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Haematoloecha merkli Santillan & Rédei, new species Figs. 1–22 Type material. Holotype: ♂, “ VIETNAM, Yen Bai Prov., Mu \ Cang Chai Distr., Che Tao \ commune, Mu Cang Cai \ Species & Habitats Cons. Area, \ 21.7641ºN, 104.0430ºE,” [printed], “ around Cong Troi (Gate to \ Heaven) Pass, 2040 m, upper \ montane evergreen forest, \ swept & hand-collected, \ 24–29.IX.2016 (#11), \ Ottó Merkl & Phu Pham Van ” [printed]; intact, mounted on card, deposited in the Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest. Paratypes (15 ♂♂ 2 ♀♀): with same locality labels as holotype (5 ♂♂ in the Hungarian Natural History Museum, 2 ♂♂ in the National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung); “ VIETNAM, Yen Bai Prov., Mu \ Cang Chai Distr., Che Tao \ commune, Mu Cang Cai \ Species & Habitats Cons. Area, \ 21.7695ºN, 104.0435ºE,” [printed], “ around Cong Troi (Gate to \ Heaven) Pass, 2000 m, upper \ montane evergreen forest, \ hand-collected in forest at \ night, 24–29.IX.2016 (#12), \ Ottó Merkl & Phu Pham Van ” [printed] (8 ♂♂ 2 ♀♀ in the Hungarian Natural History Museum). All type specimens weres provided with adequate type labels. Diagnosis. This species is easily differentiated from all described species of Haematoloecha due to its microptery (Figs. 1–6), the distinct papillar elevations on the anterior lobe of the pronotum that contrast in colour with the surrounding areas (Figs. 7, 9), and the conspicuously bicoloured legs (dark-brown, with femoro-tibial articulations broadly yellow to red) (Figs. 11, 12). A detailed analysis of the diagnostic characters of the species is provided under Discussion. Description. Micropterous male and female. Colour. General colour brown; dorsal surface of head reddish-brown, median third of anterior lobe (between submedian longitudinal sulci, particularly between antenniferous tubercles) clypeus, and labrum distinctly darkened; posterior lobe pale-brown, with distinct reddish pigmentation on ocellar tubercle; ventral surface (ventrad of level of antenniferous tubercles, including ... |