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Notas sobre Nitidulidae ibero-marroquies (Col.).
No full text[EN] Nitidula eremita nom. nov. is proposed for Nitidula ciliata Erichson, 1843 (non Olivier,
1811). In addition, new records for Spain and Morocco are provided for other Nitidulidae.
Meligethes jelineki Audisio, 1976 is recorded for Spain (Cantabria) for the first time, as well
as M. coronillae Easton, 1962 (Alicante) and Omosita funesta Reitter, 1873, previously
known from Mexico and evidently introduced (and maybe established) into central Spain
(Teruel).[ES] Se propone Nitudula eremita nom. nov. para N. ciliata Erichson, 1843 (non Olivier,
1811). Asimismo se presentan algunos nuevos datos sobre la distribución geográfica de otros
Nitidulidae en España y Marruecos. Se citan por primera vez de España Meligethes jelineki
Audisio, 1976 (Cantabria), M. coronillae Easton, 1962 (Alicante) y Omosita funesta Reitter,
1873 (Teruel), esta última verosímilmente introducida de México y quizá aclimatada.Peer reviewe
A new species of the pollen-beetle genus Meligethes (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) of the M. aeneus group from Greece, with review of the M. subaeneus complex.
No full textFIGURES 5–12. Tegmen and median lobe of aedeagus (dorsal view) of Meligethes coracinus Sturm (♂ specimen from Italy, Lombardia, Lovero Valtellino, Figs. 5–6), of M. subaeneus Sturm (♂ specimen from Italy, Latium, Rocca di Papa, Figs. 7–8), of M. matronalis Audisio & Spornraft (♂ specimen from Italy, Latium, Rocca di Papa, Figs. 9–10) and of Meligethes epeirosi n.sp. (♂ paratype from Greece, Katara Pass, Figs. 11–12). Scale bar = 0.50 mm.Published as part of Audisio, Paolo, Mancini, Emiliano & Biase, Alessio De, 2006, A new species of the pollenbeetle genus Meligethes (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) of the M. aeneus group from Greece, with review of the M. subaeneus complex, pp. 43-60 in Zootaxa 1275 on page 51, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17330
The Kateretidae and Nitidulidae of the Maltese Archipelago (Coleoptera)
No full textIn the present work, a total of 3 Kateretidae and 26 Nitidulidae are recorded from the Maltese Islands. Of these, 14 Nitidulidae (Epuraea luteola, Epuraea ocularis, Carpophilus bifenestratus, Carpophilus marginellus, Carpophilus quadrisignatus, Carpophilus dimidiatus, Carpophilus nepos, Urophorus humeralis, Urophorus rubripennis, Nitidula carnaria, Omosita discoidea, Meligethes rotundicollis, Meligethes ruficornis, Cybocephalus rufifrons rufifrons) and 1 Kateretidae (Brachypterus curtulus) represents new records for the Maltese Islands. Of these both autochthonous and accidentally introduced but established species are present. The earlier citation of Cybocephalus politus may be due to a misidentification. Three further new records of Nitidulidae, Carpophilus opacus, Brachypeplus deyrollei and Brachypeplus rubidus were collected alive on logs originating from Tropical Africa and intended for the timber industry. So far, there were no local records of establishment of any of these three species. All species were assigned to four faunistic groups. These include introduced but non-established species, cosmopolitan species, species with confined distributions and species with small distribution ranges. The complete absence of other species whose host-plants are locally available and which have typical Mediterranean distribution was highlighted. From a zoogeographical perspective the species assemblages of Kateretidae and Nitidulidae of Malta show strong affinities with those present in Italy.peer-reviewe
Meligethes (Odonthogethes) ferruginoides Audisio, Sabatelli & Jelinek 2015
No full text<i>Meligethes</i> (<i>Odonthogethes</i>) <i>ferruginoides</i> Audisio, Sabatelli & Jelínek, 2015 <p> <b>Examined material. China</b>, SICHUAN, LUDINg COUNTY, MOXI TOWN, MT. GONggA, HAILUOgOU, 2950–2970 m A.S.L., 29.575° 101.996667°, 22.vI.2017, LIU & AUDISIO LgT, bY SWEEpINg ON SHRUbS AT fOREST EDgES, 1 ♂, 2 ♀ (NWAU, CAR-MZUR, NMPC); SICHUAN, LUDINg COUNTY, MOXI TOWN, MT. GONggA, SWALLOW-GULLY, 2450–2570 m A.S.L., 29.689167° 102.066944°, 23.vI.2017, LIU & AUDISIO LgT, ON <i>Pyracantha fortuneana</i> (MAXImOWICZ) H. L. LI (ROSACEAE), 3 ♂, 5 ♀ (NWAU, CAR-MZUR, NMPC, ARCC).</p> <p> <b>Distribution.</b> CENTRAL AND SW CHINA (HUbEI, SICHUAN) (AUDISIO <i>et al.</i> 2015) (FIg. 6b).</p> <p> <b>Host-plants.</b> CONCLUSIvE SpECIfIC HOST DATA REmAINS SOmEWHAT pRObLEmATIC, bUT SOmE ADULT SpECImENS HAvE bEEN COLLECTED (SEE AbOvE: SWALLOW-GULLY, MOXI TOWN, SICHUAN, JUNE 2017) ON fLOWERS Of THE SHRUb <i>Pyracantha fortuneana</i> (MAXImOWICZ) H. L. LI (ROSACEAE), WHICH WAS RECENTLY RECOgNIZED AS THE LIKELY LARvAL HOST-pLANT Of <i>Meligethes</i> (<i>Odonthogethes</i>) <i>pseudochinensis</i> AUDISIO, SAbATELLI & JELÍNEK, 2015 (FIg. 6 IN LIU <i>et al.</i> 2017). ADDITIONAL COLLECTINg EvENTS ARE NEEDED THAT fOCUS ON ObTAININg LARvAL mATERIAL.</p>Published as part of <i>Liu, Meike, Huang, Min, Cline, Andrew Richard & Audisio, Paolo, 2018, New and poorly known Meligethes Stephens from China, with bionomical data on some species (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae: Meligethinae), pp. 546-566 in Zootaxa 4392 (3)</i> on page 561, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4392.3.6, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/1196235">http://zenodo.org/record/1196235</a>
The nitidulidae and kateretidae (coleoptera: Cucujoidea) of Sicily: Recent records and updated checklist
No full textThis paper compiles an updated checklist of Sicilian species of Nitidulidae and Kateretidae from historical bibliographical data, and new Sicilian material collected by the first author and several other Italian and European entomologists in the last few decades. The paper is completed with an updated checklist of the species so far recorded from the island, including those based on unpublished data or extracted from recently examined material. A total of 88 species are reported (81 Nitidulidae and 7 Kateretidae). The new records for the Island include 10 Nitidulidae and 1 undescribed Kateretidae, and the neotropical Colopterus abdominalis (Erichson, 1843) is first recorded for Europe. The presence in SE Sicily of the invasive beehive pest Aethina tumida Murray, 1867, recently introduced to Calabria (Summer 2014), is also confirmed. Eight species, previously doubtfully recorded for Sicily, are to be excluded from the Sicilian fauna. c 2014 by the Author (s) - licensee Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti (Messina Italy)
Dapsa gemina Audisio & De Biase, 1996, a new species of the European fauna (Coleoptera, Endomychidae)
No full textFirst record from Italy and Europe of a rare beetle species, so far known from N Algeria onl
Four new species of Meligethes Stephens from China and additional data on other species of the genus (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae: Meligethinae)
No full textFour new species of Meligethes Stephens, 1830, M. (s.str.) macrofemoratus (Shaanxi, Ningxia), M. (s.str.) yak (NW Sichuan), M. (s.str.) auropilosus (Tibet) and M. (Odontogethes) aurorugosus (Tibet) spp. nov., are described and illustrated from China. Diagnostic characters distinguishing these new species from closely related taxa are discussed. The previously unknown male of Meligethes (s.str.) aureolineatus Audisio, Sabatelli & Jelínek, 2015 from Sichuan and the previously unknown female of M. (Odontogethes) scrobescens Chen, Lin, Huang & Yang, 2015 from Sichuan are also described. Additional data are also presented on the geographic distribution and life history of other Chinese Meligethes species
Meligethes (Meligethes) aurifer Audisio, Sabatelli & Jelinek 2015
No full text<i>Meligethes</i> (<i>Meligethes</i>) <i>aurifer</i> Audisio, Sabatelli & Jelínek, 2015 <p> <b>Examined material. China</b>, SHAANXI, MT. HUA, 1250 m A.S.L., 34.495833° 110.079722°, 12.vI.2017, P. AUDISIO & M. LIU LgT, 2 ♂, 5 ♀ (NWAU, CAR-MZUR).</p> <p> <b>Distribution.</b> CENTRAL CHINA (SHAANXI, SHANXI). THIS SpECIES WAS pREvIOUSLY KNOWN fROm A SmALL SERIES Of SpECImENS COLLECTED IN SHAANXI AND SHANXI, mOSTLY IN THE AREA Of THE MT. HUA (AUDISIO <i>et al.</i> 2015) (FIg. 5b).</p> <p> <b>Host-plants.</b> THE AbOvE SEvEN SpECImENS fROm MT. HUA, SHAANXI, WERE COLLECTED ON fLOWERINg SHRUbS Of <i>Rosa</i> Sp. (SpECIfIC IDENTIfICATION pENDINg), LIKELY <i>Rosa giraldii</i> CRépIN, 1897 (ROSACEAE). THIS CHARACTERISTIC <i>Rosa</i> SpECIES pOSSESSES SmALL pINK fLOWERS (FIg. 3f), AND OCCURS ON THE WHITISH gRANITIC CLIffS AS TYpICAL Of MT. HUA. LARvAL HOSTpLANTS RELATIONSHIpS CANNOT bE ESTAbLISHED WITH CERTAINTY, bUT IT IS LIKELY THAT THIS SpECIES, DISTRIbUTED fROm SICHUAN TO SHANXI, REpRESENTS THE TRUE HOST Of <i>M. aurifer</i>. THE SpECImENS ARE pRESENT ON THIS LIKELY HOST-pLANT IN NARROW vALLEYS AND gRANITE CLIffS AT INTERmEDIATE ALTITUDES (CA. 1200–1500 m).</p> <p> <b>Taxonomic remarks.</b> THE NEWLY COLLECTED fRESH mATERIAL ENAbLED US TO vISUALIZE THAT THE DORSAL pUbESCENCE Of <i>M. aurifer</i> EXHIbITS A DEgREE Of vARIAbILITY, WITH SOmE SpECImENS CHARACTERIZED bY UNIfORm DARK gOLDEN TO bROWNISH pUbESCENCE ON THE pRONOTUm AND ELYTRA (AS IN THE TYpE SpECImENS), AND OTHER SpECImENS pOSSESS mORE OR LESS pALER (CREAmY) LONgITUDINAL STRIpES ON THE ELYTRA, SImILAR TO THOSE KNOWN IN THE CLOSELY RELATED <i>Meligethes</i> (<i>M.</i>) <i>aureolineatus</i> AUDISIO, SAbATELLI & JELÍNEK, 2015 fROm SICHUAN (FIg. 5b). THE mALE gENITALIA Of THESE TWO SpECIES ARE SImILAR bUT AppARENTLY EASY TO DISTINgUISH (SEE FIgS. 9–12 IN LIU <i>et al.</i> 2016); HOWEvER, THE fEmALE OvIpOSITORS mAY ALSO DISTINgUISH THESE TWO AppARENTLY gEOgRApHICALLY vICARIANT TAXA, bUT UNfORTUNATELY THE OvIpOSITOR Of <i>M. aureolineatus</i> REmAINS THUS fAR UNKNOWN.</p>Published as part of <i>Liu, Meike, Huang, Min, Cline, Andrew Richard & Audisio, Paolo, 2018, New and poorly known Meligethes Stephens from China, with bionomical data on some species (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae: Meligethinae), pp. 546-566 in Zootaxa 4392 (3)</i> on page 549, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4392.3.6, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/1196235">http://zenodo.org/record/1196235</a>
Meligethes (Odonthogethes) tricuspidatus Liu & Huang & Cline & Audisio 2018, sp. n.
No full textMeligethes (Odonthogethes) tricuspidatus sp. n. (FIgS. 1f, 2I, 6A) Diagnosis. NARROWLY ELONgATE, mODERATELY TRANSvERSELY CONvEX AND mEDIUm-SIZED (2.6–2.8 mm) (FIg. 1f); SImILAR IN EXTERNAL SHApE AND COLOR TO THE RARE Meligethes (Odonthogethes) luteoornatus AUDISIO, SAbATELLI & JELÍNEK, 2015 fROm YUNNAN AND ALSO CLOSELY RELATED TO M. (O.) occultus AUDISIO, SAbATELLI & JELÍNEK, 2015 fROm YUNNAN AND TO M. (O.) schuelkei AUDISIO, SAbATELLI & JELÍNEK, 2015 fROm SICHUAN AND SHAANXI (ALL IN THE M. chinensis SpECIES gROUp: LIU et al. 2017). THIS NEW SpECIES DIffERS fROm THE THREE RELATED SpECIES IN THE COmpLEX bY ITS DISTINCTIvE OvIpOSITOR, WHICH IS UNmISTAKAbLE DUE TO ITS SHARpLY TRICUSpID ApEX (FIg. 2I; OvIpOSITOR Of M. luteoornatus, M. occultus AND M. schuelkei AS IN FIgS. 16f, 16K AND 17K, RESpECTIvELY, IN AUDISIO et al. 2015). ADDITIONALLY, M. schuelkei EXHIbITS A pRONOTUm TRANSvERSELY mORE CONvEX, AND mORE pARALLEL-SIDED IN THE pOSTERIOR TWO-THIRDS (FIg. 21E IN AUDISIO et al. 2015). Description. Size (fEmALE HOLOTYpE): bODY LENgTH 2.8 mm, WIDTH 1.6 mm. Body color and pubescence: bODY DARK bROWN, SHINY, pERIpHERAL mARgINS Of pRONOTUm (pRONOTAL CARINA) mARKEDLY pALER, YELLOWISH, WITHOUT mETALLIC HUES ON DORSAL SURfACE (FIg. 1f). LEgS YELLOWISH-ORANgE, ANTENNAE YELLOWISH TO ORANgE, WITH bROWN TO DARK bROWN CLUb. PUbESCENCE ON pRONOTUm AND ELYTRA RATHER SpARSE, CREAm COLORED, mODERATELY DISTINCT, EACH INDIvIDUAL SETA NEARLY AS LONg AS ANTENNOmERE 4. Dorsal habitus: bODY SHApE (FIg. 1f) SImILAR TO THAT IN M. luteoornatus (FIg. 21g IN AUDISIO et al. 2015), mODERATELY CONvEX. CLYpEUS WITH TRUNCATE ANTERIOR mARgIN. PRONOTUm TRApEZOIDAL IN SHApE, AND ARCUATELY CONvERgENT DISTAD (FIg. 1f); ELYTRA WITHOUT DISTINgUISHAbLE TRACES Of TRANSvERSE STRIgOSE SCULpTURINg. DORSAL SURfACE DIffUSELY pUNCTATE, pUNCTURES ON pRONOTUm AND ELYTRA fINE AND mODERATELY DEEp, SEpARATED fROm EACH OTHER bY CA. 1.2–1.5 DIAmETERS; SpACE bETWEEN pUNCTURES SmOOTH AND SHININg. RATIO LPR1/LELY = 0.42; RATIO WPR1/LPR1 = 2.09; RATIO WPR2/LPR1 = 2.01; RATIO WPR2/WPR1 = 0.95; RATIO LELY/WELY = 1.01; RATIO WPR1/WPRA = 1.71; RATIO WPR1/WELY = 0.90; RATIO WPR2/WELY = 0.86. Ventral habitus: COmbINED OUTER EDgES Of ANTENNAL gROOvES ALmOST STRAIgHT AND SUbpARALLEL-SIDED ALONg mOST Of LENgTH. MEDIOLONgITUDINAL RIDgE Of mESOvENTRITE bLUNTLY CARINATE, CARINA NOT REACHINg pOSTERIOR mARgIN Of mESOvENTRITE. METAvENTRITE (fEmALE) fLATTENED pOSTERIOR TO mIDLENgTH, WITH bARELY DISTINCT AND SHALLOW mEDIOLONgITUDINAL ImpRESSION. Appendages: ANTENNAE SHORT (FIg. 1f); RATIO ANLE / HWEA = 0.76; RATIO CLLE /W10J = 1.24; RATIO L03J/W03J = 2.40; RATIO L03J/L02J = 0.90; RATIO L03J/L04J = 1.50; RATIO WFTA / LFTA = 0.27; RATIO LETI / WITI = 3.70. Female genitalia: OvIpOSITOR DISTINCTLY SHApED (FIg. 2I), ApEX mARKEDLY TRICUSpID-SHApED, THE CENTRAL vERTEX LONgER THAN LATERAL ONES, mODERATELY SCLEROTIZED; RATIO STLE / DSIA = 0.70; RATIO STLE / CGOW = 0.11; RATIO GONL / CGOW = 1.48. BASAL pORTIONS Of gONOCOXITES TRANSvERSE, LATERALLY DIRECTED ApICES ACUTELY ROUNDED. RATIO OVPL / GONL = 2.10. Male: UNKNOWN. Variation: bODY SIZES 2.8–2.9 mm (LENgTH) AND 1.60–1.70 mm (WIDTH). ONE Of THE pARATYpES AppEARS ALmOST gLAbROUS, WHICH IS LIKELY DUE TO pUbESCENCE LOSS INSIDE THE COLLECTINg vIAL CONTAININg pURE ETHANOL. Examined material. HOLOTYpE, ♀: China: HUbEI, SHENNONgJIA NATIONAL FOREST PARK, SHENNONg pEAK SCENIC AREA, 2850–2900 m A.S.L., 31.441944° 110.2925°, 16.vI.2017, P. AUDISIO, M. LIU & M. HUANg LgT, SpARSELY fORESTED AND bUSHY AREA, bEATINg fLOWERINg Rhododendron Sp. (ERICACEAE), (NWAU). PARATYpES: SAmE DATA AS HOLOTYpE, 1 ♀ (CAR-MZUR); CA. 2500 m A.S.L., CA. 31.454444° 110.285278°, P. AUDISIO LgT, SpARSELY fORESTED AND bUSHY AREA, bEATINg fLOWERINg bUSHES Of Rubus rosifolius, 1 ♀ (NWAU). Distribution. Central China (HUbEI) (FIg. 6A). THE pOSSIbLE HOST-pLANT IN SHENNONg PEAK SCENIC AREA, Rubus rosifolius, IS WIDESpREAD IN SE CHINA, CHIEfLY IN HUbEI, HUNAN, GUANgXI, JIANgXI AND FUJIAN (LU et al. 2003). Host-plants. Rubus rosifolius (FIg. 4A) COULD REpRESENT A LOCAL HOST-pLANT IN SHENNONg PEAK SCENIC AREA, bUT NO DEfINITIvE LARvAL HOST-pLANT RELATIONSHIpS HAvE bEEN ESTAbLISHED. HOWEvER, WHERE THE HOLOTYpE AND A pARATYpE Of THE NEW SpECIES WERE COLLECTED ON Rhododendron Sp. (ERICACEAE), SEvERAL SmALL bUSHES Of Rubus Spp., INCLUDINg Rubus rosifolius, WERE pRESENT ALTHOUgH THEY WERE NOT IN fLOWER AT THE TImE. Habitat. LOCALITY DATA INDICATES THAT THIS SpECIES AppEARS TO pREfER THE EDgES Of HIgH ALTITUDE SpARSELY fORESTED AND bUSHY AREAS. AS AbOvE REpORTED, TWO SpECImENS Of THE TYpE SERIES WERE COLLECTED bY SWEEpINg fLOWERINg SHRUbS Of Rhododendron Sp. (ERICACEAE) IN COmpANY WITH SEvERAL SpECImENS Of M. auropilosus, M. macrofemoratus, M. semenovi, M. hammondi, M. (Odonthogethes) luteomaculatus Sp. N, AND M. (O.) trapezithorax Sp. N. Phenology. THE fEW AvAILAbLE SpECImENS WERE COLLECTED IN mIDDLE JUNE, WHICH LIKELY INDICATES ADULT ACTIvITY AT LEAST fROm LATE MAY TO JULY. Etymology. THE SpECIfIC EpITHET IS DERIvED fROm THE pECULIARLY TRICUSpID-SHApED (tricuspidatus IN LATE LATIN) OvIpOSITOR ApEX (FIg. 2I). Taxonomic remarks. AS REpORTED AbOvE, THIS NEW SpECIES IS SImILAR IN EXTERNAL SHApE AND COLOR TO M. luteoornatus fROm YUNNAN AND M. occultus fROm YUNNAN, AND TO M. schuelkei fROm SICHUAN AND SHAANXI (SEE AUDISIO et al. 2015), WHICH ARE ALL IN THE M. chinensis SpECIES gROUp (LIU et al. 2017), CHIEfLY IN THE HERE DEfINED M. occultus SpECIES COmpLEX (SEE SpECIES CHECKLIST bELOW). FEmALE SpECImENS Of M. schuelkei fROm THE TYpE LOCALITY IN SICHUAN ARE THUS fAR UNKNOWN, bUT DIffERENCES IN THE SHApE Of pRONOTUm Of THE fEmALE HOLOTYpE CONfIRm ITS SpECIfIC DISTINCTION fROm THE NEW SpECIES; HOWEvER, A fEmALE SpECImEN fROm S SHAANXI TENTATIvELY ATTRIbUTED TO M. schuelkei EXHIbITS A DISTINCTLY DIffERENT OvIpOSITOR (FIg. 17K IN AUDISIO et al. 2015). THE AUTHORS ARE ASSEmbLINg fRESH mATERIAL fOR mOLECULAR ANALYSES ON THE WHOLE gROUp, IN ORDER TO bETTER DEfINE THE pHYLOgENETIC AND TAXONOmIC RELATIONSHIpS INSIDE THIS DIffICULT CLADE; ITS EvOLUTIONARY SCENARIO, IN fACT, pRObAbLY pARALLELS THE SITUATION RECENTLY EvIDENCED ELSEWHERE IN SOmE SpECIES gROUpS Of THE RELATED gENUS Brassicogethes AUDISIO & CLINE (AUDISIO et al. 1999, 2001A, b, 2002, 2006, 2011; DE BIASE et al. 2003, 2012; MANCINI et al. 2016).Published as part of Liu, Meike, Huang, Min, Cline, Andrew Richard & Audisio, Paolo, 2018, New and poorly known Meligethes Stephens from China, with bionomical data on some species (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae: Meligethinae), pp. 546-566 in Zootaxa 4392 (3) on pages 555-556, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4392.3.6, http://zenodo.org/record/119623
Meligethes (Meligethes) macrofemoratus Liu, Yang, Huang, Jelinek & Audisio 2016
No full textMeligethes (Meligethes) macrofemoratus Liu, Yang, Huang, Jelínek & Audisio, 2016 Examined material. China, HUbEI, SHENNONgJIA NATIONAL FOREST PARK, SHENNONg pEAK SCENIC AREA, 2800–2950 m A.S.L., 31.441944° 110.2925°, 16.vI.2017, M. LIU, M. HUANg & P. AUDISIO LgT, SpARSELY fORESTED AND bUSHY AREA, bEATINg fLOWERINg Rhododendron Sp. (Ericaceae), 2 ♂, 8 ♀ (NWAU, CAR-MZUR); 2400–2600 m A.S.L., 31.454444° 110.285278°, 16.vI.2017, M. LIU, M. HUANg & P. AUDISIO LgT, SpARSELY fORESTED AND bUSHY AREA, ON fLOWERINg SHRUbS Of Rosa sericea, 2 ♀ (NWAU, CAR-MZUR). Distribution. CENTRAL CHINA (NINgXIA, SHAANXI, HUbEI). THIS SpECIES WAS pREvIOUSLY KNOWN ONLY fROm A SERIES Of SpECImENS COLLECTED IN NORTHERN SHAANXI AND THE NEIgHbORINg NINgXIA HUI AUTONOmOUS REgION (LIU et al. 2016). MATERIAL fROm THE SAmE COLLECTINg EffORTS WERE THE bASIS fOR THE INCORRECT RECORDS Of Meligethes (M.) flavimanus (STEpHENS, 1830) fROm CENTRAL CHINA bY CHEN (2013) AND bY LIN et al. (2015). THE NEW DATA pRESENTED HEREIN CONSIDERAbLY EXTENDS THE KNOWN gEOgRApHIC RANgE SOUTHWARDS (FIg. 5A). Host-plants. MOST SpECImENS AT HIgHER ALTITUDES (2800–2950 m) WERE COLLECTED IN THE AbOvE RECORDED LOCALITY IN HUbEI ON SHRUbS Of A LARgE, WHITE fLOWERINg Rhododendron Sp. (ERICACEAE), WHICH LIKELY REpRESENTS A LOCALLY pREfERRED ADULT fOOD-pLANT, WHICH IS UTILIZED UNTIL Rosa Spp. bEgIN fLOWERINg AT THIS ALTITUDE IN mIDDLE JUNE. AT LOWER ALTITUDES (2400–2600 m), A fEW fEmALE SpECImENS HAvE bEEN COLLECTED ON fLOWERINg SHRUbS Of R. sericea (FIg. 3b), IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER Meligethes SpECIES (E.g. M. (M.) semenovi KIREJTSHUK, 1979, M. (M.) hammondi KIREJTSHUK, 1980, AND M. (M.) auropilosus LIU, YANg, HUANg, JELÍNEK & AUDISIO, 2016). NO DEfINITIvE INSECT HOSTpLANTS RELATIONSHIpS CAN bE ESTAbLISHED bASED ON AvAILAbLE DATA. Meligethes macrofemoratus AppEARS TO bE CONfINED TO mIDDLE-HIgH ALTITUDE HAbITATS (CA. 1600–3000 m) AT THE EDgE Of SEmI-fORESTED HAbITATS.Published as part of Liu, Meike, Huang, Min, Cline, Andrew Richard & Audisio, Paolo, 2018, New and poorly known Meligethes Stephens from China, with bionomical data on some species (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae: Meligethinae), pp. 546-566 in Zootaxa 4392 (3) on page 549, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4392.3.6, http://zenodo.org/record/119623
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