Anthaxia (Thailandia) rondoni Baudon, 1962

Qi, Zhihao, Ai, Hongmu, He, Xueyou, Su, Rongxiang, Cai, Shouping & Song, Haitian, 2023, A study of Anthaxia subgen. Thailandia Bily, 1990 from China (Coleoptera, Buprestidae, Buprestinae), ZooKeys 1154, pp. 149-157 : 149

Anthaxia (Thailandia) rondoni Baudon, 1962

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Anthaxia rondoni Baudon, 1962: 28.

Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) rondoni : Bílý 1997: 109.

Anthaxia (Thailandia) rondoni : Bílý 2004: 2.

Type localiy.

Central Laos, Tha Ngon.

Material examined.

1♀ (KIZ): China, Yunnan Province, Nujiang of the Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, Lushui City [泸水市], Liuku [六库], 11.VI.1983, Yong-Han Long leg.

Distribution.

China (Yunnan); Thailand; Laos; Vietnam; India (verification needed).

Remarks.

The colour and pattern of this species are variable. Body usually metallic blue or metallic green; elytra usually with two large, basal, black spots (see Baudon 1966: pl. 4 fig. b; Bílý 2005: fig. 3) or black part not separated by light part, forming a black Y-shape in the middle (Fig. 3A ; Bílý 2019: fig. 18).

Bílý (2022) first reported the occurrence of A. (T.) rondoni from Yunnan, China. This is also the first record of the subgenus Anthaxia Thailandia in China. Unfortunately, neither figures nor collecting data of this species from China were given, while a specimen from “India” was provided in the colour figures. India was also a new record of this species but not mentioned in the catalogue’s distribution information. Thus, the distribution of A. (T.) rondoni in Yunnan and India is uncertain. Moreover, the distribution of the species in Vietnam ( Bílý 2005) seems to be missing from the newest catalogue ( Bílý 2022). In our study, the habitus (Fig. 3A, B ) and anal ventrite (Fig. 3C ) of a female A. (T.) rondoni from Yunnan are figured for the first time, and the collecting data confirms the occurrence of the species in Yunnan.

According to Bílý’s (2005) description, adults of this species have been repeatedly collected in northern and central Thailand and in southern Vietnam on the flowers of Castanopsis sp.

Figures

Figure 3. Female habitus of Anthaxia (Thailandia) rondoni Baudon, 1962 (Yunnan) A dorsal view B ventral view C anal ventrite. Scale bars: 1 mm (A, B), 0.2 mm (C).