Spiloscapha nigrofasciata Gebien, 1925

Schawaller, Wolfgang, 2012, New species and records of the genus Spiloscapha Bates (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from the Oriental and Papuan Regions (part 2), Zootaxa 3336 (1), pp. 62-68 : 66

Spiloscapha nigrofasciata Gebien, 1925

New material. W Malaysia, Johor, Tioman Island , Kampong Tekek , 15.–29.III.2009, leg. V. Hula, 2 ex. CLPB. – W Malaysia, Perak, 40 km SE Ipoh, Banjaran Titi Wangsa Mts. , Ringlet , 900 m, 25.III.–3.IV.2002, leg. P. Čechovský, 3 ex. SMNS.

Remarks. Some of the specimens are brown with the dark elytral band, other specimens are completely unicoloured brown, all other characters coincide. This colour difference is considered as infraspecific variation, similar as in Spiloscapha cooteri and Spiloscapha sumatrana . See also under Spiloscapha sp. below ( Fig. 10 ).

Distribution. W Malaysia, Laos,? Thailand.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 10. Dorsal view of Spiloscapha species and aedeagus. S. assamica (1), S. grimmi (2), S. rufonotata comb. n. (3), S. toxopeusi sp. n. (4), S. meghalaya sp. n. (5, 6), S. bipunctata (7), S. bryanti sp. n. (8); S. cechovskyi sp. n. (9), Spiloscapha sp. (10).