Revision of Palearctic and Oriental Necrophila Kirby et Spence, part 3: subgenus Calosilpha Portevin (Coleoptera: Silphidae: Silphinae) Author Růžička, Jan Author Qubaiová, Jarin Author Nishikawa, Masaaki Author Schneider, Jan text Zootaxa 2015 4013 4 451 502 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4013.4.1 844ff18f-1d4f-4491-9a71-253ca683fe93 1175-5326 241424 FE1C6E7B-1FFE-401B-928D-4900064068BE Necrophila ( Calosilpha ) cyaneocephala (Portevin, 1914) ( Figs 5–6 , 14 , 42–45 , 57, 59, 60 ) Eusilpha cyaneocephala Portevin, 1914a : 6 (description, type locality “Kosempo, Hoozan”) Calosilpha cyaneocephala : Portevin 1926 : 116 , 151 (new combination, key, catalog) Silpha ( Calosilpha ) cyaneocephala : Hatch 1928 : 113 (new combination, catalog) Calosilpha cyaneocephala : Schawaller 1982 : 251 (new combination, key, variability) Necrophila ( Calosilpha ) cyaneocephala : Ji 2012 : 36 , 84 (new combination, redescription, key, catalog) Type material examined: Lectotype ♂ ( SDEI ), labelled ( Fig. 14 ): “Kosempo / Formosa / Sauter [leg.] [p] // Portevin det. [hw] // Syntypus [p, red label] // Eusilpha / cyaneocephala ♂ / mihi [hw, Portevin’s handwriting] // coll. SDEI / (Müncheberg) / general coll. [p, light green modern label] // LECTOTYPE / Eusilpha cyaneocephala / Portevin, 1914 / Jan Růžička des. 2009 [p, red label] // Necrophila (Calosilpha) / cyaneocephala / (Portevin, 1914) [p] ♂ [hw] / Jan Růžička det. 201 [p] 2 [hw]”; paralectotypes (8 ♂♂, 14 ♀♀): 7 ♂♂, 5 ♀♀ ( SDEI ), labelled: “Kosempo / Formosa / H. Sauter [leg.] [p] VII. [19]11 [hw] // Portevin det. [hw] // Syntypus [p, red label] // PARALECTOTYPE / Eusilpha cyaneocephala / Portevin, 1914 / Jan Růžička des. 2009 [p, red label] // Necrophila (Calosilpha) / cyaneocephala / (Portevin, 1914) [p] ♂ [or ♀] [hw] / Jan Růžička det. 201 [p] 2 [hw]”; paralectotype 1 ♀ ( SDEI ), labelled: “Kosempo / Formosa / H. Sauter [leg.] [p] [without date] // Portevin det. [hw] // Syntypus [p, red label] // PARALECTOTYPE / Eusilpha cyaneocephala / Portevin, 1914 / Jan Růžička des. 2009 [p, red label] / / Necrophila (Calosilpha) / cyaneocephala / (Portevin, 1914) [p] ♂ [or ♀] [hw] / Jan Růžička det. 201 [p] 2 [hw]”; 1 ♂ ( SDEI ), labelled: “Kosempo [p] / 8 [hw] Formosa [p] 0 8 [hw] / H. Sauter [leg.], * [hw] 19 [p] 11 [hw] // Syntypus [p, red label] // PARALECTOTYPE / Eusilpha cyaneocephala / Portevin, 1914 / Jan Růžička des. 2009 [p, red label] // Necrophila (Calosilpha) / cyaneocephala / (Portevin, 1914) [p] ♂ [hw] / Jan Růžička det. 201 [p] 2 [hw]”; 2 ♀♀ ( SDEI ), labelled: “ Formosa / Hoozan 08-10 / Sauter [leg.] [p] // 7.iv. [p] // Portevin det. [hw] // Syntypus [p, red label] // PARALECTOTYPE / Eusilpha cyaneocephala / Portevin, 1914 / Jan Růžička des. 2009 [p, red label] // Necrophila (Calosilpha) / cyaneocephala / (Portevin, 1914) [p] ♀ [hw] / Jan Růžička det. 201 [p] 2 [hw]”; 1 ♀ ( SDEI ), labelled: “ Formosa / Hoozan 08-10 / Sauter [leg.] [p] // 7.iv. [p] // Portevin det. [hw] // Eusilpha / cyaneocephala / m. [hw, Portevin’s handwriting] // PARALECTOTYPE / Eusilpha cyaneocephala / Portevin, 1914 / Jan Růžička des. 2009 [p, red label] // Necrophila (Calosilpha) / cyaneocephala / (Portevin, 1914) [p] ♀ [hw] / Jan Růžička det. 201 [p] 2 [hw]”; 1 ♀ (coll. M. Pic, MNHN ), labelled: “ Formosa / Hoozan 08-10 / Sauter [leg.] [p] // 7. IV. [p] // MUSÉUM PARIS [p] / collection / Pic. Portevin [hw] // C. cyaneocephala / Port. [hw, Portevin’s handwriting] // TYPE [p, violet paper] // Muséum Paris / Coll. M. Pic [p] // PARALECTOTYPE / Eusilpha cyaneocephala / Portevin, 1914 / Jan Růžička des. 2009 [p, red label] // Necrophila (Calosilpha) / cyaneocephala / (Portevin, 1914) [p] ♀ [hw] / Jan Růžička det. 201 [p] 2 [hw]”; 1 ♀ ( NHRS ), labelled: “Kosempo / Formosa / H. Sauter [leg.] [p] VII. [19]11 [hw] // PARATYP [p, red label] // Eusilpha cy- / aneocephala / Port. [hw, Portevin’s handwriting] // Portevin det. [hw] // PARALECTOTYPE / Eusilpha cyaneocephala / Portevin, 1914 / Jan Růžička des. 2009 [p, red label] // Necrophila (Calosilpha) / cyaneocephala / (Portevin, 1914) [p] ♀ [hw] / Jan Růžička det. 200 [p] 9 [hw]”; 1 ♀ ( BMNH ), labelled: “Co- / type [hw, round label with yellow margin] // PARATYPUS [p, red label] // Formosa . / H. Sauter. / Brit. Mus. / 1923-61 . [p] // Kosempo / Formosa / H. Sauter [leg.] [p] VII. [19]11 [hw] // Eusilpha cyaneo- / cephala Port. [hw] // PARALECTOTYPE / Eusilpha cyaneocephala / Portevin, 1914 / Jan Růžička des. 2009 [p, red label] // Necrophila (Calosilpha) / cyaneocephala / (Portevin, 1914) [p] ♀ [hw] / Jan Růžička det. 200 [p] 9 [hw]”; 1 ♀ ( NMNH ), labelled: “COTYPUS [p, red label] // CarlFBaker / Collection [p] // Eusilpha cya- / neocephala / Port. [hw] // Eusilpha / cyanocephala / Port. [hw, red label with black frame] // PARALECTOTYPE / Eusilpha cyaneocephala / Portevin, 1914 / Jan Růžička des. 2009 [p, red label] // Necrophila (Calosilpha) / cyaneocephala / (Portevin, 1914) [p] ♀ [hw] / Jan Růžička det. 201 [p] 2 [hw]”; 1 ♀ ( NMNH ), labelled: “Kosempo / Formosa / H. Sauter [leg.] [p] VII. [19]11 [hw] // COTYPUS [p, red label] // CarlFBaker / Collection [p] // PARALECTOTYPE / Eusilpha cyaneocephala / Portevin, 1914 / Jan Růžička des. 2009 [p, red label] // Necrophila (Calosilpha) / cyaneocephala / (Portevin, 1914) [p] ♀ [hw] / Jan Růžička det. 201 [p] 2 [hw]”. Additional material examined. See Appendix 1. Diagnostic description. Body length 11.9–23.1 mm ( 21.9 mm in the lectotype ), maximum body width 8.5– 11.9 mm ( 11.2 mm in the lectotype ). Pronotum orange in dorsal view ( Figs. 5–6 ). Hypomeron medially orange in ventral view, dark metallic blue only along its posterior margin. Elytra brown to dark brown, without metallic luster; outline subrectangular; costae finer, less elevated ( Figs. 5–6 ). Male . Elytra laterally parallel and more narrow than in N. brunnicollis ( Fig. 5 ). Metatibia only slightly bent. Male genital segment with longer spiculum gastrale in ventral view ( Fig. 43 ). Aedeagus with median lobe distinctly shorter than slender, elongate parameres in ventral view ( Figs. 42 ). Female . Apex of elytron more elongated than in N. brunnicollis ( Figs. 6 , 66 ). Genital segment with tergum 10 large, pentagonal in shape, narrowly rounded posteriorly in dorsal view ( Fig. 44 ). Notes on type specimens. Lectotype of Eusilpha cyaneocephala is designated here as a male from SDEI , selected from series of syntype specimens from SDEI , MNHN and NMNH . Distribution ( Fig. 63 ). Endemic Taiwanese species (Portevin 1914, Nishikawa 2014 ).