Neocollyris (Leptocollyris) variicornis (Chaudoir, 1864)

Wiesner, Jürgen, Bandinelli, Aligi & Matalin, Andrey, 2017, Notes on the tiger beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Cicindelinae) of Vietnam. 135. Contribution towards the knowledge of Cicindelinae, Insecta Mundi 2017 (589), pp. 1-131 : 25

55. Neocollyris (Leptocollyris) variicornis (Chaudoir, 1864) ( Fig. 55, 252)

Neocollyris (Leptocollyris) variicornis: Naviaux 1995a: 176 , 177; Cassola and Probst 1996: 15; Matalin 2015b: 619.

Published data. NORTHEAST: Lao Cai (Sa Pa) ( Cassola and Probst 1996: 15).

New records. NORTHEAST: Lao Cai, Cat Cat , nr. Sa Pa, N22 o 19’ 52” E103 o 50’ 35”, 1630-1680 m, leg. Fabrizi, Jäger, Ahrens, 23-27.v.1999, 1 female ( JWGC), Phu Tho, Tan Son, Xuan Son National Park, 400m, leg. E. Orbach, 18-20.vi.2012, 1 male ( EOIC) ; CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: Gia Lai, ~ 40 km NEE of Pleiku, Kon Ka Kinh National Park , N14 o 12’ 11” E108 o 18’ 54”, 890m, leg. D. Fedorenko, 9-22.v.2016, 2 males ( MPU, SIEE), Lam Dong S Vietnam, Bao Loc, leg. Dembicky and Pacholatko, v./ vi.1994, 2 males, 4 females ( JWGC), Lam Dong, 25 km NNW of Bao Loc, near Loc Bao, N11 o 44’ 18” E107 o 42’ 08”, 800m, leg. D. Fedorenko, 5-20.iv.2013, 1 male ( SIEE) .

Distribution. Vietnam (Gia Lai, Lam Dong, Lao Cai, Phu Tho), China (? Xizang, Yunnan), Laos (Borikhamxay, Champasack, Houaphanh, Khammuane, Luangnamtha, Luangprabang, Oudomxay, Phongsaly, Sekong, Vientiane, Xiengkhuang), Thailand (Chantaburi, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Kamphaeng Phet, Kanchanaburi, Krabi, Lampang, Loei, Mae Hong Son, Nakhon Nayok, Nakhon Phanom, Nakhon Ratchasima, Phangnga, Phitsanulok, Ranong, Ratchaburi, Sukhothai, Surat Thani, Tak, Trang, Trat, Ubon Ratchathani, Yala, Yasothon), Myanmar (Kachin), India (Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Darjeeling, Andaman Is.), Nepal.

Remarks. New provincial records for Gia Lai, Lam Dong and Phu Tho.