Morimospasma (Morimospasma) paradoxum difformum ( Pic, 1934 )

Wang, Ping, Xie, Guanglin & Wang, Wenkai, 2022, Study on the genus Morimospasma Ganglbauer, 1889 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae Lamiinae) from Hubei, China, Zootaxa 5115 (4), pp. 532-540 : 534

Morimospasma (Morimospasma) paradoxum difformum ( Pic, 1934)

( Figs 2A–B , 6A )

Trachystola difformis Pic, 1934: 12 . Type locality: Chongqing, China.

Morimospasma paradoxum (pars): Breuning, 1942.

Morimospasma paradoxum difformum Bi, 2021: 278 .

Material examined. 1 female, China: Hubei, Shennongjia Forestry District, Muyu town, Fengqingjie , E 110°23′24″ N 31°28′22″ Alt. 1227m, April 21, 2018, coll. by Lei Li and Ping Wang ; 6 males and 6 females, China: Hubei, Shennongjia Forestry District, Hongping town , Yemahe, April- May 2, 2018, coll. by local collector ; 1 male, China: Hubei, Shennongjia Forestry District, Hongping town, Tiechanghe , E 110°25′03″ N 31°36′25″, Alt. 1449, July 10, 2018, coll. by Lei Li and Ping Wang ; 1 male, China, Hubei, Shennongjia Forestry District, Hongping town, Xiniugu , E 110°25′18″ N 31°40′15″, Alt. 1761m, April 4, 2018, coll. by Zihao Shen ; 10 males and 6 females, China: Hubei, Shennongjia Forestry District, Hongping town, Tiechanghe , E 110°18′01″ N 31°56′59″, Alt. 1614, June 25, 2019, coll. by local collector ; 3 males, China: Hubei, Shennongjia Forestry District, Xinhua Forest Farm, E 110°54′45″, N 31°35′09″, Alt. 1350m, August 15, 2019, coll. by Xinyue Wang and Ping Wang .

Distribution. China: Hubei, Shaanxi, Anhui, Jiangxi, Chongqing, Sichuan.

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FIGURES 2A–F. Habitus of Morimospasma species. A–B. M. (Morimospasma) paradoxum difformum (Pic, 1934); C. M. (Parvopama) tuberculatum Breuning, 1939; D–F. M. (Parvopama) dalaolingensis dalaolingensis Xie, Zou & Wang, 2014; A, F. male; B–D. female; D. holotype; E. labels.

FIGURES 6A–D. Field observations of Morimospasma species at Hubei. A. M. (Morimospasma) paradoxum difformum (Pic, 1934); B. M. (Parvopama) dalaolingensis dalaolingensis Xie, Zou & Wang, 2014; C. M. (Parvopama) shii sp. nov.; D. general environment. A, C–D. Shennongjia Forestry District; B. Dalaoling, Yichang.