Eophileurus heyrovskyi Král & Strnad, 1992

Yang, Qiao-Zhi & Pathomwattananurak, Wuttipon, 2022, Four new species of the genus Eophileurus Arrow, 1908 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae Dynastinae) from Thailand and Vietnam, with notes on some Indochinese species, Zootaxa 5165 (4), pp. 451-485 : 464-465

Eophileurus heyrovskyi Král & Strnad, 1992

( Figs. 65–70 , 167–168 )

Eophileurus heyrovskyi Král & Strnad, 1992: 3 (type locality: “N. Vietnam, Tam Dao”), figs. 1 (male protarsi), 2–3 (parameres); Krajčik 2005: 64; Yamaya & Muramoto 2008: 26 (Guangxi, China), figs. 69–70 (male habitus), 71 (male pronotum), 72 (male elytra), 73–74 (parameres); Krajčik 2012: 101; Jákl & Zídek 2015: 19.

Eophileurus katsurai Muramoto, 1995: 223 (type locality: “ Vietnam, Tamdao”), figs. 1 (male habitus), 2–3 (parameres); Muramoto 2004: 23 (synonymized with Eophileurus heyrovskyi Král & Strnad, 1992 ); Krajčik 2005: 64.

Type material examined. None.

Additional material examined (5♂♂, 1♀). China: Guangxi : 1♂ ( CQZY), Longli Village, Renzhuang Township , Jingxi County, Baise City , 9.VII.2015, alt. 800 m, Jian-Yue Qiu leg. ; 1♂ ( CQZY), Mt. Dayaoshan, Jinxiu County, Laibin City , alt. 1200 m, 2.VII.2015, Local collector leg.; 2♂♂, 1♀ ( CQZY), Luoyingou, Dayaoshan Town , Jinxiu County, Laibin City , alt. 1100 m, 6.VII.2018, J.- T. Zhao leg. ; 1♂ ( CQZY), Mt. Laoshan, Baise City , alt. 1500 m, 8. VI.2018, Local collector leg.; 2♀♀ ( CQZY), Mt. Damingshan, Wuming Dist., Nanning City , alt. 1200 m, 15–18.VII.2007, Cheng-Hui Zhan leg.

Distribution. China: Guangxi; Vietnam.

Remarks. This species was originally recorded from northern Vietnam (Tam Dao). Yamaya & Muramoto (2008) firstly reported this species from China, which is confirmed here with additional records.

Figures

FIGURES 65–70. Habitus of Eophileurus heyrovskyi Král & Strnad, 1992. 65–66, male (Mt. Laoshan); 67, male (Longli); 68–69, female (Luoyingou); 70, male (Luoyingou); 65, 67, 68, 70, dorsal view; 66, 69, ventral view.

FIGURES 165–184. Parameres of Eophileurus Arrow, 1908 species. 165–166, E. confinis Prell, 1913 (Bao Loc); 167–168, E. heyrovskyi Kral & Strnad, 1992 (Longli); 169–172, E. minor Yang & Pathomwattananurak, new species, 169–170, holotype, 171–172, paratype (Dong Tien, images ©Ming-Zhi Zhao); 173–174, E. prelli Yang & Pathomwattananurak, new species, holotype; 174–180, E. quadratifovealis Yang & Pathomwattananurak, new species, 175–176, holotype, 177–178, paratype (Mu Si), 179–180, paratype (Chatabon, images by Keita Matsumoto ©Natural History Museum, London); 181–184, E. sidereus Yang & Pathomwattananurak, new species, 181–182, holotype, 183–184, paratype; odd number ones, front view; even number ones, lateral view; scale bar = 2 mm.