Mispila ( s. str .) tonkinea ( Pic, 1925 )

Mispila ( s. str.) tonkinea ( Pic, 1925) View in CoL

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Alidus tonkinea Pic, 1925: 25 .

Alidus tonkineus var. minutus Pic, 1925: 25 View in CoL .

Mispila punctifrons Breuning, 1938: 381 View in CoL ; Weigel et al., 2013: 56.

Mispila ( Mispila) tonkinea: Breuning, 1961a: 281 View in CoL ; Breuning, 1963b: 475.

Mispila ( Mispila) tonkineus var. minutus: Breuning, 1961a: 281 ; Breuning, 1963b: 476.

Mispila ( Mispila) punctifrons: Breuning, 1961a: 281 View in CoL ; Breuning, 1963b: 488.

Mispila ( s. str.) tonkinea: Rondon & Breuning, 1970: 415 View in CoL ; Yan et al., 2023: 7.

Mispila tonkinea minuta: Hua, 2002: 216 View in CoL .

Mispila tonkinea tonkinea: Hua, 2002: 216 View in CoL .

Mispila tonkinea: Kariyanna et al., 2017: 193 View in CoL .

Type material examined. Bangladesh. Holotype of Mispila punctifrons Breuning, 1938 , female: ‘Type [p, label circular, red framed]; Silhet [h, label circular],46/48[h, reverse side]; BMNH (E) / #943683 [p]; Mispila / punctifrons / mihi Typ. [h] / det. Breuning [p]; NHMUK 014596483’.

Non-type material examined. Thirty-six specimens identified as M.tonkinea : Bangladesh: 1 male:‘ Chandkhiva / Sylhet [p]; Brit. India / J. L. Sherwill [p]; 1921. 68 [h]; 198 [p]; Mispila [h] / tonkinea [h] / Pic [h] / det. Breuning [p] ’; 1 female: ‘ Bowr. Chevr. , 63·47*; anancyclus/ lunulatus? Ol / Sylhet’; Burma : 1 male: ‘ Burma: Mishmi Hills / Dingliang. / 2450 ft. / 11–15 [h] iii. 1935 / M. Steele [p]; Brit. Mus. / 1935–312 [p]; Mispila tonkinea Pic [h] / det. Breuning [p]’; Laos : 1 female: ‘ Houeisai [Houei Sai] / 2. 12. 64 [h]; LAOS: / J. A. Rondon. / B. M. 1966–602. [p]; Mispila (s. str.) / tonkinea / ( Pic) [h] ’; 1 female: ‘ Viet-Nam [sic!]/ Vientiane / ii. 1964 / T. Rondon [h]; See also Spirit Coll. [h] ’; 1 male: ‘ Paksé / 3. 10. 65 [h]; J. A. Rondon / Collection / BISHOP MUS. [p]; NHMUK014596484 About NHMUK [p] ’; 3 males: ‘ Houei Sai / 17.11.1964; BMNH {E} 2022–157/ E.F. Gilmour collection’ ; 1 male: ‘ Houei Say [Houei Sai]/ 17.11.1964; BMNH {E} 2022–157/ E.F. Gilmour collection’ ; 8 males: ‘ Houei Sai / 2.12.1964; BMNH {E} 2022– 157/ E.F. Gilmour collection’ ; 2 males: ‘ Houei Sai / 6.3.1964; BMNH {E} 2022–157/ E.F. Gilmour collection’ ; 1 male: ‘ Phon Tiou / 15.5.1962; BMNH {E} 2022–157/ E.F. Gilmour collection’ ; 6 females: ‘ Houei Sai / 17.11.1964; BMNH {E} 2022–157/ E.F. Gilmour collection’ ; 7 females: ‘ Houei Sai / 2.12.1964; BMNH {E} 2022–157/ E.F. Gilmour collection’ ; 1 female: ‘ Phon Tiou / 1.5.1962; BMNH {E} 2022–157/ E.F. Gilmour collection’ ; 1 female: ‘ Phon Tiou / 15.5.1962; BMNH {E} 2022–157/ E.F. Gilmour collection’ ; 1 female: ‘ Phon Tiou / 15.5.1962; BMNH {E} 2022–157/ E.F. Gilmour collection’ ; 1 female: ‘ Parkading [Pakkading]/ 6.3.1964; BMNH {E} 2022– 157/ E.F. Gilmour collection’ .

Two specimens identified as M. punctifrons : India: 1 male: ‘ India / Orient [h]; ex. Mus / Laferte [h]; Fry Coll. / 1905.100. [p]; 27529 [h]; NHMUK014596482 About NHMUK [p]’; 1 female: ‘Bowr. Chevr., 63·47 *’.

Comments. Five specimens ( 3 males and 2 females) were identified in the main Natural History Museum collection as M. tonkinea and 3 specimens (including the female holotype, 1 male and 1 female) were identified as M. punctifrons . 31 specimens ( 15 males and 16 females) were identified as M. tonkinea in the Gilmour collection. Yan et al. (2023) synonymized Mispila ( s. str.) punctifrons Breuning, 1938 with Mispila ( s. str.) tonkinea ( Pic, 1925) .

‘Paksé’ refers to a city in Champasak province of Laos. ‘Phon Tiou’ is a locality in Khammouane Province, Laos. ‘Houei Sai’ (alternatively Houayxay, Huoeisay or Huay Xai) is a district in Bokeo Province, Laos near the border with Thailand.

The specimen labelled as ‘ Vietnam, Vientiane’ in an unfamiliar handwriting, is probably a labelling error by a curator for an incompletely labelled specimen which is in fact from Vientiane, Laos. The name ‘Anancyclus lunulatus? Ol.’ Was not traced, but is a misidentification of a specimen of M. tonkinea in the Bowring/Chevrolat collection.