Leptomias varians Chen, 1987

Song, Zhenzhen, Ren, Li, Zhang, Runzhi & Zhou, Chenggang, 2017, Review of the species of Leptomias Faust from Sichuan, China (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae), ZooKeys 678, pp. 97-119 : 104

Leptomias varians Chen, 1987

Leptomias varians Chen, 1987. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 12(4): 405, fig. 2.

Type material examined.

Holotype, ♂: (white): 四川 [ Sìchuān, printed] 德格 [ Dégé, handwritten] / 3200m [handwritten] / 中国科学院 [ Zhōngguó Kēxuéyuàn, printed]; 1983.VII.4 [handwritten] / 采集者: 陈元清 [ Cǎijízhě, Chén Yuánqīng, printed]; (red, printed): HOLOTYPE; (white, printed): IOZ(E) 905414. Paratypes: 1 ♀: same data as holotype except ALLOTYPE printed on sea-green paper and IOZ(E) 905415. 6 ♂, 3 ♀: same data as holotype except PARATYPE printed on yellow paper and IOZ(E) 905416-905424.

Remarks.

Leptomias varians is an endemic species of China, collecting from Sichuan (Dege) (Fig. 24). L. varians , L. ochrolineatus and L. sublongicollis are all recorded from the same county. It is close to but can be differed from L. ochrolineatus by these characters: elytra in dorsal view broadly ovate; prothorax broadest behind middle, with very fine and shallow median longitudinal groove; elytral intervals flat; the metatibial apex with mucro; penis bent upwards at apex. Leptomias varians resembles L. sublongicollis , but can be identified by the following characters: elytra every interstriae with 1-2 column setae; scrobes with dorsal margin not carinate; postocular lobes developed; eyes large and slightly flat; penis not bent at apex.