Ptocasius montanus (Żabka, 1981)

Fig. 46

Yaginumaella montana Żabka, 1981: 26, figs 48–49.

Yaginumaella montana – Xie & Peng 1995: 292, figs 13–15. — Song et al. 1999: 563, fig. 323d. — Yin et al. 2012: 1502, fig. 821a–c. — Peng 2020: 498, fig. 368a–c.

Ptocasius montanus – Patoleta et al. 2020: 17.

Diagnosis and description

See Yin et al. (2012) for description of female.

Material examined

CHINA – Yunnan Province • 2 ♀♀; Pi He; 26°31′52″ N, 98°53′46″ E; 1055 m a.s.l.; 20 Apr. 2004; Charles Griswold and David Kavanaugh leg.; HNU-CGY01 • 2 ♀♀; Fugong County, Lumadeng Township, 500 m radius of guesthouse at Shibali; 27°09′54″ N, 98°46′44″ E; 2525 m a.s.l.; 1–7 May 2004; Charles Griswold and David Kavanaugh leg.; HNU-CGY24 • 12 ♀♀; Fugong County, Lumadeng Township, 0.4 km Southeast of Shibali guesthouse; 27°09′48″ N, 98°46′00″ E; 2475 m a.s.l.; 5 May 2004; Charles Griswold and David Kavanaugh leg.; HNU-CGY26 • 1 ♀; Fugong County, Lumadeng Township, Yaping Village; 27°08′41″ N, 98°48′52″ E; 2530 m a.s.l.; 7 May 2004; Heng-mei Yan leg.; HNU-20040507–2A • 4 ♀♀; Fugong County, Yejiadi; 27º03′01″ N, 98º46′23″ E; 2307 m a.s.l.; 10 May 2004; Heng-mei Yan leg.; HNU-20040510–2 • 1 ♀; Tengchong County, Jietou Township, Datang Village, on the road from Daheling Ganjiao to Dashu Dujuan; 25º27′50″ N, 98º25′22″ E; 2430 m a.s.l.; 17 May 2006; Xian-jin Peng, Xin-ping Wang and Peng Hu leg.; HNU-PWH060517 • 1 ♀; Tengchong County, Jietou Township, Datang Village, Daheling Ganjiao; 25°25′12″ N, 98°24′34″ E; 1978 m a.s.l.; 20 May 2006; Xian-jin Peng, Xin-ping Wang and Peng Hu leg.; HNU-PWH060520 • 12 ♀♀; Tengchong County, Shangyin Township, Dahaoping Village; 25°58′29″ N, 98°43′46″ E; 2040 m a.s.l.; 4 Jun. 2006; Chang-min Yin, Jia-fang Hu and Ming-wei Yang and Shao-xian He leg.; HNU-YHY26–1 .

Natural history

The species was found in shrub-land and collected by sieving.

Distribution

China (Yunnan Province, Fig. 46; Hunan Xinning, Yin et al. 2012), Bhutan (Dorjula, Żabka 1981).