Leptomias thibetanus (Faust, 1888)

Song, Zhenzhen, Ren, Li, Zhang, Runzhi & Zhou, Chenggang, 2017, Review of the species of Leptomias Faust from Sichuan, China (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae), ZooKeys 678, pp. 97-119 : 103-104

Leptomias thibetanus (Faust, 1888)

Heteromias thibetanus Faust, 1888. Stett. Entomol. Zeit, 49(7-9): 285-286.

Leptomias thibetanus (Faust): Marshall (1916), In: Shipley AE (Ed) The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, pp 172.

Type material examined.

1 ♂: Thibet / Oayrollv (white, handwritten); Coll J. Faust / Ankauf 1900 (yellow, printed); Type (red, printed); Staatl. Museum für / Tierkunde Dresden (white, printed).

Additional material examined.

1 ♀: (white): 四川 [ Sìchuān, printed] 贡嘎山 [ Gònggāshān, handwritten] / 燕子沟 2500m [ Yànzǐgōu, handwritten] / 中国科学 院 [ Zhōngguó Kēxuéyuàn, printed]; 1983.VI.10 [handwritten] / 采集者: 陈元清 [ Cǎijízhě, Chén Yuánqīng, printed]; (white, printed): IOZ(E) 906817. 1 ♀: (white): 四川 [ Sìchuān, printed] 红原 [ Hóngyuán, handwritten] / 3500m [handwritten] / 中国科学院 [ Zhōngguó Kēxuéyuàn, printed]; 1983.VIII.27 [handwritten] / 采集者: [ Cǎijízhě, printed] 牛春来 [ Niú Chūnlái, handwritten]; (white, printed): IOZ(E) 906819. 1 ♂: (white): 四川 [ Sìchuān, printed] 贡嘎山 [ Gònggāshān, handwritten] / 燕子沟 2500m [ Yànzǐgōu, handwritten] / 中国科学院 [ Zhōngguó Kēxuéyuàn, printed]; 1983.VI.8 [handwritten] / 采集者: 陈元清 [ Cǎijízhě, Chén Yuánqīng, printed]; (white, printed): IOZ(E) 906823. 1 ♂: (white): 四川 [ Sìchuān, printed] 泸定新兴 [ Lúdìng Xīnxīng, handwritten] / 1900m [handwritten] / 中国科学院 [ Zhōngguó Kēxuéyuàn, printed]; 1983.VI.12 [handwritten] / 采集者: 陈元清 [ Cǎijízhě, Chén Yuánqīng, printed]; (white, printed): IOZ(E) 906825.

Remarks.

Leptomias thibetanus is known from Sichuan (Ganzi, Hongyuan, Kangding, Luding) and Xizang. It is widely distributed from the central to northwest region of Sichuan (Fig. 24). L. thibetanus is similar to L. zheduoshanensis , but can be recognized by the following characters: rostrum dorsal surface with a median sulcus, extending longitudinally from antennal insertion to the vertex; elytra every interstriae with 1-2 column setae; prothorax broadest behind middle, pronotum corrugated; striae with moderately large punctures; penis slender, moderately long and straight, outline gradually converging after ostium region, apex narrowly rounded projected.