Massicus pascoei (J. Thomson, 1857 )

Miroshnikov, A. I., 2019, The longicorn beetle tribe Cerambycini Latreille, 1802 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae) in the fauna of Asia. 6. A new or little-known species of the genus Massicus Pascoe, 1867, Russian Entomological Journal 28 (3), pp. 269-281 : 270

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https://doi.org/ 10.15298/rusentj.28.3.06

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scientific name

Massicus pascoei (J. Thomson, 1857 )
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Massicus pascoei (J. Thomson, 1857) View in CoL

Figs 1–2, 4–6 View Figs 1–6 , 11, 13–14, 17, 20,

23, 27, 31, 33, 37, 41, 45, 48.

Cerambyx pascoei Thomson, 1857: 122 View in CoL , pl. 14, fig. 6. Type locality: “Inde” (according to the original description) or “ India or.” (according to the label of the holotype) (see also Remarks below).

Conothorax pascoei : Thomson, 1864: 230 (“ Malasia ”).

Massicus View in CoL [ pascoei ]: Pascoe, 1867: 319.

Massicus pascoei View in CoL : Lacordaire, 1868: 260 (“Malasie”); Gemminger, 1872: 2802 (“Archip. ind.”); Gahan, 1906: 129 (“Malay Peninsula”); Aurivillius, 1912: 55 (“ Malacca ”); Heffern, 2013: 10 (“E. India; W Malaysia; SE Asia [probably within the limits of Indochina]”); Kariyanna et al., 2017: 31 (“ India & Malaysia ”).

MATERIAL. Holotype by monotypy, ♀ ( MNHN) ( Figs 5–6 View Figs 1–6 ), “ India or.”, “Ex Musaeo James Thomson”, “444”, “ Conothorax Thoms. s.c.230. (Cône, Thorax.), Massicus Pasc. An. M. n. h. XIX, 319.”, “ Pascoei Thoms. Type, Malas. Ind.?”, “Th. / Type” ( Fig. 4 View Figs 1–6 ); 2♂ (cAM) ( Fig. 1 View Figs 1–6 ), Laos, Houa Phan Prov. , Phou Pane Mt., 20°11 ' N / 104°00 ' E, 2060 m, 06.2017 (local collector); 2♀ (cAM) ( Fig. 2 View Figs 1–6 ), same locality, but taken on 05.2017; 1♀ ( BMNH) ( Fig. 3 View Figs 1–6 ), “Malacca”, “Ex Mus Parry”, “Fry Coll. 1905.100.”, “43 … [illegible further on]”, “NHMUK 013386288” (see Remarks below). GoogleMaps

REMARKS. Apparently this species was described from a single female originating from India [ Thomson, 1857: 122: “Patrie: Inde”]. However , in the subsequent Thomson’s work [1864: 230] it was given as from “ Malasia ” without any comments. On one labels of the holotype is indicated “ India or.”, while on the other — “… Malas. Ind.?” .

I have studied two males and two females from northeastern Laos that are very similar to the holotype and that I identify here as M. pascoei . Some specimens from China (Yunnan) and northern Myanmar, known to me only from their photographs belong to this species too .

At the same time, almost all specimens I have revised from Western Malaysia, externally similar to M. pascoei , are actually a new species described below.

Only one female ( Fig. 3 View Figs 1–6 ) from the old collections at the BMNH with the “ Malacca ” label almost certainly belongs to M. pascoei . However, its geographical label is possibly erroneous, and therefore it cannot be considered indisputable evidence of the distribution of M. pascoei in Western Malaysia.

MORPHOLOGICAL NOTES. Body length 52.2–58.8 mm, humeral width 14.5–15.7 mm, thereby the holotype is 57.3 mm and 15.7 mm, respectively.

Judging from some photographs, the body length of this species can reach about 61 mm.

DISTRIBUTION. Eastern India, China (Yunnan), Myanmar, Laos; almost without any doubt, Vietnam and Thailand;?Western Malaysia.

MNHN

Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Cerambycidae

Genus

Massicus

Loc

Massicus pascoei (J. Thomson, 1857 )

Miroshnikov, A. I. 2019
2019
Loc

Massicus pascoei

Kariyanna B. & Mohan M. & Gupta R. & Vitali F. 2017: 31
Heffern D. J. 2013: 10
Aurivillius 1912: 55
Gahan C. J. 1906: 129
Gemminger M. 1872: 2802
Lacordaire J. T. 1868: 260
1868
Loc

Massicus

Pascoe F. P. 1867: 319
1867
Loc

Conothorax pascoei

Thomson J. 1864: 230
1864
Loc

Cerambyx pascoei Thomson, 1857: 122

Thomson J. 1857: 122
1857
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