Macrosiagon pusilla ( Gerstaecker, 1855 )

Batelka, Jan, 2011, Contribution to the synonymies, distributions, and bionomics of the Old World species of Macrosiagon (Coleoptera: Ripiphoridae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 51 (2), pp. 587-626 : 611-612

Macrosiagon pusilla ( Gerstaecker, 1855)

Rhipiphorus pusillus Gerstaecker, 1855: 32 . Type locality: India orientali (for details on this Gerstaecker’s locality see BATELKA 2007a).

Macrosiagon pusillum: CSIKI (1913) : 15 (new combination).

For synonymy see BATELKA (2008a).

Material examined. BHUTAN: 1 J ( NHMB), ‘Phuntsholina [p] 87km [hw] / Thimphu [p] 1680m 22.5. [hw] //

Nat.-Hist. Museum / Basel – Bhutan / Expedition 1972 [p]’; 1 J ( NHMB), ‘ Nobding 41 km O / Wangdi Ph. 2800m

[hw] // Bhutan / F. Maurer [p]’. CHINA: GUIZHOU: 1 J 1 ♀ ( NHMB), ‘China, E Guizhou prov. / Fodingshan, Ganshi, 25km S of Shiquian, 1300m / 5-9 Jun 1997, Bolm lgt. [p]’. INDIA: DARJEELING: 2 ♀♀ ( BMNH), ‘ Sikkim / Gopaldhara / Rungbong Vall. / H. Stevens // H. Stevens / Brit. Mus. / 1922-307. [p]’; 1 ex. ( BMNH), ‘Gopaldhara / Darjiling / H. Stevens, 1918 [p]’; 4 ex. ( BMNH), ‘Gopaldhara / Nepal-Sikhim Frontier / H. Stevens, [p] 1919 [2 ex.] [respective 1920, pencil] [p]’; 1 ♀ ( BMNH), ‘Namsoo / Darjeeling / 2,100 ft [p] / 21-vi.18 [pen] / H. Stevens [p]’; 1 ♀ ( BMNH), ‘from foliage // Gopaldhara / Darjeeling / 3,440 -4,720 ft / H. Stevens [p] / 8-vii [pencil]-14 [p]’; 1 ♀ ( BMNH), ‘Gopaldhara Bw./ Darjeeling / 4,720 ft [p] 20.7. / H. Stevens [p]’; 1 ♀ ( NHMB), ‘Gangae Thora / 1000m (Kalimp. / 25.iv.1986 // Indien / Darjeeling D. / Bhakta B. [p]’; 1 ♀ ( NHMB), ‘Darjeeling D. / India Bhakta B. [p]’; 1 ♀ ( NHMB), ‘Ralle / 16.iv.1987 // Indien / Darjeeling D. / Bhakta B. [p]’. HIMACHAL PRADESH: 2 JJ 2 ♀♀ ( BMNH), ‘Punjab. / Kangra Valley. / 1903 – 37 [p] // Kangra Valley / 4500 ft. / July 1899 / Dudgeon. [p]’. KERALA: 1 J ( JBCP), ‘India – Kerala / Themala, 5.5.2005 / 08°58,0′N, 77°03,5′E / leg. M. H., 100m [p]’. TAMIL NADU: 1 ex. (antennae missing) ( BMNH), ‘Nilgiri Hills [p] // H. E. Andrewes / Bequest. / B.M. 1922 – 221 [p]’; 1 J ( BMNH), ‘Nilgiri Hills [p] // H. L. Andrewes [p] / 6000 ft [hw]/ H. E. Andrewes / Bequest. / B.M. 1922 – 221 [p]’; 1 J ( BMNH), ‘Nilgiri Hills / A.K. Weld Downing // H. E. Andrewes / Bequest. / B.M. 1922 – 221 [p]’. UTTAR PRADESH: 1 J 1 ♀ ( BMNH), ‘C.Almora Du. [respective Diva] / Kumaon U. P. / July’20 [respective July’19] H.G.C. // H.G. Champion Coll. / B.M. 1953-156. [p]’. INDONESIA: KALIMANTAN: 1 J ( JHCP), ‘Indonesia / Kalimantan W. / Nanga Ela env. 4.-10.8. / Nanga Nyuruh 700m / J. Schneider lgt. 1993 [p]’. NEPAL: 1 ♀ ( BMNH), ‘NEPAL / Chilime Kharka / 28°15′N; 85°14′E [W of Langtang Nat. Park] // 27.vii.1949 / O. Polunin // B.M. Nepal Exp. / 1949 / B.M.1949-637. [p]’. PHILIPPINES: MINDANAO: 1 J ( BMNH), ‘Kolambugan / Mindanao / Baker [p] // Macrosiagon / nasutum Thunb. [hw] / det. K.G. Blair [p]’; 1 J ( BMNH), ‘ Iligan / Mindanao / Baker [p]’; 2 JJ ( ZMHB), ‘Philippinen [p] / Mindanao /?illegible [hw]’; 1 ♀ ( ZMHB), ‘Philippinen / Mindanao, Momun- / gan n. Lamao / leg. Böttcher [p]’; LUZON: 1 ♀ ( ZMHB), ‘Philippinen / Luzon [p] / Butac [hw]’. SRI LANKA: 1 J ( BMNH), ‘Ceylon [hw, grey rounded label]’.

Distribution. A widely distributed species known from the east, south and southeast of Asia. So far reported from China (Fujian, Guandong, Hebei, Hunan, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan), India (Assam, ‘Bengale: Barway’, Meghalaya, Uttaranchal), Indonesia (Sumatra, Sulawesi), Japan (Hokkaidō, Honshū, Shikoku), Korean Peninsula (including Cheju Do Island), Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, Russia (Far East), Thailand and Vietnam ( BATELKA 2007a). It is recorded here from Bhutan, Guizhou ( China), Indian states West Bengal (Darjeeling), Himachal Pradesh, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, Philippines, Kalimantan ( Indonesia) and Sri Lanka for the first time.