Ipelates sikkimensis ( Portevin, 1905 )

Růžička, Jan & Pütz, Andreas, 2009, New species and new records of Agyrtidae (Coleoptera) from China, India, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 49 (2), pp. 631-650 : 632-633

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scientific name	Ipelates sikkimensis ( Portevin, 1905 )
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Ipelates sikkimensis ( Portevin, 1905) View in CoL

Sphaeroloma sikkimensis Portevin, 1905: 422 View in CoL .

Brachyloma sinense Portevin, 1914: 219 (conditionally synonymized by SCHAWALLER (1983)).

Ipelates sikkimensis: SCHAWALLER (1983) View in CoL (redescription, new generic combination).

Material examined. INDIA: ARUNACHAL PRADESH: Mishmi Hills, Delai valley, Taphlogam (ca. 28°17′ N, 96°33′ E), 4600–5000 ft (= 1400–1525 m), 7.xi.1936, M. Steele leg., B.M. 1937-324., 2 JJ ( BMNH). MYANMAR: Mishmi Hills, Chhagion, 5350 ft (= 1630 m), 25.ii.–11.iii.1935, M. Steele leg., B.M. 1935-312., 1J ( BMNH). THAILAND:

CHIANG DAO DISTRICT: Do Chiang Dao Wildlife Sanctuary (ca. 19°21′ N 098°59′ E), 510 m, 23.xi.1990, P. Schwendinger leg., 1 J 1 ♀ ( MHNG) GoogleMaps ; same data, 1 J ( JRPC). VIETNAM: Tonkin, Hoa Binh (ca. 20°50′ N 105°13′ E), without date, H. Perrot leg., Coll. H. Perrot in Coll. M. Curti, 2 JJ ( MHNG) GoogleMaps .

Distribution. Widely distributed species, known from northern India: Uttarakhand (= Uttaranchal), Sikkim, West Bengal ( SCHAWALLER 1983, 1991), central and eastern Nepal ( SCHAWALLER 1983, 1991), China: Yunnan province ( SCHAWALLER 1991, 1999) and Fujian province ( SCHAWALLER 1991), and northern Vietnam ( SCHAWALLER 1983). First records from India: Arunachal Pradesh, Myanmar and Thailand.