Anaspis emarginata Schilsky

Levey, Brian, 2020, A review of the species of Anaspis (s. str.) similar to A. nigripes Brisout and A. apfelbecki Schilsky, with the description of three new species (Coleoptera: Scraptiidae), Zootaxa 4778 (3), pp. 509-520 : 516

Anaspis emarginata Schilsky

( Figs 1 , 21 , 30 )

1♂ ( BMNH) Mongolia bor. Reitter. Possibly syntype of A. emarginata . 1♂ ( ZMHB) MVR, Bogd-ul Ulan Bator, 21.vi.1988, U. Göllner. These specimens have the vertex of the head, pronotum and elytra black; fronto-clypeus below antennal insertions and labrum yellow; proepisternum, meso-, metasternum and abdomen dark brown to black; legs light brown; antenna with first six segments yellow and the last five segments brown .

3♂, 3♀ (BMNH) N. China, Heilunkiang, Erlungshan, 6.vi.1965 & 29.V.1966, P.M. Hammond. These speci- mens are predominantly yellow. The males have only the abdomen, upper part of the vertex and only the most apical one to four antennal segments dark brown to black. The females sometimes have the abdomen and head also entirely yellow, and only the last segment of the antennae dark. This variation in colour is not atypical in Anaspis species and is the reason I suspect from the original description that A. mongolica is probably the same species as A. emarginata .

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FIGURES 1–9. Fore legs of male: 1. A. emarginata Schilsky, N. China, Heilunkiang, Erlungshan (BMNH); 2. A. nigripes Brisout de Barneville, France, Côte-d’Or, Pouilly –en-Auxois (NMGW); 3. A. cooteri sp. n., holotype (NMGW); 4. A. curva sp. n., holotype (NMGW); 5. A. bertrami sp. n., holotype (NMGW); 6. A. graeca Schilsky, syntype (BMNH); 7. A. apfelbecki Schilsky, paralectotype (ZMHB); 8. A. apfelbecki Schilsky, paralectotype (ZMHB); 9. A. marseuli Csiki, Japan, Tochigi, Tsurutanuma, Utsunomiya City (TPMJ).

FIGURES 18–27. Apical abdominal ventrites of male: 18. A. apfelbecki Schilsky, paralectotype (ZMHB); 19. A. curva sp. n., holotype; 20. A. bertrami sp. n., holotype (NMGW); 21. A. emarginata Schilsky, N. China, Heilunkiang, Erlungshan (BMNH); 22. A. nigripes Brisout de Barneville, Spain: La Rioja, Nieva de Cameros, La Dehesa (NMGW); 23. A. koenigi Schilsky, paralectotype (ZMHB); 24. A. marseuli Csiki, Japan, Tochigi City (TPMJ); 25. A. marseuli Csiki, Japan, Utsunomiya City (TPMJ); 26. A. cooteri sp. n., paratype (NMGW); 27. A. graeca Schilsky, syntype (BMNH).

FIGURES 28–36. Dorsal habitus: 28. Anaspis bertrami sp. n. female paratype (NMGW); 29. A. curva sp. n., male holotype (NMGW); 30. A. emarginata Schilsky, N. China, Heilunkiang, Erlungshan (BMNH); 31. A. cooteri sp. n., male paratype (NMGW); 32. A. marseuli Csiki, Japan, Hyogo, Haruki, Onsen Town (TPMJ); 33. A. nigripes Brisout de Barneville, male, France, Côte-d’Or, Pouilly-en-Auxois (NMGW); 34. A. apfelbecki Schilsky, paralectotype (ZMHB); 35. A. koenigi Schilsky, paralectotype (ZMHB); 36. A. graeca Schilsky, syntype (BMNH).