Wallacidia oculata ( Fabricius, 1804 )

31a. Wallacidia oculata ( Fabricius, 1804)

( Figs 27 View FIGURES 1–28 , 122–124 View FIGURES 115–124 )

Mutilla oculata Fabricius, 1804: 432 , ♀.

Timulla ( Trogaspidia) oculata: Mickel 1933b: 308 , ♀; Yasumatsu 1948: 73, ♀.

Trogaspidia oculata oculata: Chen 1957: 164 , ♂, ♀.

Timulla oculata oculata: O'Toole 1975: 232 , ♂, ♀.

Radoszkowskius oculatus: Lelej 2005: 84 , ♂, ♀.

Wallacidia oculata: Lelej & Brothers 2008: 64 , ♂, ♀.

Diagnosis. FEMALE. This species has the spots of T2 large and longitudinally ovate, T3 with an uninterrupted golden setal band; and T4 with lateral bands of golden setae. Body length 9–17 mm. MALE. See O’Toole (1975).

Material examined ( 15 ♀). CAMBODIA, Siem Reap: Angkor Thom , VIII.2006, D.R. Jump ( 1♀ RBINS) ; Phnom Bakheng , X.2006, D.R. Jump ( 1♀ RBINS) ; LAOS, Bolikhamsay Province , Ban Phone Kham environs, 200–300 m, 18 o 19'N 104 o 0 8'E, 23–29.V.2011, M. Brancucci, M. Geiser, D. Hauck, Z. Kraus, A. Phantala, and E. Vongphachan ( 4♀ RHMB) GoogleMaps . THAILAND: Chiang Mai, Tambon Su Thep , Chiang Mai University, Faculty of Agriculture , 18°47'36.1"N 98°57'35.4"E, 4.VI.2017, R. Mizuno ( 1♀ EUM) GoogleMaps ; Kanchanaburi, Thong Pha Phum, Vimarndin farm stay, 14.655 o N 98.521 o E, 200 m, 17–20.V.2018, MKT ( 2♀ 1♂ CSCA MIUP) GoogleMaps ; Krabi: 12.4 km NNW Krabi, Oil palm farm, 8.193 o N 98.876 o E, 50 m: 29.III.2017, MKT ( 1♀ CSCA) GoogleMaps ; 1.IV.2017, MKT ( 1♀ CSCA) ; 14 km NNE Krabi, Phnom Bencha Mountain Resort, 8.208 o N 98.937 o E, 80 m, 2.IV.2017, MKT ( 1♀ CSCA) GoogleMaps ; Phetchaburi, Kaeng Krachan, Baan Maka Nature Lodge , 12.840 o N 99.590 o E, 140 m: 23.V.2018, MKT ( 1♀ CSCA) GoogleMaps ; Surat Thani, Khlong Sok, Khao Sok Jungle Huts , 8.909 o N 99.526 o E, 70 m, 14.V.2018, MKT ( 2♀ CSCA PSUC) GoogleMaps .

Distribution. Cambodia * ( Siem Reap), China ( Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan, Hebei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Yunnan, Zhejiang), Laos (Bolikhamsay), Malaysia (Malay Peninsula), Myanmar, Thailand ( Chaiyaphum, Chiang Mai, Kanchanaburi, Khon Kaen, Krabi, Lampang, Loei, Phetchabun, Phetchaburi, Sakhon Nakhon, Surat Thani, Tak), and Vietnam ( Tonkin, Vinh Phuc, Yen Tu).

Remarks. This species is widespread in China and throughout mainland southeast Asia. In northern Thailand, W. mandersi ( Cameron, 1897) may eventually be recognized and in the extreme South, W. singapora ( Mickel, 1935) might be discovered.