Megaustenia cf. messageri ( Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1909 )

Megaustenia cf. messageri ( Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1909) View in CoL

Fig. 1 View Figure 1

Helicarion messageri : Bavay and Dautzenberg 1909, p. 231.

Megaustenia messageri View in CoL : Schileyko 2011, p. 32.

Helicarion messageri : Hoang Ngoc Khac et al. 2012, p. 319.

Material examined.

Vietnam • 3 adults; Vinh Phuc Province, Tam Dao town district, tropical forest up to the town, near Buddhist temple ; 21.4601°N, 105.6483°E; 1045 m alt.; 16 Oct. 2023; I. Dedov, N. Simov, R. Bekchiev, M. Langurov leg.; on artificial stone wall; IBER-BAS 40602 GoogleMaps .

Remarks.

Megaustenia messageri was reported from Tam Dao National Park by Hoang Ngoc Khac et al. (2012). We found three active specimens on the soil surface (Fig. 1 A, B View Figure 1 ) during the night collection in the tropical forest not far from Tam Dao town (Fig. 1 C View Figure 1 ).

Habitat.

Slightly disturbed submontane tropical forests

Distribution.

North Vietnam ( Schileyko 2011).