Miccolamia tonsilis Holzschuh, 2010

Bi, Wen-Xuan, Chen, Chang-Chin & Lin, Mei-Ying, 2025, A revision of the genus Miccolamia Bates from China (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae, Desmiphorini), ZooKeys 1264, pp. 1-35 : 1-35

Miccolamia tonsilis Holzschuh, 2010

Figs 9 , 10 , 32 , 49 , Map 1 Chinese common name: 扁桃小沟胫天牛

Miccolamia ( s. str.) tonsilis Holzschuh, 2010: 207, fig. 53. Type locality: Wenxian, Gansu.

Miccolamia ( Miccolamia) tonsilis : Lin and Yang 2019: 261; Danilevsky 2020: 315.

Type material examined.

Holotype (Fig. 49 ): • male, “ CHINA; S-GANSU; /

Wenxian env.; / 18. – 26. vi., 1993 / V. Beneš leg. ”, “ HOLOTYPUS / Miccolamia / tonsilis n. sp. / det. C. Holzschuh 2010 ” [red label] ( CCH), two photographs examined provided by Carolus Holzschuh.

Additional material examined.

Shaanxi: • 1 male, Zhouzhi, Houzhenzi , 2,050 m, 2020. VI. 12, leg. Wen-Xuan Bi ( CBWX) . Hubei: • 1 female, Fangxian, Yulingou , 1,120 m, 2020. V. 30, leg. Wen-Xuan Bi ( CBWX) ; • 3 males, 2 female, Shiyan, Wudangshan , 1,450 m, 2020. V. 31, leg. Jin-Teng Zhao ( CCCC) ; • 1 male, ditto except 1,410 m, 2021. VI. 19, leg. Wen-Xuan Bi ( CBWX) .

Complementary measurements.

Male (Fig. 9 ). BL = 3.17–3.40 mm, BW = 1.02–1.06 mm. Female (Fig. 10 ). BL = 3.24–3.43 mm, BW = 1.06–1.10 mm.

Remarks.

Holzschuh (2010) differentiated this species from M. savioi based on the presence of rough surfaces on both the head and pronotum; shorter pronotum lacking white hairy basal band; elytral disk with much denser punctures and much smaller subbasal tubercles; and shorter antennomeres III and IV combined with the presence of whitish rings on the antennae.

Distribution

(Map 1 ). China: Shaanxi, Gansu, Hubei (new province record).

Figures

Map 1. Distribution of the species of Miccolamia from China.

Figures 1–12. Habitus of Miccolamia spp. 1, 2. M. savioi Gressitt, 1940 from Shanghai; 3, 4. M. mystica sp. nov. from Hubei (3 holotype, 4 paratype); 5, 6. M. minuta sp. nov. from Zhejiang (5 holotype, 6 paratype); 7. M. yanziae sp. nov. from Xizang (holotype); 8. M. holzschuhi sp. nov. from Yunnan; 9, 10. M. tonsilis Holzschuh, 2010; 11, 12. M. coenosa Holzschuh, 2010; 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11. Male; 2, 4, 6, 10, 12. Female. Not to scale.

Figures 25–43. Habitus of Miccolamia spp. 25, 26. Dorsal view; 27–40. Lateral view; 27–40. Fore tarsal claw in frontal view; 25, 26, 40. M. castaneoverrucosa Hayashi, 1974 from Taiwan; 27, 41. M. savioi Gressitt, 1940; 28. M. mystica sp. nov.; 29. M. minuta sp. nov.; 30. M. yanziae sp. nov.; 31. M. holzschuhi sp. nov.; 32. M. tonsilis Holzschuh, 2010; 33. M. coenosa Holzschuh, 2010; 34. M. shennong sp. nov.; 35. M. panda sp. nov.; 36. M. binodosa Pic, 1935; 37. M. dracuncula Gressitt, 1942; 38, 42. M. liubini sp. nov.; 39, 43. M. tuberculipennis Breuning, 1947; 40. M. castaneoverrucosa Hayashi, 1974; 27–37, 39, 40. Male; 38. Female. Scale bar 50 μm (41–43), 25–40 not to scale.

Figures 44–51. Habitus and labels of the types of Miccolamia spp. 44. M. savioi Gressitt, 1940 (holotype, female); 45. M. dracuncula Gressitt, 1942 (holotype, male); 46. M. tuberculipennis Breuning, 1947 (holotype, male, photo Johannes Bergsten, © 2017 NHRS, CC-BY 4.0); 47. M. scintillans Holzschuh, 2010 (holotype, female); 48. M. castaneoverrucosa Hayashi, 1974 (holotype, male); 49. M. tonsilis Holzschuh, 2010 (holotype, male); 50, 51. M. coenosa Holzschuh, 2010 (50 holotype, male, 51 paratype, female). a labels.