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Bietia simillima Fairmaire 1898

  • 1. Lamačova 861, CZ- 158 00 Praha 5 - Hlubočepy, Czech Republic; e-mail: stanley. jakl @ seznam. cz
  • 2. Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science, Department of Zoology, Viničná 7,
  • 3. Department of Entomology, National Museum, Golčova 1, CZ- 148 00 Praha 4 - Kunratice, Czech Republic; e-mail: vkuban @ volny. cz

Description

Bietia simillima Fairmaire, 1898

(Figs. 4, 13, 14)

Bietia simillima Fairmaire, 1898: 386. Type locality: Western China, western Sichuan (‘Se-Pin-Lou-Chan (Thibet)’).

Bietia simillima: SCHENKLING (1921): 81 (catalogue); WINKLER (1929): column 1119 (catalogue); MEDVEDEV (1964): 37 (description); MIKŠIĆ (1977): 381 (description); SAKAI & NAGAI (1998): 234 –235 (catalogue note in Japanese), 382 (note in English), pl. 143, fig. 668; SMETANA (2006): 301 (catalogue).

Bietia (Bietia) simillima: KRAJČÍK (1998): 19 (catalogue).

Material examined. CHINA: SICHUAN: ‘Su-Tchuen / Chass.Thibétains / 1897 [p] // Bietia simillima (Fairmaire) [h] / J. Ph. Legrand det. [p] VII – [h] 2007 [p] // Bietia / simillima Fairm. / comp. with type / St. Jákl det., 2006 [p]’ (1 J, MNHN); ‘Su-Tchuen / Chass. Thibétains / 1897 [p] // Bietia / simillima Fairm. / Cotype [h] [with red right side label] // Cotype [p] [yellow-framed round label] // Bourgoin Coll. / B. M. 1938-252 [p]’ (1 J, BMNH).

Remark. The male specimen of Bietia simillima from BMNH is figured in SAKAI & NAGAI (1998: plate 143, fig. 668).

Notes

Published as part of Jákl, Stanislav, Král, David & Kubáň, Vítězslav, 2010, A review of the genus Bietia with a description of a new species from Yunnan, China (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Goliathini), pp. 517-528 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 50 (2) on page 526, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5326150

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Cetoniidae
Genus
Bietia
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Fairmaire
Species
simillima
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Bietia simillima Fairmaire, 1898 sec. Jákl, Král & Kubáň, 2010

References

  • FAIRMAIRE L. 1898: Descriptions de Coleopteres d'Asie et de Malaisie. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France 67: 382 - 400.
  • SCHENKLING S. 1921: Scarabaeidae: Cetonidae. Pars 72. In: SCHENKLING S. (ed.): Coleopterorum Catalogus. Volumen XXI. W. Junk, Berlin, 2 unpag. + 431 pp.
  • WINKLER A. 1929: Catalogus Coleopterorum regionis Palaearcticae. Pars 9. A. Winkler, Wien, columns 1009 - 1136.
  • MEDVEDEV S. I. 1964: Plastinchatousyie (Scarabaeidae). Podsem. Cetoniinae, Valginae. Fauna SSSR. Zhestkokrylye. Tom X, vyp. 5. [Lamellicornia (Scarabaeidae). Subfam. Cetoniinae, Valginae. Fauna SSSR. Beetles. Vol. X, part 5.]. Nauka, Moskva - Leningrad, 374 + 2 unpag. pp. (in Russian).
  • MIKSIC R. 1977: Monographie der Cetoniinae der palaarktischen und orientalischen Region. Coleopera: Lamellicornia. Band 2. Systematischer Teil: Gymnetini (Lomapterina, Clinteriina), Phaedemini, Gnathocerini, Heterorrhini. Forstinstitut in Sarajevo, Sarajevo, 400 pp., 15 pls.
  • SAKAI K. & NAGAI S. 1998: The Cetoniine beetles of the World. Pp. 1 - 6 + 7 - 150 unpag. [pls. 1 - 144] + 151 - 421 + 3 unpag. In: FUJITA H. (ed.): Mushi-Sha's iconographic series of insects 3. Mushi-Sha, Tokyo, 2 unpag. + 342 + 5 unpag. (in Japanese and English).
  • SMETANA A. 2006: Subfamily Cetoniinae Leach, 1815. Pp. 283 - 312. In: LOBL I. & SMETANA A. (eds.): Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3. Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dasciloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, 690 pp.
  • KRAJCIK M. 1998: Cetoniidae of the world, Catalogue-Part I. Zlatohlavkoviti sveta, Katalog - Cast I. Krajcik [published privately by the author], Most, 96 + 36 pp.