Nyctimenius sabahensis ( Hayashi, 1975 ) Hayashi, 1975

Huang, Guiqiang, Liu, Zhiping & Chen, Li, 2014, A revision of the genus Nyctimenius Gressitt, 1951 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae), with description of a new species, Zootaxa 3860 (5), pp. 435-448 : 439

Nyctimenius sabahensis ( Hayashi, 1975) comb. nov.

( Figs 14–18 )

Pothyne sabahensis Hayashi, 1975: 192 (type locality: “Tenegan Besar, Sabah, Borneo”); Mizuno & Shiyake 2004: 44, pl. 16, fig. 401 (holotype); Heffern, 2005: 46.

Comments. This species has evident characters of Nyctimenius , and is thus transferred from Pothyne to Nyctimenius . Mr. Shigehiko Shiyake (OMNH) told the senior author that when he treated this specimen he found the head of the specimen separated from the body, and he pasted the head on a piece of triangular paper ( Fig. 17 ).

Specimens examined. Holotype: male? (OMNH), Tenegan Besar, 17, July, 1971, coll, K, ando (printed on a yellow rectangular label in black ink)/ Pothyne sabahensis Hayashi (handwriting on a red rectangular label with black borders and “ HOLOTYPE ” in black ink)/ M. Hayashi Coll. OMNH [98–32] (printed on a green rectangular label in black ink, “98–32” means thirty-second acceptance of specimens to OMNH in 1998).

Distribution. Malaysia (Sabah).

Figures

FIGURES 14 – 18. Nyctimenius sabahensis holotype male? 14. dorsal view; 15. ventral view; 16. lateral view; 17. frons; 18. labels. Scale bars = 5 mm.