Neocollyris (Brachycollyris) purpureomaculata borea Naviaux, 1994

Matalin, A. V., 2020, Additions to the fauna of tiger beetles of Vietnam (Coleoptera, Carabidae: Cicindelinae), Far Eastern Entomologist 415, pp. 9-20 : 11

Neocollyris (Brachycollyris) purpureomaculata borea Naviaux, 1994

MATERIAL EXAMINED. Vietnam: Nghe An Prov., Que Phong distr., Pu Hoat National park , h = 1340 m, 19 o 46’12’’N 104 o 48’16’’E, 15–27.V.2019, 1♂, leg. D. Fedorenko

( MSPU).

NOTES. This bright subspecies was first recorded from three Vietnamese provinces: Hoa

Binh (Northeast region), Tuyen Quang ( Northwest region ) and Lam Dong (Central

Highlands region) only three years ago (Wiesner et al., 2017). In the Vietnamese province

Nghe An (North Central Coast region), N. (B.) purpureomaculata borea is being found for the first time. Except Vietnam, this subspecies is known to also occur in the Indian state

Meghalaya (Sawada & Wiesner, 1999), the Thai provinces Chiang Mai and Mae Hong Son

(Naviaux, 1994a; Naviaux & Pinratana, 2004), the Laotian provinces Champasak, Houa-

phanh, Louangnahmtha and Phongsaly (Wiesner & Geiser, 2016), as well as the Chinese province Yunnan (Li & Shook, 2008; Wu, 2011) .