Cycadophila (Cycadophila) fupingensis Skelley, Tang & Xu

Skelley, Paul, Xu, Guang, Tang, William, Lindström, Anders J., Marler, Thomas, Khuraijam, Jibankumar Singh, Singh, Rita & Rich, Stephen, 2017, Review of Cycadophila Xu, Tang & Skelley (Coleoptera: Erotylidae: Pharaxonothinae) inhabiting Cycas (Cycadaceae) in Asia, with descriptions of a new subgenus and thirteen new species, Zootaxa 4267 (1), pp. 1-63 : 21-22

Cycadophila (Cycadophila) fupingensis Skelley, Tang & Xu

Figs. 2 A, 2D, 3E–H

Cycadophila fupingensis Skelley, Tang & Xu in Xu et al. 2015: 12 –17.

Adult diagnosis. A member of the C. ( Cycadophila ) fupingensis species group as discussed above, distinguished from other species of the genus by the narrow protibia lacking stout setae apically, short supraocular stria, fine pronotal punctation, and having a small elytral maculation. Full descriptions and images of adults and larvae are presented in Xu et al. (2015).

Type locality. China, Guangxi Province, Debao County, Fuping village , 23°29.624'N, 106°12.980'E.

Range. Known from Debao and Napo Counties of Guangxi Province, China on Cycas debaoensis . The range of this host, C. debaoensis , extends to Banshui, Baise City, Guangxi Province and Funing County, Yunnan Province with 16 known natural populations ( Xie et al. 2005; Fang 2009). In Vietnam it occurs in Hoa Binh Province, Lac Thuy Distr. on C. hoabinhensis .

Material examined. Holotype, allotype and paratypes as stated in Xu et al. (2015). Others examined: CHINA, Yunnan Province, Red River Valley , nr. Man Hao , 23°01'N, 103°24'E, 955m, 12 May 1996, W. Tang, ex near receptive ♀ strobilus of Cycas diannanensis (type locality), WT 50 (2); Guilinchin Town , near Jingping, 22°46'N, 103°15'E, 9 May 1996, S.- L. Yang, ex ♂ strobilus of Cycas dolichopylla , WT 52 (4) . VIETNAM, Hoa Binh Province, Lac Thuy Distr. , Phu Lao Comm., 20°33'19″N, 105°45'42″E, 50–100m, 25-IV-2015, N. S. Khang ex ♂ Cycas hoabinhensis (1). These are deposited at ANIC and FSCA .

Remarks. Xu et al. (2015) demonstrated that adults and larvae occur together in male cones of Cycas debaoensis , where they appear to feed and reproduce.

Figures

FIGURE 2. Key characters of adults: photographs of lateral head and pronotal margin: A) Cycadophila (C.) fupingensis; B) C. (Strobilophila) tansachai; C) C. (C.) yunnanensis; SEM of protibia, ventral view: D) C. (C.) fupingensis; E) C. (C.) debaonica; F) C. (S.) tansachai; G) C. (S.) yangi; photographs of mesotibia, ventral view: H) C. (C.) debaonica female; I) C. (C.) debaonica male; J) C. (C.) lata male; photographs of left half of pronotum: K) C. (C.) collina; L) C. (C.) debaonica; M) C. (S.) kwaiensis; N) C. (S.) tansachai; photographs of mesofemur of major male: O) C. (C.) collina ex Vietnam; P) C. (C.) debaonica.