Physopelta (Physopelta) robusta Stal 1863
Creators: name: Stehlík, Jaroslav L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Largidae
Physopelta
Physopelta robusta

description: Physopelta (Physopelta) robusta Stål, 1863
(Figs 1–12)
Physopelta robusta Stål, 1863: 390 (description, distribution). SYNTYPE (s): ♀, Laos (NHRS, G. Lindberg, pers. comm.).
Physopelta robusta: STÅL (1870): 100 (catalogue, distribution); WALKER (1873): 18 (key, catalogue, distribution); LETHIERRY & SEVERIN (1894): 242 (catalogue, distribution); HUSSEY (1929): 32 (catalogue, distribution); LIU (1981): 223, pl. 28 (key, redescription, figure); HUA (2000): 187 (listed, distribution); KERZHNER (2001): 246 (catalogue, distribution); STEHLÍK & JINDRA (2003): 7 (distribution); STEHLÍK (2005a): 145 (distribution); ZHU et al. (2012): 195 –198 (ecology, distribution).
Physopelta (Physopelta) robusta: VOIGT (2006): 224 (key, distribution).
Material examined. CHINA: HAINAN: Jianfengling Mts., Tiachi Lake env., Bishu villa, 18°44′40″N 108°50′41″E, 950 m a.s.l., at light, 9.–11.v.2011, 1 ♂, M. Fikáček, V. Kubeček & L. Li lgt. (NMPC); You Boi, Hainan, B.M. 1911- 288, 26.vi.1904, 1♀, no collector (BMNH). – VIETNAM: HA GIANG PROVINCE: Gam (Rivière Claire) [= Song Gam river], 1 ♂ 1 ♀, Madon lgt. (ISNB). HOA BINH PROVINCE: Tonkin, Hoa-Binh, 1919, 4 ♂♂ 7 ♀♀, A. de Cooman lgt., coll. R. Oberthür, P. Kment det. (MNHN); Tonkin, rég. de Hoa-Binh, 1928, 2 ♀♀, A. de Cooman lgt., P. Kment det. (MNHN). – NINH BINH PROVINCE: Cue Phuong, 11.–18.viii.2010, I.G. 31.668, 1 ♀, J. Constant & P. Limbourg lgt. (ISNB). – QUANG TRI PROVINCE: Da Krong Nat. Park, 16°37′N 106°47′E, I.G. 31.933, 5.–10.vii.2011, light trap, 1 ♂ 3 ♀♀, J. Constant & J. Bresseel lgt. (ISNB). – TUA THIEN- HUE PROVINCE: Hue, 5.iv.1983, 1 ♀, Macháček lgt. (NMPC). – PROVINCE NOT IDENTIFIED: Tonkin, Than-Moi, vi.–viii.[no year], 1 ♂ 1 ♀, H. Frühstorfer coll. (NHMW). – LAOS: KHAMMOUAN PROVINCE: Ban Khoun Ngeun, 18°07′N 104°29′E, 250 m a.s.l., 4.–16.xi. + 25.–30.xi.2000, 1 ♀, E. Jendek & P. Pacholátko lgt., P. Kment det. (NHMW). SEKONG PROVINCE: ca. 51 km N Sekong, Ho Chi Minh trail, 15°48.1′N 106°39.4′E, 580 m a.s.l., at light, 13.–15.v.2010, 1♀, J. Hájek lgt.(NMPC). – THAILAND: CHAING DAO PROVINCE: Lakhon, 1878, 1♀, Harmand lgt., P. Kment det.(MNHN). – CHIANG MAI PROVINCE: Doi Chiang env., 19°24′45″N 98°51′30″E, 1,200+ 50 m a.s.l., 9.–13.v.2009, 1 ♀, L. Dembický lgt. (MMBC); Chiang Mai env., 1989, 1 ♂, S. Lehman lgt. (ZSMC). – LOEI PROVINCE: Na Haeo (biol. station), 5.–12.v.2001, l ♂, Constant & Grootaert lgt. (ISNB). – NAKHON RATCHASIMA PROVINCE: Kao Yai National Park, 2,000 ft [= 610 m a.s.l.], 22.iv.1970, 1 ♂, E, V. Classey lgt., P. Kment det. (BMNH). – NAKHON SRI TAMARAT PROVINCE: Nakhon Sri Tamarat, Khao Ram, 1200 ft [= 366 m a.s.l.], 24.ii.1922, 1 ♀, Xavier lgt., P. Kment det. (BMNH). – PHUKET PROVINCE: Phuket, v.1996, 1 ♀, no collector, P. Kment det. (BMNH). – PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN PROVINCE: Prachumbkhiri – Khan [= Prachuap Khiri Khan], 16.v.1956, 1 ♂, no collector, M. S. K. Ghauri det., P. Kment revid. (BMNH). – SURATTHANI PROVINCE: Suratthani env., no date, 1 ♂ 1 ♀, S. Lehman lgt. (ZSMC). – MALAYSIA: PERAK: Perak, no date, 3 ♀♀, Doherty lgt., P. Kment det. (BMNH); Kwale-Kangsar, 1902, 4 ♂♂, Grubauer lgt. (NHMW).
Distribution. China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Hainan) (LIU 1981, HUA 2000, KERZHNER 2001; this paper), Vietnam (HUA 2000, VOIGT 2006, no details; this paper), Laos (STÅL 1863, STEHLÍK 2005a), Thailand (WALKER 1873, STEHLÍK & JINDRA 2003), Malaysia (Perak) (new record). The records from Nepal (VOIGT 2006, no detail) and Myanmar (VOIGT 2006, no detail) have never been confirmed despite studies of extensive museum material; the record from Nepal is most probably erroneous, whereas the presence of the species in southern Myanmar (Tenasserim) is probable.
description: Published as part of Stehlík, Jaroslav L., 2013, Review and reclassification of the Old World genus Physopelta (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Largidae), pp. 505-584 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 53 (2) on pages 516-518, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5739959