Zeugophora bimaculata Kraatz, 1879

Sergeev, Maxim E. & Legalov, Andrei A., 2022, Review of leaf beetles of the family Megalopodidae (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea) from Siberia and the Russian Far East, Ecologica Montenegrina 57, pp. 44-70 : 56-57

Zeugophora bimaculata Kraatz, 1879 ( Figs. 1I, 1J, 1K, 1L, 1M )

Zeugophora bimaculata Kraatz 1879b: 129 , tab. 2, fig. 6, [type locality: Amur (? Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Radde)]. Zeugophora bimaculata : Heyden 1880-1881: 198 [Amur]; Medvedev 1992: 549 [Amur Oblast, Primorsky Krai];

Lopatin et al. 2004: 26 [Amur Oblast, Primorsky Krai, Kuril Isl.]; Mikhailov 2009: 171 [Primorsky Krai];

Silfverberg 2010: 335 [Far East]; Li, Liang 2018: 130 [Russian Far East, China]; Ivanov, Legalov 2022: 93

[Primorsky Krai].

Material. RUSSIA: 1 ex. ( EATB), Primorsky Krai, Lazovsky reserve, T. Oliger ; 1 ex. ( ZIN), Vladivostok , 5-6.VII.1933 , N. Filippov; 2 ex. ( EATB), idem, 18. V.1973, on bird cherry, V. Kuznetsov ; 1 ex. ( EATB). Vladivostok, Botanical garden, 21. V.2015, M. Sergeev; 12 ex. ( EATB), Peter Great Bay, Popov Island , 3. V.2019, on Euonymus sacrosancta Koidz., M. Sergeev ; 1 ex. ( ZIN), “Voroshilov” (= Ussuriisk ), 20. V.1931 ; 1 ex. ( ZIN), Ussuriisky District, Suputinka (= Komarovka ) River , 31. V.1936; 1 ex. ( ZIN), idem, 8. VI.1960, Kabakov; 1 ex. ( ZIN), Krivoi Kluch, Suputinka (= Komarovka) River , 9.VII.1938 , T. Samoilov ; 2 ex. ( SIC), Gornotaezhnoe , 15-16. V.2021, S. Ivanov; 3 ex. ( EATB), idem, 29.IV.2022 , M. Sergeev; 6 ex. ( EATB), Chernigovsky District , 10 km East of Chernigovka, 17. V.1974, A. Lelej; 1 ex. ( MSGU), Khasansky District , 8.5 km SE of Barabash vill., 23-30. V.2015, K. Makarov.

Distribution. Russia (? Amur Oblast, Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Primorsky Krai,? Sakhalin Oblast) (fig. 9), China (Heilongjiang).

Remarks. The records of this species for Amur Oblast (Medvedev 1992) and Kuril Isl. ( Lopatin et al. 2004) need to be confirmed.

Host plants. Euonimus sacrosancta Koidz. , males and females, fed and copulated (original data).

Figures

Figure 1. Zeugophora spp.: A–B. Z. annulata, habitus, dorsal view; C. Z. bicolor, habitus, dorsal view; D. Z. bicolor, habitus, ventral view; E. Z. bicolor, aedeagus, apex of median lobe, dorsal view; F. Z. nigricollis, habitus, dorsal view; G. Z. nigricollis, habitus, ventral view; H. Z. nigricollis, aedeagus, apex of median lobe, dorsal view; I, J, K. Z. bimaculata, habitus, dorsal view; L. Z. bimaculata, aedeagus, lateral view; M. Z. bimaculata, aedeagus, apex of median lobe, dorsal view; N. Z. cupka, habitus, dorsal view; O. Z. hozumii, dorsal view; P. Z. subspinosa, dorsal view.