Anthelephila celer ( Kejval, 1999 )

Zhao, Yuchen & Wang, Xinpu, 2024, New species and records of Anthelephila praetor species-group (Coleoptera: Anthicidae) from China, Zootaxa 5447 (1), pp. 103-112 : 105-106

Anthelephila celer ( Kejval, 1999) (mDzṅù形Ƥ)

Formicomus celer Kejval, 1999:320

Figures. 8–19

Type locality. Vietnam: Tonkin (Hoa-Binh)

Specimens. 2 ♂ 1♀, Hoa-Binh , Tonkin, Vietnam, leg. A. de. Cooman ( IZCAS) ; 1 ♂, Damenglong (±勐AE), alt. 650 m, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China, 05.VIII.1958, leg. Shuyong Wang ( IZCAS) ; 1♀, same data, except: 06.VIII.1958, leg. Leyi Zheng ( IZCAS) ; 1 ♂, same data, except: 12.VII.1958, leg. Yiran Zhang ( IZCAS) ; 1 ♂, Menglun , alt. 650m, Yiwu Town (H武ae), Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China, 24.X.1958, leg. Yiran Zhang ( IZCAS) ; 1♀, Zhenyuan Yi Hani Lahu Autonomous County (ae沅 彝dzë尼dzẁüdzh治县), alt. 1100 m, Puer City (Ḃ洱市), Yunnan, China, 25.IV.1955, leg. Крыжановский ( IZCAS) ; 1♀, Mojiang Hani Autonomous County (Ḇ江ë尼dzh治县), alt. 1200m, Puer City , Yunnan, China, 25.IV.1955, leg. Крыжановский ( IZCAS) .

Distribution. Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, new record for China (Yunnan).

Note. After examining specimens of Anthelephila celer collected by A. de Cooman in Hoa-Binh, Vietnam ( Figs. 8–14 ), we have confirmed that this species also occurs in southern China ( Figs. 15–19 ). The new distributional data of the species is recorded, and images of the species are provided in this paper.

Figures

FIGURES 8–19. Anthelephila celer (Kejval, 1999). Vietnam (Hanoi): (8) habitus of male; (9) left foreleg, male; (10) sternite VII, male, ventral view; (11) tergite VII, male, dorsal view; (12) sternite VIII, male, (A) ventral view, (B) dorsal view; (13) tergite VIII, male, dorsal view; (14) (A) aedeagus, (B) tegmen. China (Yunnan): (15) sternite VII, male, ventral view; (16) tergite VII, male, dorsal view; (17) sternite VIII, male, (A) ventral view, (B) dorsal view; (18) tergite VIII, male, dorsal view; (19) (A) aedeagus, (B) tegmen. Scale bar: (a) 1mm for fig. 8; (b) 0.4mm for fig. 9, 0.2 mm for figs 12, 14A, 17, 19A; (c) 0.2 mm for figs 10, 11, 13, 15, 16, 18.