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Published: 2022-03-25
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Taxonomic studies on the genera Meges Pascoe, 1866 and Pseudomeges Breuning, 1944 from China (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae, Lamiini)

Engineering Research Center for Forest and Grassland Disaster Prevention and Reduction, Mianyang Normal University, Mianyang, Sichuan 621000, China.
NPS office, Tianjin New Wei San Industrial Company, Ltd., Tianjin, China
Engineering Research Center for Forest and Grassland Disaster Prevention and Reduction, Mianyang Normal University, Mianyang, Sichuan 621000, China. Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1-5 Beichen West Road, Chaoyang Dist., Beijing, 100101, China
Coleoptera taxonomy new synonym new species endophallus tarsal morphology Oriental region

Abstract

The genus Meges Pascoe, 1866 stat. res. is resurrected from synonyms of Monochamus Dejean, 1821 and is made a senior synonym of Magninia Clermont, 1932 syn. nov. Meges currently contains two species, i.e. Meges gravidus (Pascoe, 1858) and Meges tonkineus (Clermont, 1932) comb. nov. The male of the latter species is described for the first time. A related genus Pseudomeges Breuning, 1944 is investigated for comparison and Pseudomeges aureus Bi, Chen & Lin sp. nov. (金斑伪侎天牛, Jîn bân wěi mǐ tiân niú) is described from Yunnan, China. New localities are reported. Illustrations of habitus, endophallic structures and major diagnostic features for all involved taxa are provided.

 

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