Macrocheilus vitalisi Andrewes, 1920

Zhao, Danyang & Tian, Mingyi, 2012, Taxonomic notes on the Macrocheilus Hope (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Helluonini) from Oriental Region, with description of one new species from the Philippines, ZooKeys 228, pp. 77-100 : 85

Macrocheilus vitalisi Andrewes, 1920 Fig. 48

Macrocheilus vitalisi Andrewes 1920: 500; Andrewes 1930: 208; Csiki 1932: 1575; Wu 1937: 188; Jedlička 1963: 470; Hůrka 2003: 407; Lorenz 2005: 512; Zhao and Tian 2010: 7.

Remarks.

Macrocheilus vitalisi is similar to Macrocheilus binotatus from Sumatra, but as stated by Andrewes (1931), Macrocheilus binotatus differs from Macrocheilus vitalisi by "the dark colour, the elytral spot oblong and red; the upper surface generally is more coarsely and less densely punctuate, the genae are contracted more sharply to the neck, the sides of the prothorax are less sinuate behind, the elytral intervals more convex, with punctuation along the side more widely spaced and coarser". In addition, according to our examination, the anterior seta of the labrum is closer to the apical margin in Macrocheilus vitalisi than in Macrocheilus binotatus and the 4th maxillary palpomere is cylindrically dilated in Macrocheilus vitalisi .

Materials examined.

1 female, the holotype, "China, Bowring 63·47*, 986 27/2/53" (NHML); 1 female, "Tonkin, Région de Hoa-Binh", “Muséum Paris, 1932, A. de Cooman" (MNHN).

Distribution.

China, Laos, Vietnam, Borneo.