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Issue: Vol. 4205 No. 2: 6 Dec. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-12-05
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4205.2.5
Page range: 162–170
Abstract views: 91
PDF downloaded: 3

A new species and new records of Melittiini from China and Vietnam (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae)

University of Melbourne, Department of Zoology, Parkville, 3010 Victoria, Australia.
Zoological Laboratories, Faculty of Agriculture, Meijo University, Tempaku-ku, Nagoya, 468-8502 Japan.
Department of Entomology, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510642, P.R. China
Lepidoptera Sesiidae Vietnam

Abstract

We review the Melittiini fauna of mainland China and list a total of 14 species in two genera. Melittia proxima Le Cerf, 1917, Melittia fulvipes Kallies & Arita, 2004, Melittia distincta Le Cerf, 1916, and Macroscelesia vietnamica Arita & Gorbunov, 2000 are recorded from China for the first time. Macroscelesia perlucida Kallies & Arita, sp. nov. is described as new to science based on specimens collected in China (Guangxi Province) and in northern Vietnam. Melittia formosana Matsumura, 1911 is considered a subspecies of Melittia eurytion (Westwood, 1848) (stat. nov.), and Melittia eurytion nagaii Arita & Gorbunov, 1997 is treated as a junior subjective synonym of M. eurytion formosana (syn. nov.).

 

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