Neocollyris (Neocollyris) saphyrina (Chaudoir, 1850)

Wang, Ke-Yi, Boetzl, Fabian A., Wiesner, Jürgen & Li, Cheng-De, 2024, New records and revised distribution of tiger beetles in China (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae), ZooKeys 1210, pp. 29-59 : 29-59

Neocollyris (Neocollyris) saphyrina (Chaudoir, 1850)

Figs 10 D , 11 E

Neocollyris (Neocollyris) saphyrina : Li and Chen 1993: 102.

Published data.

? Yunnan ( Li and Chen 1993: 102),? Sichuan (Xichang) ( Li and Chen 1993: 102).

New records.

Xizang, Shigatse, Gyirong , 2400 m, leg. F. S. Huang, 22. vii. 1975, 1 female ( IZCAS) .

Distribution.

China (Xizang,? Yunnan,? Sichuan), India, Myanmar, Laos, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Thailand, Indonesia.

Remarks.

Gyirong borders Nepal, from where N. saphyrina was previously known. Shook and Wiesner (2006) indicated that records included by Li and Chen (1993) for N. (N.) saphyrina in Yunnan and Sichuan (Xichang) required confirmation. The location reported here, Gyirong, is far from Yunnan and Sichuan, and the closest confirmed distribution of N. (N.) saphyrina to Yunnan and Sichuan is in Cambodia and Laos, but with some similar species present in this area, the records for Yunnan and Sichuan still need to be re-examined. We restore the record of N. (N.) saphyrina for China with a new provincial record for Xizang.

Subgenus Pachycollyris Naviaux, 1995

Figures

Figure 10. Habitus photographs A Therates probsti Wiesner, 1988 B Therates turnai Wiesner, 2015 C Neocollyris (Isocollyris) grandivadosa (Horn, 1935) D Neocollyris (Neocollyris) saphyrina (Chaudoir, 1850) E Neocollyris (Pachycollyris) bicolor (Horn, 1902) F Neocollyris (Pachycollyris) mouhotii nagaii Naviaux & Sawada, 1992. Scale bars: 5 mm.

Figure 11. Distribution maps. Green indicates records with previously known distribution based on published data, blue indicates new records, red stars indicate the collection sites of the examined specimens A Therates hunanensis Matalin & Wiesner, 2023 B Therates probsti Wiesner, 1988 C Therates turnai Wiesner, 2015 D Neocollyris (Isocollyris) grandivadosa (Horn, 1935) E Neocollyris (Neocollyris) saphyrina (Chaudoir, 1850) F Neocollyris (Pachycollyris) bicolor (Horn, 1902).