Plateros tonkineus Pic, 1926

Plateros tonkineus Pic, 1926: 31 .

DISTRIBUTION. ‘Tonkin’.

REMARKS. Pic´s [1926] description reads as follows: ‘ Angustatus, subparallelus, nitidus, niger, capite rufiscente, scutello thoraceque testaceis, illo medio pupureo, elytris purpureis, longissimus; thorace elongato, antice subarcuato. Long. 9 mill. Tonkin. — Diffère du précédent ( P. curtelineatus de Chine), en outre de la coloration, par le prothorax plus long et nettement prolongé en arc en avant.’ No type specimens of this taxon were found in the Pic collection at MNHN, and no specimens that would match the above description could be detected in the studied material.