Macrosiagon spinicollis ( Fairmaire, 1893 )

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 : 613-614

Macrosiagon spinicollis ( Fairmaire, 1893)

Rhipiphorus spinicollis Fairmaire, 1893: 38 . Type locality: [ Vietnam], Saigon [= Ho Chi Minh City].

Macrosiagon spinicolle: CSIKI (1913) : 16 (new combination).

For synonymy see BATELKA (2008a).

Material examined. CHINA: GANSU: 1 ♀ ( JHCP), ‘China – Gansu / Bikou – 32°32′N 104°38′E / 3.7.-7.7.97 / lgt. E. K. [p]’. HAINAN: 1 J ( BMNH), ‘ Hainan Is. / Fooi Iu Aug. 16 / N.W. of Nodoa // Lingnan / University / 5 th. Hainan Is. / Exped. 1929. [p] // Macrosiagon / bipartitum Fairm. (var.) [hw] / det. K.G. Blair [p]’. INDIA: DARJEELING: 3 ex. ( BMNH), ‘Nurbong, / Mahanuddi Vy., / Darjiling. / H. Stevens [p]’. KARNATAKA: 1 J ( BMNH), ‘Canara [p] // 1673 [hw] // Macrosiagon / bipartita / (Fairmaire, 1894) / Det. ZHFalin ’08 [p]’. NEPAL: 1 J 1 ♀ ( JBCP, JHCP), ‘C-Nepal, Janakpur, 1987 / Tamba – Koshi – Khola / SE Charikot, 900-1200 m / leg. C. Holzschuh, 5.-10.VI. [p]’.

Variability. One specimen from West Bengal (Darjeeling) lacks the characteristic middle black spot on the pronotal disc.

Distribution. This mainly Oriental species is also distributed in the southeastern part of the Palaearctic Region. In India, it has so far only been reported from the Uttar Pradesh state ( BATELKA 2004) and in China it is only known from the eastern Kwangtung province ( GRESSITT 1941). It is recorded here from West Bengal (Darjeeling) and Karnataka (both India), Gansu and Hainan Island (both China) and Nepal for the first time.