taxonID	type	description	language	source
03DCDF28FFACFFF6149EF8C9FB75E87F.taxon	materials_examined	Examined material. None.	en	Vitali, Francesco (2022): A studyof theAcalolepta permutansspecies group (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae). Faunitaxys 10 (59): 1-7, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-10(59), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/micr.70065
03DCDF28FFACFFF6149EF8C9FB75E87F.taxon	discussion	Remarks. – This subspecies differs from the previous one in antennomeres 3 - 10 slightly thickened distally. The specimens from Okinawa, which I could only examine through photographs on Japanese websites, do not significantly differ from those from Taiwan. The size of Okinawa and its distance from Ishigaki (380 km) and Taiwan (580 km) make almost improbable a natural colonisation of A. permutans paucipunctata starting from these islands. Moreover, no A. permutans have been recorded from Tarama or Miyako, located in the direction of Okinawa, respectively only 35 and 95 km east of Ishigaki (Makihara, 1992). This suggests either an old colonisation of Okinawa or an almost recent (anthropic) introduction. Waiting for further analyses, the current taxonomy is left as is.	en	Vitali, Francesco (2022): A studyof theAcalolepta permutansspecies group (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae). Faunitaxys 10 (59): 1-7, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-10(59), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/micr.70065
03DCDF28FFACFFF6149EF8C9FB75E87F.taxon	materials_examined	Examined material.	en	Vitali, Francesco (2022): A studyof theAcalolepta permutansspecies group (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae). Faunitaxys 10 (59): 1-7, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-10(59), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/micr.70065
03DCDF28FFACFFF6149EF8C9FB75E87F.taxon	materials_examined	HOLOTYPE ♂, Chine / Szchecuan [handwritten by Pic] // Orsidis / semisericeus / (nov.) [handwritten by Pic] // Holotype [printed on a red label] // Museum Paris / Coll. M. Pic [printed on a white label], in MNHNP.	en	Vitali, Francesco (2022): A studyof theAcalolepta permutansspecies group (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae). Faunitaxys 10 (59): 1-7, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-10(59), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/micr.70065
03DCDF28FFACFFF6149EF8C9FB75E87F.taxon	materials_examined	HOLOTYPE ♂, Assam / Naga Hills // Coll. RBINS / ex coll. Le Moult [printed on a yellow label] // Dihammus / mutans / mihi Typ. / det. Breuning [handwritten by Breuning and printed on a white label] // Holotype [printed on a red label], in RBINS.	en	Vitali, Francesco (2022): A studyof theAcalolepta permutansspecies group (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae). Faunitaxys 10 (59): 1-7, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-10(59), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/micr.70065
03DCDF28FFACFFF6149EF8C9FB75E87F.taxon	materials_examined	HOLOTYPE ♂, Phou Khao Khoay / 16.7. [19] 64 / Vientiane / J. A. Rondon [handwritten by Rondon and printed on a white label] / S. Breuning det., 1965 / Acalolepta pseudospeciosa [handwritten by Breuning and printed on a white label], in BPBM.	en	Vitali, Francesco (2022): A studyof theAcalolepta permutansspecies group (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae). Faunitaxys 10 (59): 1-7, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-10(59), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/micr.70065
03DCDF28FFACFFF6149EF8C9FB75E87F.taxon	materials_examined	HOLOTYPE ♂, Su-Tchuen / Chasseurs Indigènes / 1903 // Cypriola / permutans / occidentalis / mihi Typ. / det. Breuning [handwritten by Breuning and printed on a white label] // Holotype [printed on a red label], in MNHNP; PARATYPE, 1 ♀, Su-Tchuen / Chasseurs Indigènes / 1903 // Cypriola / permutans / occidentalis / mihi Typ. / det. Breuning [handwritten by Breuning and printed on a white label] // Paratype [printed on a red label], in MNHNP.	en	Vitali, Francesco (2022): A studyof theAcalolepta permutansspecies group (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae). Faunitaxys 10 (59): 1-7, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-10(59), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/micr.70065
03DCDF28FFACFFF6149EF8C9FB75E87F.taxon	materials_examined	HOLOTYPE ♂, Thibet // Acalolepta / paraspeciosa / mihi Typ. / det. Breuning [handwritten by Breuning and printed on a white label] // Holotype [printed on a red label], in MNHNP; 1 ♂, [Cina,] Yunnan, in RBINS;	en	Vitali, Francesco (2022): A studyof theAcalolepta permutansspecies group (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae). Faunitaxys 10 (59): 1-7, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-10(59), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/micr.70065
03DCDF28FFACFFF6149EF8C9FB75E87F.taxon	description	1 ♀, Chapo, prov. de / Lao-Kay, Ht. Tonkin // Coll. Le Moult / Naturaliste Paris // Cypriola permutans Pasc. / Breuning det., in RBINS; 1 ♂, Laokay / (Tonkin) // Coll. Le Moult / Naturaliste Paris, in RBINS; 1 ♀, Vin Pukhu / Ht Mekong / 10. V. 18, in RBINS;	en	Vitali, Francesco (2022): A studyof theAcalolepta permutansspecies group (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae). Faunitaxys 10 (59): 1-7, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-10(59), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/micr.70065
03DCDF28FFACFFF6149EF8C9FB75E87F.taxon	description	1 ♂, Laos / Chalan / le 30 - XI- 1918 / R. Vitalis de Salvaza // 2388, in RBINS; 1 ♀, Indochine, Vitalis / Monochammus Permutans Pasc. P. Boppe vid., in RBINS;	en	Vitali, Francesco (2022): A studyof theAcalolepta permutansspecies group (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae). Faunitaxys 10 (59): 1-7, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-10(59), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/micr.70065
03DCDF28FFACFFF6149EF8C9FB75E87F.taxon	description	1 ♀, Luang Prabang, Tad Thong, 430 m, 12 - VII- 2016, X. Gouverneur lgt., in CXG;	en	Vitali, Francesco (2022): A studyof theAcalolepta permutansspecies group (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae). Faunitaxys 10 (59): 1-7, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-10(59), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/micr.70065
03DCDF28FFACFFF6149EF8C9FB75E87F.taxon	discussion	Remarks. – Pic (1935) described Dihamus [sic!] semisericeus from a small male (14 mm) coming from Sichuan (Fig. 4). The following year, Breuning (1936) redescribed the same specimen with the same name, maybe mislead by the fact that it carried a label “ Orsidis semisericeus (nov.) ”, a name never published. According to Breuning (1943), this species differed from permutans in the impunctate scape and legs. Breuning (1938) used again the impunctate scape to differentiate Dihammus mutans (Fig. 5) from permutans. This new species, described from Assam, differed in turn from semisericeus in the punctate frons (Breuning, 1943, 1944). Gressitt (1951 b) repeated the same differential characters but meaningfully, he recorded mutans from West China as well. In reality, the frons is clearly punctate in both species. Again from Sichuan, Breuning (1958) described Cypriola permutans occidentalis. The taxon was described from a male (Fig. 6 a); thus, the female (Fig. 6 c) is only a topotype, though the label says “ paratype ” (Fig. 6 d). This subspecies differed from the typical form in some details of the pronotal and elytral sculpture. Nevertheless, the impunctate scape, the most important feature present in this taxon, was completely ignored. Moreover, the differential characters with semisericeus and mutans were simply overlooked. Breuning (1965, 1982) described Acalolepta pseudospeciosa from Laos (Fig. 7) and A. paraspeciosa from Tibet (Fig. 8), separating them from A. speciosa (Gahan, 1888) through the typical characters of permutans (elytral granules and short pronotal teeth). Actually, both species have nothing to do with speciosa but they show the same characters of the taxa meet until now (semisericeus, mutans and permutans occidentalis). However, the differential characters with these species were once again ignored. Definitively, apart from some questionable details of pronotal and elytral sculpture, characters strongly variable in specimens collected even in the same locality, the previous taxa do not show differences among them. Thus, they can be merged into only one taxon – Acalolepta semisericea – which differs from permutans only in the impunctate scape and legs. This taxon looks to be is an altitudinal form widespread around Himalaya, while permutans is in turn widespread on the hills of the southern and eastern China. Both taxa avoid the Sichuan Basin (Fig. 9). These taxa can be considered either as vicariant species or two subspecies. Considering that both A. permutans paucipunctata and A. permutans okinawana show impunctate scapes (and even impunctate frons) and inhabit geographically separated regions, they are considered subspecies of permutans. Even more so, semisericea, which shows more resemblance and closer distribution, should be considered a subspecies of permutans. Correspondingly, the genitalia do not show remarkable differences.	en	Vitali, Francesco (2022): A studyof theAcalolepta permutansspecies group (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae). Faunitaxys 10 (59): 1-7, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-10(59), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/micr.70065
03DCDF28FFACFFF6149EF8C9FB75E87F.taxon	distribution	Distribution. – According to the literature data and the examined material, A. permutans semisericea n. status seems to be widespread in the mountains of Eastern India (Assam, Arunachal Pradesh), Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and southwestern China (Xizang, Sichuan and Yunnan). Possibly, this subspecies could be found in Guangxi together with the nominal subspecies. This distribution looks analogous to that of Neocerambyx katarinae Holzschuh, 2009, widespread in East India, Laos, Vietnam and Guangxi, and its subspecies N. katarinae guangxiensis Li, Lu & Chen, 2020, widespread in Guangxi and Guangdong (Vitali, 2022).	en	Vitali, Francesco (2022): A studyof theAcalolepta permutansspecies group (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae). Faunitaxys 10 (59): 1-7, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-10(59), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/micr.70065
