Prosoplus bankii (Fabricius, 1775)

Lin, Mei-Ying, Perissinotto, Renzo & Clennell, Lynette, 2021, Census of the longhorn beetles (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae and Vesperidae) of the Macau SAR, China, ZooKeys 1049, pp. 79-161 : 79

Prosoplus bankii (Fabricius, 1775)

Fig. 48

Lamia bankii Fabricius, 1775: 176. TL: South Africa ("Cap Bonae Spei"); TD: NHMUK.

Distribution.

Palaearctic Region: China (Guangdong, Hainan, Taiwan); Japan ( Lin and Yang 2019; Danilevsky 2020). Oriental Region: Indonesia; Philippines; Thailand; Vietnam ( Lin and Yang 2019). Also widely distributed in the Afrotropical, Australian and Pacific regions ( Lin and Yang 2019).

Macau records.

Coloane, Tin Hau Temple, 14 Jun 2019, R Perissinotto & Lynette Clennell (IZCAS); Coloane Village, 27 May 2020, on mosquito trap, R Perissinotto & L Clennell (IZCAS); ibidem Coloane, 22 May 2020, at light in ablution block, R Perissinotto & L Clennell; Coloane Village, 2 May 2021, Lynette Clennell (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/76790089).

Remarks.

In Macau, adults seem to be active only in late spring and range in total length 8-13 mm and 3-5 mm in maximum width. Individuals have so far only been found around artificial lights, indicating a predominant nocturnal activity. Hua (2002) reported as host plant for this species Anacardium sp., Ananas comosus and Mangifera indica .

Figures

Figure 48. Prosoplus bankii (Fabricius, 1775): dorsal (A) and lateral (B) views of specimens observed at Coloane Village on 27 May 2020 and 22 May 2020, respectively (photographs: LC).