Xenicotela distincta (Gahan, 1888)

Xie, Guanglin, Barclay, Maxwell V. L. & Wang, Wenkai, 2023, Review of the genus Xenicotela Bates, 1884 (Cerambycidae, Lamiinae, Lamiini), ZooKeys 1183, pp. 185-204 : 185

Xenicotela distincta (Gahan, 1888)

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Monohammus distinctus Gahan, 1888: 392; Aurivillius 1922: 95. Type locality: Assam, India.

Xenicotela distincta : Breuning 1944: 373; Gressitt 1951: 382; Breuning 1961: 354; Rondon and Breuning 1970: 458; Hubweber et al. 2010: 288; Weigel et al. 2013: 288; Kariyanna et al. 2017: 253; Lin and Tavakilian 2019: 324; Xie et al. 2022: 147.

Nephelotus Nephelotus 4-maculatus Pic, 1925: 16. Type locality: Tonkin, Vietnam.

Nephelotus tonkineus Pic, 1926: 143. Type locality: Tonkin (Hoa Binh), Vietnam.

Xenicotela distincta m. tonkinensis Breuning, 1944: 373.

Monochamus binigricollis : Wang 1998: 599, misidentification.

Type material examined.

Holotype of Monohammus distinctus , male (NHMUK); label details are shown in Fig. 4e . Syntypes of Nephelotus tonkineus , one male and one female (MNHN); label details are shown in Fig. 5e, j .

Other material examined.

One female, ‘Burmah’ (NHMUK); one female, India: Assam (NHMUK); One male, China: Yunnan Province, Cangyuan County, Daheishan , alt. 2400 m, May 15, 1980, coll. Kaiquan Li (SWU); One female, China: Guizhou Province, Ziyun County , Nazuo Village , June 8, 2019, coll. Shulin Yang (GZNULS); one female, China: Yunnan Province, Xishuangbanna Prefecture, Danuoyou, May 29, 2008, coll. Meiying Lin (IZAS); one male, China: Yunnan Province, Jiangcheng County , Qushui Township , alt. 564 m, 22°37'1"N, 102°9'49"E, June 8, 2019, coll. Lanbin Xiang (YZU) .

Distribution.

China (Yunnan, Guizhou), India (Assam, Sikkim), Vietnam (Tonkin), Nepal, Laos, Myanmar (new country record).

Remarks.

One female specimen of this species labelled ‘Burmah’ (old spelling of Burma, i.e., Myanmar) was found in NHMUK (Fig. 3 ). This represents a new country record. A redescription and other comments about this species are provided by Xie et al. (2022).

Figures

Figure 3. Xenicotela distincta (Gahan, 1888), specimen from Myanmar a dorsal view b ventral view c lateral view d frontal view e labels.

Figure 4. Holotype of Monohammus distinctus Gahan, 1888 a dorsal view b ventral view c lateral view d frontal view e labels.

Figure 5. Syntypes of Nephelotus tonkineus Pic, 1926 a-e male f-j female. a, f dorsal view b, g ventral view c, h lateral view d, i frontal view e, j labels.