Anaulaciulus inaequipes Enghoff, 1986

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Anaulaciulus inaequipes Enghoff, 1986

Material examined: 1 male ( ZMUM), China, Sichuan Province, Kangding NNE Yalaxiang, Shuangyanwo , 30°12´56´´ N, 101°59´18´´ E, H = 4425 m asl., 6 July 2013, leg. I. Belousov, I. Kabak ; 2 males ( ZMUM), China, Sichuan Province, Kawaluri Mt. env., 31°28´30´´ N, 100°14´24´´ E, H = 4415 m asl., 8 July 2016, leg. I. Belousov, I. Kabak ; 2 males ( ZMUM), China, NW Sichuan Province, 16.8 km SSW Ganzi , 31°28´18´´ N, 99°56´21´´ E, H = 4490 m asl., 12 July 2016, leg. I. Belousov, I. Kabak ; 1 male, 1 female ( FSCB), China, NW Sichuan Province, 18.6 km SSW Ganzi , 31°27´40´´ N, 99°54´53´´ E, H = 4775 m asl., 13 July 2016, leg. I. Belousov, I. Kabak ; 3 males, 1 female ( ZMUM), China, NW Sichuan Province, 24 km S Ganzi , 31°24´1´´ N, 99°58´42´´ E, H = 4735 m asl., 14 July 2016, leg. I. Belousov, I. Kabak.

Distribution. Burma, China (NW Sichuan Province).

Remarks. The species is known only from the original description from upper Burma ( Enghoff 1986). In addition, Korsós in his review of the genus Anaulaciulus Pocock (see Korsós 2001) had analyzed the inaequipes -group of the species and provided the figures of some structures based on paratypes kept in the Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen. This species is new to the fauna of the China.

Comparing of description of Anaulaciulus inaequipes with the above samples from China they show the general morphological resemblance except for the following. 1) Body length is 20–25 mm in Chinese males but 31–35 mm in holotype and paratypes; however body length of Chinese females (20–22 mm) is similar with one of type females (20–31 mm) (see Enghoff 1986). 2) Dark brown coloration of body is uniform in Chinese specimens but type specimens have the lighter zones on midbody prozona and posterior metazona. 3) Prozona ventrally are covered with delicate striae in the Chinese specimens but in the type specimens they are covered with normal striae. Color difference is probably due to over 50 years of preservation of the type specimens in alcohol. Discrepancy of male body length may be due to the difference in the altitude (over 4415 m for Chinese males and females, 2400 m for type ones) and habitat conditions. Delicate and normal striae in ventral half of prozona are probably due to the difference of body size.