Paratrichius rubrodecoratus Tesař, 1952

Ricchiardi, Enrico, Bai, Ming & Li, Sha, 2019, Description of three new species of Paratrichius Janson, 1881 from China and revision of the distribution range of Paratrichius rubrodecoratus (Tesař, 1952) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Trichiini), Zootaxa 4700 (3), pp. 345-355 : 353

Paratrichius rubrodecoratus Tesař, 1952

( Figs. 5 A–G)

Type material examined. Holotype ♂ ( RMHK): Sikkim . Paratype ♂ ( ZFMK): Fujian, Kuatun (Guadung, 27°44’01” N, 117°38’30” E), 2500 m, 19-VI-1938, Klapperich legit .

Additional material examined. 1♂ ( MHNG), Fujian, Kuatun (Guadung, 27°44‘01“N, 117°38‘30“E), 15 Au- gust 1946, Tschung-Sen legit ; 1♂ ( NHM), Fujian, Kuatun , 6-VI-1946, Tschung-Sen legit .

Discussion. In his original description, Tesař (1952) did not specify the number of specimens of the type series of P. rubrodecoratus , but he reported its geographic origin as “Patria: Sikkim, Himalaya, (Typus); Kuatun, Prov. Fukien, China, leg. Klapperich” and identified the holotype with a red label coded “Typus” ( Fig. 5D ). The record of this species from Sikkim is incorrect. There is a similar species inhabiting Sikkim, P. alboguttatus (Moser, 1905) , but the two species differ in some key characters (see Ricchiardi 2018, Fig. 1 ). Moreover, no further records of P. rubrodecoratus have been reported so far from the western pre-Himalayan region. Therefore, we regard the label “Sikkim” of the holotype as erroneous and suggest that P. rubrodecoratus inhabits Fujian only. This hypothesis was already put dubitatively forward by Krajcik (2011a).

Figures

FIGURES 1A–N. Holotype (A–I) and allotype (J–N) of Paratrichius adornatus Ricchiardi, new species. A, habitus, dorsal view; B, habitus, lateral view; C, habitus, ventral view; D, head; E, clypeus, frontal view; F, pygidium; G, parameres, dorsal view; H, parameres, lateral view; I, spiculum gastrale; J, habitus, dorsal view; K, habitus, lateral view; L, habitus, ventral view; M, head; N, pygidium.

FIGURES 5A–G. Holotype (A–F) and paratype (G) of Paratrichius rubrodecoratus (Tesař, 1952). A, habitus, dorsal view; B, habitus, ventral view; C, habitus, lateral view; D, labels; E, parameres, dorsal view; F, parameres, lateral view; G, parameres, frontal view. Photos of the holotype by Miroslav Beneš.