Atarphia fasciculata Reitter, 1884

Jelínek, Josef, Jia, Fenglong & Hájek, Jiří, 2012, A new species of the genus Atarphia (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) from China, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 52 (2), pp. 467-474 : 473

Atarphia fasciculata Reitter, 1884

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Material examined. RUSSIA: MARITIME PROVINCE: Vladivostok , 3.vi.1919, H. Frieb leg., 1 ♀ . JAPAN: HONSHU: Fukui pref., Yashagaike , 2.–3.vi.1970, H. Sasaji leg., 1 J ; Gunma pref., Marunuma , 29.vii.1958, 1 ♀, 30.vii.1958, 2 ♀♀, S. Hisamatsu leg. ; Gunma pref., Hoshi , vii.1952, Aoki leg., 1 ♀ ; Aomori pref., Tsuta, Towada , 19.vii.1956, 1 J ; Yamanashi pref., Masutomi , 24.vii.1956, H. Kamiya leg., 1 J ; Mie pref., Mie Univ. Forest , 11.vii.1957, A. Ohashi leg., 1 J ; Tokyo pref., Mitake, Okutama , 7.ix.1946, N. Hayashi leg., 1 ♀ . CHINA: GANSU: Lazikou valley, 34°05.0′N, 103°54.5′E, 2150 m, 27.v.2005, J. Hájek, D. Král & J. Růžička leg., 1 J 5 ♀♀. GUIZHOU: Shibing-Yuntai Shan, 60 km N of Kaili, 21.–26.v.1996, E. Jendek & O. Šauša leg., 1 J. HUBEI- ANHUI border: Dabieshan Mts., Mt. Wujiashan , 31°04–06′N, 115°46–49′E, 500–1700 m, 21. –23.vii.1995, L. & R. Businský leg., 1 spec. SHAANXI: Mt. Hua Shan , 100 km E Xian, 17.–22.vi.1991, Z. Kejval leg., 1 ♀. SICHUAN: Liziping env., nr. Shimian, 200 km SW of Ya’an, 27.vi.–3.vii.1991, Z. Kejval leg., 2 JJ (all NMPC) .

Notes. JELÍNEK & AUDISIO (2007) mentioned Atarphia fasciculata from China without any precise locations. Here we present the first precise data from Gansu, Guizhou, Shaanxi and Sichuan provinces, and from mountain range on Hubei-Anhui border.

Figures

Figs. 1–3. Habitus of Atarphia. 1 – Atarphia cincta sp. nov. (paratype, Jiangxi; 3.5 mm); 2 – A. fasciculata Reitter, 1884 (Gansu; 4.7 mm); A. quadripunctata Reitter, 1884 (Japan; 4.5 mm).