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nalslan
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China
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Posted - 18/07/2013 :  15:21:23  Show Profile  Email Poster  Reply with Quote


Guizhou, ~1200 m
Though it is not officially recorded in mainland China, it was reported being collected in Tianmushan, Zhejiang China (http://photo.blog.sina.com.cn/photo/5a45e071g598497181e61).

Edited by - Xavier on 27/01/2016 21:49:58

znort
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China
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Posted - 19/07/2013 :  12:50:03  Show Profile  Email Poster  Reply with Quote
This specimen is very similar to this photo

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nalslan
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China
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Posted - 20/07/2013 :  09:17:23  Show Profile  Email Poster  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by znort

This specimen is very similar to this photo
Yeap, it is!
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Francesco
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Luxembourg
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Posted - 21/07/2013 :  07:45:19  Show Profile  Email Poster  Visit Francesco's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Actually, the original description and many authors (Aurivillius, Matsushita, Breuning, Lamiaires du Monde, BioLib) considered formosana as a form (variety, morph, subspecies) of Pterolophia lateralis (= lunigera).
This second species is widespread in Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Borneo, Sumatra... and China!

I do not know the right taxonomy, but possibly, this form has already been recorded from China as simply lateralis or lunigera.

A picture of lateralis (the only one?) is present in this Forum here.
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Francesco
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Posted - 12/11/2022 :  10:16:43  Show Profile  Email Poster  Visit Francesco's Homepage  Reply with Quote
It seems that authors tend to consider formosana as a different species from lateralis (cf. here).

P. formosana would be the most coloured form widespread from Japan to Taiwan, but also in continental China (this post).

Similar specimens from Borneo (here) should belong to another species (P. lunigera).

P. lateralis (maybe synonym of pseudolateralis) should be the "less-coloured form" widespread in SE-Asia.
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Xavier
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France
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Posted - 12/11/2022 :  11:13:37  Show Profile  Email Poster  Reply with Quote
pseudolateralis? You mean Pterolophia pseudolunigera Breuning, 1938 ?
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