Cyclommatus scutellaris Moellenkamp , 1912

Yuan, Jiao Jiao, Chen, Dan & Wan, Xia, 2021, A multilocus assessment reveals two new synonymies for East Asian Cyclommatus stag beetles (Coleoptera, Lucanidae), ZooKeys 1021, pp. 65-79 : 65

Cyclommatus scutellaris Moellenkamp, 1912

Cyclommatus scutellaris Möllenkamp, 1912: 7.

Cyclommatus elsae Kriesche, 1921: 95. syn. nov.

Cyclommatus tamdaoensis Fujita, 2010:14. syn. nov.

Cyclommatus princeps Schenk & Nguyen, 2015: 7. (Synonymized as a junior synonym of Cyclommatus tamdaoensis by Huang and Chen 2017: 193)

Material examined.

China • 1 male ; Yunnan Province, Shuifu County; 27 Jul. 2010; JS Xu and LX Chang leg. • 1 male ; Shaanxi Province, Zhenba County; 10 Jul. 1996. • 3 males ; Chongqing Province, Mt. Simianshan ; 29 Aug. 2014. • 3 males ; Guizhou Province, Mt. Fanjingshan ; 29 Jul. 2014; YF Wu. • 1 male ; Guizhou Province, Xishui County, 18 Jul. 2015, LX Zhu. • 1 male ; Fujian Province, Mt. Wuyishan ; 18 Jul. 2011; Q Zhang and YY Cao. • 1 male ; same locality as for preceding; 18 Aug.2010; F Zhong and XY Hu. • 3 males ; Taiwan Island; 29 Aug. 1995. • 1 male ; same locality as for preceding; 17 May 2008. • 1 male ; same locality as for preceding; 5 Oct. 2008. • 2 males ; same locality as for preceding; 20 Jul. 2010; • 2 males ; same locality as for preceding; 21 Jul. 2011. • 3 males ; Guangdong Province, Mt. Nanling ; 18 Aug. 2010; HY Liu. • 1 male ; same locality as for preceding; 9 Aug. 2011, F Zhong; • 4 males ; Guangxi Autonomous Region , Jinxiu County; 18 Jul. 2012. • 1 male ; same locality as for preceding; 28 Jun. 2013 .

Diagnosis.

The species is characterized in the male by the matt dorsal surface of the entire body and the long seta-range on the inner margin of the protibial, and in the female by the elytra usually without black stripes. The female can be distinguished from other members of Cyclommatus by the following combination of characters:1) ground color of the dorsal surface of the body redder; 2) canthus often short, with lateral end blunt, and usually with a convex or straight outer margin; 3) central black band on the pronotum clearly defined and often narrower than the lateral orange band ( Huang and Chen 2017).

Distribution.

China (Yunnan, Shaanxi, Chongqing, Guizhou, Fujian, Taiwan Island, Guangdong, Guangxi).