURA (1905): 26 (distribution).

Physopelta cincticollis (supposed misidentification): SCOTT (1874): 291 (distribution); SCOTT (1880):306 (distribution); ESAKI (1926): 157 (distribution); ESAKI (1952): 230 (redescription, habitus, distribution); MIYAMOTO (1965): 232 (distribution); MIYAMOTO (1970): 265 (distribution); ISHIHARA et al. (1974): 72 (distribution); Manna et al. (1985): 621–630 (chromosomes, figures, distribution); MIYAMOTO & YASUNAGA (1989): 179 (checklist: Japan); TOMOKUNI (1989): 190 (distribution); TOMOKUNI (1993): 59, 197 (redescription, habitus, biology); KOHNO et al. (2002): 393 (distribution).

Physopelta parviceps: STEHLÍK & KERZHNER (1999):122 (identification of parviceps and cincticollis); KERZHNER (2001): 246 (catalogue, distribution); RÉDEI et al. (2009): 13, 15–17, 48 (redescription, key, figures, distribution).

Physopelta (Physopelta) parviceps: VOIGT (2006): 224–225 (key, distribution).

Material examined. JAPAN: AMAMI ISLAND: Hatsuno, 2.vi.l973, 2 ♀♀, 11.vi.l973, 1 ♂ 1 ♀, H. Miyazaki lgt. (ZJPC). – HONSHU: HYOGO PREFECTURE: Mt. Minomo, 1♂, coll. N. Banks (AMNH). OSAKA PREFECTURE: Mt. Iwasaki, 11.vii.1981, l ♂, H. Miyazaki lgt. (ZJPC). TOKYO PREFECTURE: env. of Tokio, 1906, 1 ♀, E. Callois lgt. (MNHN); – KYUSHU: Kiushu, 23.viii.1940, 1 ♂, no collector (BMNH). FUKUOKA PREFECTURE: Hikosan (Buzen), 29.viii.1950, 1 ♂ 1 ♀, K. Yasumatsu lgt. (MNHN). – TAIWAN: HUALIEN COUNTY: Huaien, Fuyen, south of Kuanfu Shueshan Mts., 250 m a.s.l., 15.v.2001, 2 ♀♀, K. Schönitzer lgt. (ZSMC) – NANTOU CO.: Puly Yüchin, Sun Moon Lake, 29.v.–13.vi.1993, 1 ♂ 2 ♀♀, J. Dalihod lgt. (ZJPC); Road No. 14, NE Puli, Reyenshi, Reg. Meifeng, 24°06′N 121°10′E, 2,200 m, 1 ♀, 9.–11.xi.2002, 1 ♀, W. Schlacht lgt. (ZSMC). – NEW TAIPEI COUNTY: Shiueshan, Fushan Botanical Garden, 24°46′N 121°35′E, 17.–22.vi.2000, 1 ♂ 1 ♀, W. Schlacht lgt. (ZSMC). – PINGTUNG COUNTY: Shuangliu, 175 m a.s.l., 16.–18.v.200l, 1 ♀, K. Schönitzer lgt. (ZSMC).

Distribution. Japan (Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku, Ryukyus, Tsushima) (as Ph. cincticollis: SCOTT 1874, 1880; MATSUMURA 1905; MIYAMOTO 1970; ISHIHARA et al. 1974; MANNA et al. 1985; MIYAMOTO & YASUNAGA 1989; TOMOKUNI 1989; KOHNO et al. 2002; as Ph. parviceps: BLÖTE 1931; STEHLÍK & KERZHNER 1999; this paper), Taiwan (as Ph. cincticollis: ESAKI 1926, MIYAMOTO 1965; as Ph. parviceps: STEHLÍK & KERZHNER 1999; RÉDEI et al. 2009; this paper).

According to STEHLÍK & KERZHNER (1999) and KERZHNER (2001), old records of Ph. albofasciata and Ph. cincticollis from Japan and Taiwan refer to Ph. parviceps; that opinion was accepted also by RÉDEI et al. (2009). However, as the occurrence of Ph. cincticollis in Japan and Taiwan is confirmed in this paper, the older records require verification.