Eccoptolonthus (Eumorimotous) laevigatus laevigatus ( Fauvel, 1895 )

Fei, Xu-Dong & Zhou, Hong-Zhang, 2021, Revision of Eccoptolonthus Bernhauer (Coleoptera: Staphylininae: Philonthina) with descriptions of four new species from China, Zootaxa 4949 (3), pp. 473-498 : 488-490

8. Eccoptolonthus (Eumorimotous) laevigatus laevigatus ( Fauvel, 1895)

First record from China and Vietnam

( Figs. 9A–H , 10A–F )

Fauvel, 1895: 259 ( Hesperus , type locality: Bírmanie, Carin Cheba, 900–1100 m; Pulo-Penang; Malacca; Singapore; Sumatra; Borneo; Java); Bernhauer & Schubert, 1914: 364 ( Hesperus , catalog); Gridelli, 1924: 183 ( Hesperus , characters); Bernhauer, 1928: 17 ( Hesperus , Sumatra); Cameron, 1932: 157 ( Hesperus , characters); Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1372 ( Hesperus , catalog); Cameron, 1933: 390 ( Hesperus , Sumatra); Scheerpeltz, 1965: 108 ( Hesperus , Burma); Scheerpeltz, 1971: 159 ( Hesperus , characters); Frank, 1982: 36 ( Hesperus , list of parasites); Herman, 2001a: 2684 ( Hesperus , catalog); Chani-Posse, 2018: 34 (transferred to Eccoptolonthus ); Newton, 2019: 20 (catalogued); Hayashi, 2020: 136 ( Eccoptolonthus , subgenus Eumorimotous , type species).

Syn.: Hesperus laevigatus var. sarawakensis Gridelli, 1924: 185 ( Hesperus , variety of laevigatus , type locality: Borneo, Sarawak); Herman, 2001: 2684 (synonym).

Materials examined. China: Yunnan: 3 ♂♂, 1 ♀, Mengla county, Longmen village , the edge of rice field, rotting banana flower (21°17.277’N, 101°31.89’E), 982 m, 7.X.2010, collected by Lv Liang, Zhang Xi ( IZ-CAS) ; 1 ♂, Jinghong, Naban river reserve, Naban tea factory (Forest) (22°1581’N, 10°66543’E), 729 m, 6. VI .2009, collected by Meng Lingzeng ( IZ-CAS); Vietnam: 1 ♂, Tonkin Hoa-binh , VII.1937, collected by A. De. Cooman ( IZ-CAS) .

Distribution. China (Yunnan), Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, Malaysia (Penang, Sarawak), Singapore, Indonesia (Java, Sumatra).

Figures

FIGURE 9. Eccoptolonthus (Eumorimotous) laevigatus laevigatus (Fauvel, 1895) A. Habitus; B. aedeagus, dorsal (parameral side) view; C. aedeagus, lateral view; D. underside of paramere; E. stylus of tergite IX of male; F. sternite VIII of male; G. tergite X of male; H. sternite IX of male. Scale bars, A=2 mm; B, C, D, E, F, G, H= 0.2 mm.

FIGURE 10. Eccoptolonthus (Eumorimotous) laevigatus laevigatus (Fauvel, 1895) A. median lobe of aedeagus, dorsal (parameral side) view; B. underside of paramere; C. tergite X of male; D. sternite VIII of male; E. sternite IX of male; F. stylus of tergite IX of male. Scale bars, A= 0.14 mm; B, C, E= 0.2 mm; D= 0.34 mm; F= 0.27 mm.