Platypus lobacanthus (Schedl) Schedl, 2015

Beaver, Roger A. & Sanguansub, Sunisa, 2015, A review of the genus Carchesiopygus Schedl (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Platypodinae), with keys to species, Zootaxa 3931 (1), pp. 401-412 : 410

Platypus lobacanthus (Schedl) n.comb.

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Carchesiopygus lobacanthus Schedl, 1969: 59 .

Crossotarsus lobacanthurus Beeson, 1941: 330 . Nomen nudum. Carchesiopygus lobacanthurus Schedl, 1970: 231 . Unjustified emendation.

Taxonomy. The male holotype and female allotype are inaccessible (IFRI). However, Schedl provided a clear description of the species, and in addition, we have examined a drawing of the elytral declivity (NMW) made by Schedl from the holotype. The specimens from Laos and Thailand (see below) agree with both Beeson’s description and the drawing. The species is clearly related to Platypus lewisi and P. psilacanthurus . It has the characters of Platypus , not Carchesiopygus , and is here transferred to Platypus .

Distribution. India (Uttarakhand), Laos, Thailand.

New records. LAOS, NE, Hua Phan prov., Ban Saluei, Phou Pan (Mt.), 20o12'N, 104o01'E, 1300–1900m, 7.iv.–25.v.2010 (C. Holzschuh) (1♂); THAILAND, Chiang Mai, Doi Pui, 1400m, EtOH trap, various dates from 27.ix.–12.xi.2004, 31.x.–21.xi.2005 (W. Puranasakul) (3♂, 3♀); as previous except: 18o841'N, 98o899'E, 1348m, ex Fagaceae fallen tree, 2.ii.2010 (N. Kamata et al.) (1♂).

Biology. Recorded from Quercus incana (Fagaceae) ( Beeson 1941), and from an unidentified tree of the same family (see above).