Nyctimenius varicornis ( Fabricius, 1801 )

Huang, Guiqiang, Liu, Zhiping & Chen, Li, 2014, A revision of the genus Nyctimenius Gressitt, 1951 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae), with description of a new species, Zootaxa 3860 (5), pp. 435-448 : 445-447

Nyctimenius varicornis ( Fabricius, 1801)

( Figs 61–67 )

Saperda varicornis Fabricius, 1801: 325 (type locality: “Sumatra”); Zimsen 1964: 176.

Nyctimene agriloides Thomson, 1857: 314 (type locality: “Java”);

Nyctimene agrilioides Lacordaire 1872: 468 (misspelling).

Nyctimene varicornis Aurivillius 1921: 218, 1922b: 424 (key), 1923: 609; Fisher 1935: 610.

Nyctimenius varicornis Breuning & Chûjô 1968: 18 ; Breuning 1970: 78; Hua 2002: 219; Makihara & Woro 2004: 53, 81, pl.25, figs 123 & 123 (male & female); Heffern 2005: 47; Hua, Hajime, Saemulson & Lingafelter 2009: 462; Löbl & Smetana 2010: 289.

Comments. Figures 61–67 belong to the same specimen, however, figures 61-62 were photographed by Dr. Eugenio H. Nearns (USNM) in October, 2013 and figures 63-67 were photographed by Dr. Xiaoyan Li (ZMUC) in January and March, 2014.

Specimens examined. Holotype, gender unknown (zmuc00037165), Sumatra, Daldorff. Mus: de. Sehestedt. Saperda varicornis , F. (handwriting on a yellow rectangular label with black border in black ink)/ zmuc00037165 (printed on a white rectangular label in black ink, “zmuc00037165” means the unique museum catalogue number for specimen)/ TYPE (printed on a red rectangular label in black ink)/ a green rectangular label may be used to fix specimen.

Distribution. China ( Taiwan); Cambodia (Cheko); Indonesia (Borneo, Java, Nias, Sumatra); Malaysia ( Malacca, Sabah).

Figures

FIGURES 61 - 67. Nyctimenius varicornis holotype female. 61. & 63. dorsal view; 62. & 67. labels; 64. ventral view; 65. lateral view; 66. frons. Scale bars = 2 mm.