Carpelimus (s.str.) elegantus Gildenkov, 2012

Carpelimus (s.str.) elegantus Gildenkov, 2012 View in CoL

Material examined: 1 male, 1 female, 16 specimens “ TAIWAN: T’ai-tung Hsien ( Dist.), Peiyuan , Tung-ho , elev.ca 200 m, 12-VI-1972 ” “ white light trap, C.I. Cheng & T.S. Lo ” ( FMNH; 1 specimen – cMG) ; 7 specimens “ TAIWAN: Peiyuan, Tai’ tung Co. , Tungho , 12-VI-1972 ” “ white light trap, C.I. Cheng & T.S. Lo ” ( FMNH) ; 7 specimens “ TAIWAN: Peiyuan, Tai’ tung Co. , Tungho 200m. alt., 12-VI-1972 C.I. Cheng & T.S. Ho ” ( FMNH) ; 9 specimens “ TAIWAN: T’ai-tung Hsien ( Dist.), Taiguan , Tung-ho , elev. ca 100m, 1-IX-1972 ” “ black light trap, F.J. Santana ” ( FMNH) ; 1female, 6 specimens “ TAIWAN:T‘ai-tung Hsien ( Dist.), Shih-nan , Peiyuan , Tungho , elev.ca 200m, 2-IX-1972 ” “ black light trap. F. J. Santana ” ( FMNH) ; 7 specimens “ TAIWAN: Shih-nan, Peiyuan, Tungho , Taitung Co. , 2-IX-1972 ” “ black light trap. F. J. Santana ” ( FMNH; 1 specimen – cMG) ; 1 specimen “ TAIWAN: Hsinchu Hsien ( Dist.), Kuanhsi , 8-X-1970 ” “ white light trap. P.C. Lien ” ( FMNH) ; 1 specimen “ TAIWAN: Nan-t’ou Hsien ( Dist.), Wu she, elev. ca 1150m, 24-VIII-1973 ” “ black light trap, F.J. Santana ” ( FMNH) ; 1 specimen “ TAIWAN: I-Ian Hsien ( Dist.), Nan-ao , 12-X-1973 ” “ black light trap, F.J. Santana ” ( FMNH) .

Remarks. The species is described from Pakistan ( Gildenkov, 2012) and known from China ( Guizhou, Homgkong) ( Gildenkov, 2014b). Recently it was recorded (our data) from Cambodia, India, Indonesia ( Java, Bali, Sulawesi), Japan ( Okinawa), Malaysia ( Malacca), Philippines (Luzon, Mindanao, Palawan, Eastern Visayas), Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam. C. elegantus is here reported for Taiwan for the first time.

Carpelimus (s.str.) indicus (Kraatz, 1859) ( flavipes Motschulsky, 1861 ; ceylonicus Bernhauer, 1902 ; kreyenbergi Bernhauer, 1928 – syn. in Gildenkov, 2014: 298)

Material examined: 1 male “ Formosa Sautter ” “ Takao ” “ 27 Dez. 1906 ” “ Chicago NHMus. M.Bernhauer Collection ” ( FMNH) ; 1 specimen “ Formosa Sautter ” “ Takao ” “ Taker 29. III. 87 (1887) Grabenrand ” “ biimpressus Cam. , det. Bernhauer ” “Chicago NHMus. M.Bernhauer Collection ” ( FMNH) ; 3 specimens “ TAIWAN: T’ai-tung Hsien ( Dist. ), Peiyuan, Tung-ho, elev. ca 200 m, 12-VI-1972 ” “ white light trap, C.I. Cheng & T.S. Lo ” ( FMNH; 1 specimen – cMG) ; 17 specimens “ TAIWAN: P‘ing-tung Hsien ( Dist.), Ch‘ao-chou, 29-VIII-1974 ” “ black light trap, F.J. Santana ” ( FMNH; 1 specimen – cMG) ; 5 specimens “ TAIWAN: T’ai-tung Hsien ( Dist. ), Taiguan, Tung-ho, elev. ca 100m, 1-IX-1972 ” “ black light trap, F.J. Santana ” ( FMNH) ; 2

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specimens “ TAIWAN: I-Ian Hsien (Dist.), Nan-ao, 12-X-1973 ” “black light trap, F.J. Santana” ( FMNH) ; 5 specimens “ TAIWAN: P‘ing-tung Hsien ( Dist.), Ku-lou , 31-VIII-1974 ” “ black light trap, F.J. Santana ” ( FMNH) ; 2 specimens “ TAIWAN: Hsinchu Hsien ( Dist.), Kuanhsi , 8-X-1970 ” “ white light trap. P.C. Lien ” ( FMNH) ; 1 specimen “ TAIWAN: Hua-lien Hsien ( Dist.), Feng-pin , 15-IV-1974 ” “ black light trap, F.J. Santana ” ( FMNH) ; 2 specimens “ TAIWAN: Hua-lien Hsien ( Dist.), Fengpin , 14-IV-1975 > “ black light trap, F.J. Santana ” ( FMNH) .

Remarks. The lectotype was designated from India ( Gildenkov, 2010). The species is widely distributed in the Oriental region (our data): Andaman islands, Cambodia, India, Indonesia (Borneo, Sumatra, Java), Japan ( Okinawa), Laos, Malaysia (including Borneo), Myanma, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam. In the Palaearctic it is known from Japan, China (N-Sichuan), Pakistan, China (Fuzhou, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hongkong, Hunan, Yunnan, Zhejiang) ( Gildenkov, 2001, 2009, 2012, 2014b). C. indicus is here reported for Taiwan for the first time.