Neocollyris (Pachycollyris) murzini Naviaux, 1992

Matalin, A. V., 2020, Additions to the fauna of tiger beetles of Vietnam (Coleoptera, Carabidae: Cicindelinae), Far Eastern Entomologist 415, pp. 9-20 : 15

Neocollyris (Pachycollyris) murzini Naviaux, 1992

MATERIAL EXAMINED. Vietnam: Hoa Binh Prov., Mai Chau Distr., Pa Co, Xa Linh,

20 o 44’N 104 o 53’E, 23.IV.2002, 1♂, leg. S. Belokobylskij ( MSPU) .

NOTES. This species has been described based on a single male (holotype), labelled

“ Vietnam, Bako forest, 30 km E Mok Tian, S. Murzin leg., 16-V-1991 ” (Naviaux, 1992). In the latest review of the Vietnamese tiger beetles, N. murzini has been recorded from Tuyen

Quang province for the first time, but its type locality was referred to as being unclear, “? ”

(Wiesner et al., 2017). In reality Pa Co is in Hoa Binh province, placed ca 30 km E of Moc

Chau (Son La province), being the type locality of N. murzini (Sergey Murzin, personal communication). Thus, this Vietnamese endemic species is presently known from the Northeast

(Tuyen Quang province) and Northwest (Hoa Binh province) regions of Vietnam .

xillary palp; 17 – labial palp; 18 – head and pronotum, top view; 19 – head and pronotum,

left lateral view; 20 – left elytron; 21 – aedeagus, left lateral view.