Taxonomic notes on the Macrocheilus Hope (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Helluonini) from Oriental Region, with description of one new species from the Philippines Author Zhao, Danyang Author Tian, Mingyi text ZooKeys 2012 228 77 100 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.228.3401 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.228.3401 1313-2970-228-77 76973A68-EEE6-4C43-ACE8-1573BB6964C3 Macrocheilus asteriscus White, 1844 Fig. 47 Macrocheilus asteriscus White 1844 : 422; Bates 1892 : 389; Andrewes 1919 : 180; 1920 : 500; 1924 : 470; 1930 : 206; Csiki 1932 : 1573; Wu 1937 : 188; Jedlicka 1963 : 470; Hurka 2003 :407; Lorenz 2005 : 512; Zhao and Tian 2010 : 6. Type locality: China (Hongkong), deposited in NHML. Planetes crucifer Redtenbacher 1867 : 4. Type locality: China (Hongkong), deposited in NHML. Remarks. Macrocheilus asteriscus differs from other species in having cruciform elytral spots, the slender median tooth of mentum and the narrow apex of ligula. Materials examined. 2 males, 1 female, "Hongkong" (MNHN); 2 males, "Hainan, Oct. 1979, Shaoming Zhuo leg." (SCAU); 2 males, "Guangdong: Zhanjiang, Jul. 1982" (SCAU); 1 male, 1 female, "Guangdong: Zhanjiang, May, 1983" (SCAU). 1 male, 1 female, "Annam, Phuc-Son, Nov. to Dec., H, Fruhstorfer", Central Vietnam (MNHN); 1 male, "Tonkin, P. Lemee , 1903 -1906" , North Vietnam (MNHN); 1 male, "Laos. Mouhot" and "Janson Acq. 1884" (MNHN); 2 males, "Java, Preanger", Indonesia (MNHN); 1 female, "Nilgherries" and "Ex. Musaeo H. W. Bates, 1892", India (MNHN). Distribution. China, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, Indonesia and India.