New species and new records of the rhynchitid beetles (Coleoptera, Rhynchitidae) from Asia

Abstract

New species of rhynchitid beetles: Pseudomesauletes (Rubrauletes) thompsoni Legalov, sp.n. (China: Yunnan), Eusproda fengshuensis Legalov, sp.n. (China: Fujian), Temnocerus (Temnocerus) daliangensis Legalov, sp.n. (China: Sichuan), Auletomorphinus dundai Legalov, sp.n. (Thailand), A. sutensis Legalov, sp.n. (Malaysia: Sarawak), Byctiscus qingensis Legalov, sp.n. (China: Shaanxi), Aspidobyctiscus (Aspidobyctiscus) marshalli Legalov, sp.n. (Nepal, India), A. (A.) nanpingensis Legalov, sp.n. (China: Sichuan) are described. The status of Byctiscus princeps regalis (Roelofs, 1874), stat.n. is restored from synonym of Byctiscus princeps (Salsky, 1872) to subspecies. The studied material on rare species (Nelasiorhynchites ussuriensis (Legalov, 2002), Epirhynchites (Tshernyshevinius) auratus (Scopoli, 1763), Svetlanaebyctiscus vitis (Ter-Minassian, 1959), Byctiscophilus championi Voss, 1931, Byctiscus bilineatoides Legalov, 2007, B. macros Legalov, 2004, B. fukienensis Voss, 1948, B. fulminans Voss, 1930, B. populi (Linnaeus, 1758)) is listed.