Priscibrumus disjunctus Canepari, 1997

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Priscibrumus disjunctus Canepari

( Figs 61 , 62a )

Priscibrumus disjunctus Canepari, 1997: 45 .— Poorani 2002: 313; Kovář 2007: 595; Li et al. 2020a: 4 .

Diagnosis. Length: 3.75–4.10 mm; width: 2.80–2.91 mm. Holotype male ( Fig. 61 ) as illustrated (Photo courtesy: Arnaud Faille, SMNS). Form ( Figs 61 , 62a ) elongate oval, dorsum moderately convex, covered with short, greyish pubescence. Head, pronotum and scutellar shield black; elytra ochraceous to yellowish brown, with three longitudinal stripes in nominate form, one sutural and two discal, sutural stripe anteriorly broadest, somewhat funnel shaped, discal stripes dorsolaterally positioned, all three stripes not touching basal or apical margin of elytra. Underside black except epipleura yellowish brown. Abdominal postcoxal lines incomplete. Male genitalia illustrated by Canepari (1997) and Li et al. (2020a).

Distribution. Nepal, China (Tibet).

Notes. Canepari (1997) originally described it from Nepal with illustrations and recently Li et al. (2020a) recorded it from China.

Figures

FIGURE 61. Priscibrumus disjunctus Canepari, holotype male (Image credit: Arnaud Faille, SMNS).

FIGURE 62. a. Priscibrumus disjunctus Canepari (BMNH); b. Priscibrumus himalayensis (Kapur) (BMNH). .