Stenidius cruciger LaFerté-Sénectère, 1849

Kejval, Zbyněk, 2007, New species, synonymy and records of Endomia and Stenidius (Coleoptera: Anthicidae) from Asia, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (suppl.) 47, pp. 169-181 : 177

Stenidius cruciger LaFerté-Sénectère, 1849

( Figs. 8-10 )

Material examined. CAMBODIA: NW-Cambodia, Siem Reap, light trap, 7.-11.xi.2002, P. Kočárek leg., 9 ♁♁ 8 ♀♀ ( ZKDC). INDIA: ORISSA, Ganjam distr., N of Berhampur [= Brahmapur], Kalasandrapur,sandy riverbank, 20.- 21.ii.1994, Z. Kejval leg., 1 ♀ ( ZKDC); KARNATAKA, Coorg distr., NE of Virajpet, 12°13′N 75°50′E, ca 500 m a.s.l., 4.-8.vi.1999, Z. Kejval & M. Trýzna leg., 5 ♁♁ 6 ♀♀ ( ZKDC); Udupi distr., E of Bhatkal, Kollur, 26.-29.v.2006, Z. Kejval leg., 2 ♁♁ ( ZKDC). INDONESIA: N-SUMATRA, Dolok-Merungir, lux, 1.x.-14.xi.1984, Kern leg., 3 ♁♁ 1 ♀ ( ZMHB). LAOS: VIENTIANE prov., 35 km NE of Vientiane, Lao Pako, 200 m a.s.l., on light, 1.-4.v.2005, P. Kresl leg., 1 ♁ 1 ♀ ( ZKDC). MYANMAR: 60 km NNE Yangon, 17°19′N 96°28′E (lux), 22.xi.2003, M. Hornburg leg., 1 ♁ ( ZKDC); [Myanmar?], ‘MUSEUM PRAG HINTER-JNDIEN Tenasserim? [sic!, p] // Coll.Helfer [p] // cruciger det. v. Krekich [p+h]’ 11 ♁♁ 19 ♀♀ ( NMPC); [Myanmar?] ‘47509 [p] // Ind. or Helfer [h; yellowish label] // Hist.-Coll. ( Coleoptera ) Nr. 47509 Stenidius cruciger Laf. India or., Helf. Zool. Mus. Berlin [p; yellow label, black frame]’ 1 ♀ ( ZMHB); same data, but lacking the 2nd label, the 1st label handwritten, 1 ♀ ( ZMHB). THAILAND: CHIANG MAI prov., Fang env., 19°55′N 99°12′E, 300 m a.s.l., 25.v.1991, D. Král leg., 23 ♁♁ 14 ♀♀ ( ZKDC); CHUMPHON prov., Pha To env., 9°48′N 98°47′E, 1.-11.v.1998, P. Průdek & R. Šigut leg., 3 ♁♁ 4 ♀♀ ( ZKDC); same locality, but: 14.iv.1996, P. Průdek leg., 1 ♀ ( ZKDC); same locality, but: 27.iii.-14.iv.1996, K. Majer leg., 1♁ 1♀ ( ZKDC); KHON KAEN prov., Khon Kaen, lux, 25.v.1980, S. Saowakontha leg., 2 ♀♀ ( ZMHB); MAE HONG SON prov., Ban Si Lang, 1200 m a.s.l., 1.-8.v.1992, J. Horák leg., 1 ♁ ( ZKDC); Huai Sua Tao, 9°19′N 97°59′E, 17.v.1992, L. Dembický leg., 2 ♁♁ 1 ♀ ( ZKDC); Suan Pu, 9°19′N 97°59′E, 18.v.1992, L. Dembický leg., 1 ♁ 1 ♀ ( ZKDC); TAK prov., Umphang riv., 16°07′N 99°00′E, 1000 m a.s.l., 28.iv.-6.v.1991, V. Kubáň leg., 1 ♀ ( ZKDC); UTHAI THANI prov., 25 km NW of Lan-Sak, 110 m a.s.l., ix.1990, 3 ♁♁ 14 ♀♀ ( ZMHB).

Distribution. India (West Bengal) ( UHMANN 1983), Thailand ( UHMANN 1989 as S. longitarsis ; UHMANN 1996, 2000), Vietnam ( UHMANN 1994b; TELNOV 1998). Another record from India (West Bengal: Sukna) by UHMANN (1987) was based on a misidentified specimen of Stenidius aulicus (LaFerté-Sénectère, 1849) ( KEJVAL 2002) . The first reliable records from Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos and Indonesia are presented here.

Remarks. LAFERTÉ- SÉNECTÈRE (1849a) described S. cruciger based on a series of specimens collected by J. V. Helfer in ‘ India Orientalis’ (probably Tenasserim in southern Myanmar). For the reasons given by KEJVAL (1999), all specimens from the Helfer collection in NMPC listed above probably do not belong to the type series but can be regarded as topotypic.

Figures

Figs. 8-13. 8-10 – Stenidius cruciger LaFerté-Sénectère, 1849, Thailand, Pha To (ZKDC). 8 – head and pronotum, outline in dorsal view; 9 – male sternite VIII; 10 – aedeagus in ventral view. 11-13 – S. peplifer sp. nov., holotype. 11 – head and pronotum, outline in dorsal view; 12 – male sternite VIII; 13 – aedeagus in ventral view. Scale = 0.2 mm: A – Figs. 9, 12; B – Figs. 10, 13. Scale = 0.5 mm: C – Figs. 8, 11.