Onycholabis melitopus Bates, 1892

Liang, Hongbin & Kavanaugh, David H., 2005, A Review of Genus Onycholabis Bates (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Platynini), with Description of a New Species from Western Yunnan, China, The Coleopterists Bulletin 59 (4), pp. 507-520 : 510-511

Onycholabis melitopus Bates

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Onycholabis melitopus Bates, 1892:371 ( Myanmar, India); Kasahara, 1995:31 ( Vietnam).

Cardiomera oberthuri Maindron, 1899:155 (Boutan ¼ Bhutan); Maindron, 1905:94.

Specimens Examined. Total 28 specimens: ASSAM: Type, 1 female ( MNHN), ‘‘Assam’ ’/

‘‘ Onycholabis melitopus Bates’ ’. BHUTAN: 1 male ( MNHN), ‘‘British Bootang, Maria Basti, L .

Durel’’/‘‘ oberthuri, Maind., Bull. S. E. Fr. 1899 . 4 types’’. CHINA: Guizhou Province, 1 female ( IMHU), ‘‘ Guizhou Province , Xishui, Dabaitang , 25-29-IX-2000, Guodong Ren’ ’; Hong Kong , 1 female ( NHM), ‘‘ Hong Kong, Walker Coll. 93-58’’/‘‘ Onycholabis sp. (not sinensis B.)’’/‘‘ H. E. Andrewes Coll., B. M. 1945–97’’/‘‘ Borrowed from B. M. ’’; Xizang Province , 1 male, ‘‘ Tibet, Lahsa , 950 m’’/‘‘ 18-XI-1982, Yinheng Han’ ’; Yunnan Province , 1 male, ‘‘ Yunnan Province , Xishuangbanna, Damenglong , 650 m, 18-IV-1958 ’’ / 1 male and 1 female ( CAS); ‘‘ China, Yunnan Province , Tenchong County, Longchuan River at Longkou Village’ ’/‘‘25816.99N/98835.59E, 1,500 m, 2 November 1998, Stop #98-128, D. H. Kavanaugh, C. E. Griswold, C. L. Long, R. Li, H. X. He collectors’ ’; 2 males and 2 female ( IOZ, CAS), ‘‘ China, Yunnan Province , Tengchong, Jietou Town, Danlongheqiao , riverside, 25836917.70N, 98840912.60E’’/‘‘ 1,768 m, 2003.10.24, Liang H. B., Shi X. C. coll. Institute of Zool. , CAS and California Acad. Sciences’ ’; 1 male and 1 female, ‘‘ China, Yunnan Province , Tengchong, Jietou Town, Maluchong , riverside, 25834955.00N, 98840933.40E’’/‘‘ 1,740 m, 2003.10.24, Liang H. B., Shi X. C. coll. Institute of Zool. , CAS and California Acad. Sciences’ ’; 1 male, ‘‘ China , Yunnan Province , Tengchong, Tietou Town, Zhoujiapo , riverside, 25833943.80N, 98840901.60E’’/‘‘ 1,650 m, 2003.10.24, Liang H. B., Shi X. C. coll. Institute of Zool. , CAS and California Acad. Sciences’ ’; 3 females, ‘‘ China , Yunnan Province , Longling, Longjiang Town, Mengliu , Dashitouhe , 24848930.10N, 98843940.60E’’/‘‘ 1,768 m, 2003.10.31, Liang H. B., Shi X. C. coll. Institute of Zool. , CAS and California Acad. Sciences’ ’; 1 male and 2 females ( IOZ, CAS), ‘‘ China, Yunnan Province , Tengchong, Qushi Town, Xiangyangqiao , riverside, 25812938.40N, 98834949.40E’’/‘‘ 1,515 m, 2003.10.23, Liang H. B., Shi X. C. coll. Institute of Zool. , CAS and California Acad. Sciences’ ’; 1 female, ‘‘ China , Yunnan Province , Tengchong, Jietou Town, Dashaba , riverside, 25823946.80N, 98842910.60E’’/‘‘ 1,850 m, 2003.10.23, Liang H. B., Shi X. C. coll. Institute of Zool. , CAS and California Acad. Sciences’ ’.

LAOS: 1 male ( NHM), ‘‘ Laos, Ban Na Mon. , 12.XII.1919, R. V. de Salvaza’ ’/‘‘ Onycholabis sp. ’’/ ‘‘ Brit. Mus. 1921–89’’ ; 1 male ( NHM), ‘‘ Haut Mekong, Nam Tiene , 14.IV.1918, R. V. de Salvaza’ ’/‘‘ Onycholabis sp. nov. ’’/‘‘ Brit. Mus. 1921-89’’ ; 1 female ( NHM), ‘‘ Haut Mekong, Nam Tiene , 15.IV.1918, R. V. de Salvaza’ ’/‘‘ Brit. Mus. 1921–89’’ ; 1 male ( NHM), ‘‘ Laos, Pak Pha , 4.II.1918, R. V. de Salvaza’ ’/‘‘ Onycholabis sp. nov. ’’/‘‘ Brit. Mus. 1921-89’’ ; 1 female ( NHM), ‘‘ Luang Prabang, Houei Ko. 14.III.1918, R. V. de Salvaza’ ’/‘‘ Brit. Mus. 1921–89’’. SIKKIM : 1 female ( CAS), ‘‘ Gopaldhara, Br. Sikkim, H. Stevens. ’’/ ‘‘ Van Dyke Collection’ ’/‘‘ Onycholabis melitopus Bates, H. E. Andrewes det.’’ .

Description. Bates (1892:371) gave a brief description and Kasahara (1995:31–32) provided a detailed redescription. We add the following (specimen from Assam): prosternum and proepisternum densely and metepisternum sparsely punctate, metesternum only sparsely punctate at lateral sides; PW/HW ¼ 0.98, PW/PL ¼ 1.25, PW/PAW ¼ 1.34, PW/PBW ¼ 1.45, EW/PW ¼ 1.85, EL/EW ¼ 1.68; interval III with 4 setiferous pore punctures on left elytron (abnormal) and 3 on right elytron; sixth visible sternum with 4 marginal setae in female.

Distribution. Known from India, Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam, Myanmar, Laos,

Vietnam, and China.

Figures

Figs. 1–4. Dorsal habitus of Onycholabis species, scale line ¼ 1.0 mm. 1) O. acutangulus