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Eophileurus heyrovskyi Kral & Strnad 1992

  • 1. 3 B, Pingguoshequ, Baiziwan Road, Chaoyang Dist., Beijing, 100022, P. R. China.
  • 2. 1051 / 38 Wiang, Mueang Dist., Chiang Rai Province, 57000, Thailand.

Description

Eophileurus heyrovskyi Král & Strnad, 1992

(Figs. 65–70, 167–168)

Eophileurus heyrovskyi Král & Strnad, 1992: 3 (type locality: “N. Vietnam, Tam Dao”), figs. 1 (male protarsi), 2–3 (parameres); Krajčik 2005: 64; Yamaya & Muramoto 2008: 26 (Guangxi, China), figs. 69–70 (male habitus), 71 (male pronotum), 72 (male elytra), 73–74 (parameres); Krajčik 2012: 101; Jákl & Zídek 2015: 19.

Eophileurus katsurai Muramoto, 1995: 223 (type locality: “ Vietnam, Tamdao”), figs. 1 (male habitus), 2–3 (parameres); Muramoto 2004: 23 (synonymized with Eophileurus heyrovskyi Král & Strnad, 1992); Krajčik 2005: 64.

Type material examined. None.

Additional material examined (5♂♂, 1♀). China: Guangxi: 1♂ (CQZY), Longli Village, Renzhuang Township, Jingxi County, Baise City, 9.VII.2015, alt. 800 m, Jian-Yue Qiu leg.; 1♂ (CQZY), Mt. Dayaoshan, Jinxiu County, Laibin City, alt. 1200 m, 2.VII.2015, Local collector leg.; 2♂♂, 1♀ (CQZY), Luoyingou, Dayaoshan Town, Jinxiu County, Laibin City, alt. 1100 m, 6.VII.2018, J.- T. Zhao leg.; 1♂ (CQZY), Mt. Laoshan, Baise City, alt. 1500 m, 8. VI.2018, Local collector leg.; 2♀♀ (CQZY), Mt. Damingshan, Wuming Dist., Nanning City, alt. 1200 m, 15–18.VII.2007, Cheng-Hui Zhan leg.

Distribution. China: Guangxi; Vietnam.

Remarks. This species was originally recorded from northern Vietnam (Tam Dao). Yamaya & Muramoto (2008) firstly reported this species from China, which is confirmed here with additional records.

Notes

Published as part of Yang, Qiao-Zhi & Pathomwattananurak, Wuttipon, 2022, Four new species of the genus Eophileurus Arrow, 1908 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae Dynastinae) from Thailand and Vietnam, with notes on some Indochinese species, pp. 451-485 in Zootaxa 5165 (4) on pages 464-465, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5165.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6853942

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References

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  • Muramoto, R. (1995) Two new species of the genus Eophileurus Arrow (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Dynastinae) from Southeast Asia. Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology, 1, 223 - 226.
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