Mispila (s. str.) curvilinea Pascoe, 1869

Figs 3, 4

Mispila curvilinea Pascoe, 1869: 206 (type locality “India”); Gemminger and Harold 1873: 3092 (catalogue); Hua 1982: 96 (catalogue); Hua et al. 2009: 91, pl. 91, fig. 1051 (♂, ♀); Weigel 2012: 411 (distribution), pl. 32, fig. h; Kariyanna et al. 2017: 193 (catalogue); Barševskis 2018: 291 (distribution).

Mispila (Mispila) curvilinea Aurivillius, 1922: 275 (catalogue): Breuning 1961: 281 (catalogue); Breuning 1963b: 472 (key), 474 (redescription); Rondon and Breuning 1970: 415 (catalogue), fig. 23 i (♀); Hua 1981: 178 (new distribution); Hua 2002: 216 (catalogue); Löbl and Smetana 2010: 315 (catalogue); Lin and Tavakilian 2019: 366 (catalogue); Danilevsky 2020: 451 (catalogue); Xie et al. 2023: 248 (catalogue), fig. 3 (a-d holotype, ♂; e, f ♀; g, h ♂).

Alidus multilineatus Pic, 1925: 24 (type locality "Tonkin, Vietnam"): Breuning 1963b: 475 (synonymized).

Body length.

15.0-18.0 mm (♂), 12.0-18.2 mm (♀). The body length was determined from the holotypes of Mispila curvilinea, Alidus multilineatus, and additional materials examined. The body length of the holotype of A. multilineatus was mentioned in the original paper (Pic 1925).

Type material examined.

Mispila curvilinea: holotype, ♂ (BMNH), Mispila curvilinea (handwritten with black ink on a rectangular white label with a straight-line black border) / Mispila curvilinea typ Pasc (handwritten with black ink on a rectangular white label) / India (handwritten with black ink on a fan-shaped green label) / Pascoe Coll. 93-60 (printed with black ink on a square white label) / Type (printed with black ink on a circular white label with circular red borders) / NHMUK 014596491 plus a QR-code (printed with black ink on a rectangular white label); examined from five photographs (Fig. 3A-E). Alidus multilineatus: holotype, ♂ (MNHN), Pho-vi (Tonkin) 9. 07 (handwritten with black ink on a rectangular white label) / Type (handwritten with black ink on a rectangular yellow label) / ex Buquet (handwritten with black ink on a rectangular white label) / Alidus multilineatus Pic (handwritten with black ink on a rectangular white label) / TYPE (printed with black ink on a rectangular red label); examined from three photographs (Fig. 3F-H).

Additional material examined.

China • 3♂♂, 3♀♀ (LPSNU), Hulukou, Xima Town, Yingjiang County, Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, Alt. 1200 m, VI-VII.2018, leg. Wei-Zong Yang • 1♂ (CWW): vic. Guo Men Shan (NNNR), 37 km NW Jinghong City, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, 22°14'43"N, 100°36'12"E, Alt. 1100 m, 18.VI.2019, leg. A. Weigel LFF [light trap]. Laos: 1♂, 2♀♀ (CWW): Phou Pan (Mt.), Ban Saleui, Hua Phan Province, 20°12'N, 104°01'E, Alt. 2060 m, V.2017, leg. local collector . Malaysia • 1♀ (CWW, fig. 4E): 35 km SE Ipoh, Tanah Rata, Cameron Highland, Pahang, 4°28'N, 101°23'E, Alt. 1500 m, 19-31.III.2003, leg. M. Nèmec .

Comments.

In the original description of A. multilineatus, Pic (1925) did not mention the gender of the holotype. Breuning (1963b: 475) treated it as a junior synonym of M. curvilinea and provided a supplementary description of this species, including the sexual differences: "antennae are more than 0.5 time longer than body in males, antennae are slightly shorter than body in females." According to above characters and the material examined, we could confirm that the holotype of A. multilineatus is a male.

Distribution.

Bengal (Klimpong, Samsingh), Cambodia, China (Guangxi, Yunnan), India (Sikkim), Laos (Bokeo, Hua Phan, Khammouane, Vientiane), Malaysia (Pahang), Vietnam (Ha Giang).