Laena ovipennis Schuster, 1926

Schawaller, Wolfgang & Aston, Paul, 2017, Two new species of the genus Laena Dejean (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Lagriinae) from Hong Kong, Zootaxa 4344 (1), pp. 169-173 : 170

Laena ovipennis Schuster, 1926 ( Figs. 2, 4 )

Type specimens examined: China, Da-laen-saen near Nong-po, without date, leg. J. J. Walker, ♀ holotype BMNH.

Additional specimens: China, Zhejiang Prov., S Shanghai, Zhoushan (formerly Chusan) Island, without date, leg. J. J. Walker, 2 ex. BMNH. China, Zhejiang Prov., Lin Long Shan, 250 m, 22.v.1996, leg. J. Cooter, 2 ex. SMNS. China, Zhejiang Prov., Hangzhou Pref., Tianmu Shan, 40 km WNW Linan, 300 m, 17.vi.2007, leg. M. Schülke & D. Wrase, 4 ex. SMNS.

Remarks: The species was described from „Da-laen-saen near Nong-po“ by Schuster (1926), who mentioned that this locality lies close to Hong Kong according to K. G. Blair. However, staff of Hong Kong University Library and Hong Kong Public Library are sure that this locality lies in the Zhejiang province close to Shanghai. In fact, John James Walker did collect at Da-laen-saen near Nong-po, near Shanghai. There are many specimens in different publications labelled with this locality for Walker. Therefore, Schuster mistakenly wrote Hong Kong instead of Shanghai. Smetana (2009) listed a specimen of Ocypus (Pseudocypus) lewisius Sharp, 1874 , collected by Walker at “Da-laen-saen. Nr. Nong-po” and noted the locality was very likely “Dalei Shan” near (45 km SW) Ningbo, Zhejiang.

Distribution: Zhejiang.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 6. Dorsal view and aedeagus of Laena species. 1 L. hongkongica sp. n., ♂ holotype SMNS. 2 L. ovipennis Schuster, 1926, ♀ holotype BMNH. 3 L. walkeri sp. n., ♂ holotype SMNS. 4 L. ovipennis, non-type Zhejiang SMNS. 5 L. hongkongica sp. n., holotype SMNS. 6 L. walkeri sp. n., holotype SMNS. Scales: 2 mm (1 – 3), 1 mm (4 – 5).