Laosaphrodisium subplicatum (Pic, 1937)

Vives, Eduard & Lin, Mei-ying, 2013, One new and seven newly recorded Callichromatini species from China (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Cerambycinae), ZooKeys 275, pp. 67-75 : 72-73

Laosaphrodisium subplicatum (Pic, 1937) Figs 15-16

Chelidonium gibbicolle v. subplicatum Pic, 1937: 11.

Aphrodisium (s. str.) subplicatum; Gressitt and Rondon 1970: 149, fig. 25 i.

Chelidonium subplicatum ; Podaný 1974: 7, 42.

Laosaphrodisium subplicatum ; Bentanachs 2012: 81.

Remarks.

This species was originally described as a variety of Chelidonium gibbicolle by Pic (1937). Gressitt and Rondon (1970) treated it as a species and combined it to the genus Aphrodisium . However, it was transferred to the genus Laosaphrodisium Bentanachs (2012) based on the following characters: body dull green, without yellow bands, discal area of pronotum with two longitudinal stripes of black pubescence.

Although Bentanachs (2012) wrote "China (Yunnan, Gressitt 1950)" under the distribution of this species, it was a big mistake (personal communication with Bentanachs in Dec. 2012). Gressitt did not report any record of subplicatum from China and Bentanachs did not examined any specimens from Yunnan. The reliable locality from China is only Guizhou up to now. Yunnan is a possible locality but it need the confirmation of specimens.

Distribution.

China (new country record): Guizhou; Laos, Vietnam.

Specimens examined.

China, Guizhou Prov.: 1 female, Guizhou, Shiqian, Jinxing, alt. 670 m, 1988.VII.24, leg. Shuyong Wang (IZAS); 1 female, same data but alt. 670-800 m; 1 male, Guizhou, Shiqian, Jinxing, alt. 800 m, 1988.VII.25, leg. Hongxing Li (IZAS). Vietnam, Vinh Phuc Prov.: 2 males 1 female, Vinh Phuc Prov., Tam Dao National Park, 2011.VI.20, leg. E. Vives (EVC); holotype, male, Vietnam, Tonkin, Hoa-Binh (MNHN, ex Collection M. Pic).