Macrocheilus asteriscus White, 1844 Fig. 47

Macrocheilus asteriscus White 1844: 422; Bates 1892: 389; Andrewes 1919: 180; 1920: 500; 1924: 470; 1930: 206; Csiki 1932: 1573; Wu 1937: 188; Jedlička 1963: 470; Hůrka 2003:407; Lorenz 2005: 512; Zhao and Tian 2010: 6. Type locality: China (Hongkong), deposited in NHML.

Planetes crucifer Redtenbacher 1867: 4. Type locality: China (Hongkong), deposited in NHML.

Remarks.

Macrocheilus asteriscus differs from other species in having cruciform elytral spots, the slender median tooth of mentum and the narrow apex of ligula.

Materials examined.

2 males, 1 female, “Hongkong” (MNHN); 2 males, "Hainan, Oct. 1979, Shaoming Zhuo leg." (SCAU); 2 males, "Guangdong: Zhanjiang, Jul. 1982" (SCAU); 1 male, 1 female, "Guangdong: Zhanjiang, May, 1983" (SCAU). 1 male, 1 female, "Annam, Phuc-Son, Nov. to Dec., H, Fruhstorfer", Central Vietnam (MNHN); 1 male, "Tonkin, P. Lemée, 1903 –1906”, North Vietnam (MNHN); 1 male, "Laos. Mouhot" and "Janson Acq. 1884" (MNHN); 2 males, "Java, Preanger", Indonesia (MNHN); 1 female, “Nilgherries” and "Ex. Musaeo H. W. Bates, 1892", India (MNHN).

Distribution.

China, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, Indonesia and India.