Didrepanephorus fukinukii (Muramoto & Araya, 2000) Zhao & Liu, 2022

Zhao, Ming-Zhi & Liu, Wei-Xin, 2022, A contribution to the genus Didrepanephorus Wood-Mason, 1878 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Rutelinae), ZooKeys 1092, pp. 31-45 : 31

Didrepanephorus fukinukii (Muramoto & Araya, 2000) comb. nov.

Fruhstorferia fukinukii Muramoto & Araya, 2000: 12, figs 1-2, 7 [original description]; Nagai 2004: 150, figs 21-22, 30 [additional record from Mt. Doi Suthep, near Chiang Mai]; Krajčík 2007: 71 [catalogued]; Krajčík 2012: 110 [catalogued, subgeneric placement unnoted].

Fruhstorferia birmanica Arrow, 1907: Nagai and Hirasawa 1991: 7, figs 19, 29-31 [recorded from Northwest Thailand]; Young 1999: 357, fig. 1b; Nagai 2004: 150, figs 19-20, 29 [recorded from Thailand, Fang].

Type locality.

North Thailand, Chiang Mai Province, Fang.

Material examined

(2 specimens). 1♂, 1♀ (GGPC), Thailand, Chiang Mai, Fang, 07.2015 .

Remarks.

This Didrepanephorus species is transferred to the genus Didrepanephorus here because of the distinct basal protrusion at the lower margin of mandible, as shown by Nagai and Hirasawa (1991).

Judging from the figures of habitus and male genitalia, the records of F. birmanica from Northwest Thailand ( Nagai and Hirasawa 1991; Nagai 2004) are considered as D. fukinukii here. Thus, the record of F. birmanica in Thailand should be omitted. Arrow (1917, 1919) and Muramoto and Araya (2000) partly misinterpreted the taxon F. birmanica and applied the name to a Didrepanephorus species from Chin Hills. The Didrepanephorus species from Chin Hills appears to be very similar to D. fukinukii but having different male genitalia, which has strong incision at outer margin of left paramere.

Distribution.

Thailand (Chiang Mai).