Published May 3, 2024 | Version v1
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Anthelephila celer

Authors/Creators

  • 1. School of Forestry and Prataculture, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, Ningxia, P. R. China
  • 2. School of Forestry and Prataculture, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, Ningxia, P. R. China & School of Agriculture, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, Ningxia, P. R. China

Description

Anthelephila celer (Kejval, 1999) (mDzṅù形Ƥ)

Formicomus celer Kejval, 1999:320

Figures. 8–19

Type locality. Vietnam: Tonkin (Hoa-Binh)

Specimens. 2 1♀, Hoa-Binh, Tonkin, Vietnam, leg. A. de. Cooman (IZCAS); 1 , Damenglong (±勐AE), alt. 650 m, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China, 05.VIII.1958, leg. Shuyong Wang (IZCAS); 1♀, same data, except: 06.VIII.1958, leg. Leyi Zheng (IZCAS); 1 , same data, except: 12.VII.1958, leg. Yiran Zhang (IZCAS); 1 , Menglun, alt. 650m, Yiwu Town (H武ae), Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China, 24.X.1958, leg. Yiran Zhang (IZCAS); 1♀, Zhenyuan Yi Hani Lahu Autonomous County (ae沅 彝dzë尼dzẁüdzh治县), alt. 1100 m, Puer City (Ḃ洱市), Yunnan, China, 25.IV.1955, leg. Крыжановский (IZCAS); 1♀, Mojiang Hani Autonomous County (Ḇ江ë尼dzh治县), alt. 1200m, Puer City, Yunnan, China, 25.IV.1955, leg. Крыжановский (IZCAS).

Distribution. Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, new record for China (Yunnan).

Note. After examining specimens of Anthelephila celer collected by A. de Cooman in Hoa-Binh, Vietnam (Figs. 8–14), we have confirmed that this species also occurs in southern China (Figs. 15–19). The new distributional data of the species is recorded, and images of the species are provided in this paper.

Notes

Published as part of Zhao, Yuchen & Wang, Xinpu, 2024, New species and records of Anthelephila praetor species-group (Coleoptera: Anthicidae) from China, pp. 103-112 in Zootaxa 5447 (1) on pages 105-106, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5447.1.6, http://zenodo.org/record/11119376

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
IZCAS
Event date
1955-04-25 , 1958-07-12 , 1958-08-05 , 1958-08-06 , 1958-10-24
Verbatim event date
1955-04-25 , 1958-07-12 , 1958-08-05 , 1958-08-06 , 1958-10-24
Scientific name authorship
Kejval
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Anthicidae
Genus
Anthelephila
Species
celer
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Anthelephila celer (Kejval, 1999) sec. Zhao & Wang, 2024

References

  • Kejval, Z. (1999) Revisional notes on Oriental Formicomus LaFerte-Senectere, 1848 (Insecta: Coleoptera: Anthicidae). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, 101 B, 309 - 347.