Batocera rubus rubus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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

Batocera rubus rubus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Fig. 32

Cerambyx rubus Linnaeus, 1758: 390. TL: India; TD: Unknown

Distribution.

Palaearctic Region: China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hong Kong, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan, Zhejiang); India (Arunachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand); Japan (Ryukyus); Nepal; Pakistan; Saudi Arabia; Turkey ( Yiu 2009; Lin and Yang 2019; Danilevsky 2020). Oriental Region: India; Indonesia (Lesser Sunda Islands, Borneo-Kalimantan, Sumatra); Laos; Malaysia (Malayan Peninsula, Sarawak, Sabah); Myanmar; Thailand, Vietnam ( Kumawat et al. 2015).

Macau records.

Taipa, University of East Asia Campus, 6 July 1991, on Block I ( Easton 1991: 110; 1993: 46); Macau, University of East Asia, no data, ER Easton leg (UMEC); no data, " Batocera rubus (Linnaeus), 榕八星天牛 32 mm " ( Pun and Batalha 1997: 64, fig. 97); 1♂, Coloane, 3 Sep 1993, F Macedo, Batocera rubus (CIAM); 1♂, ibidem 31 May 2000, CN Chan (CIAM); 1♀, ibidem 11 Oct 2002, KW Ho (CIAM); 1♀, Macau, 7 Sep 1997, SV Lam (CIAM); 1♂, No data, Batocera rubus (CIAM); Little Taipa, 23 Apr 2019, at monument spotlight, R Perissinotto & L Clennell (IZCAS); ibidem 26 Apr 2019, R Perissinotto; ibidem 13 May 2019, R Perissinotto & L Clennell (IZCAS); Great Taipa, 8 May 2019, under spotlight, R Perissinotto; Macau, 11 May 2019 (Daisy Li); Coloane Village, 24 Apr 2020, under spotlight outside prison building, R Perissinotto; ibidem 18 May 2020, on trunk of Ficus rumphii , R Perissinotto; ibidem 12 Jun 2020, R Perissinotto; ibidem 7 Jul 2020, R Perissinotto; Coloane, Cheoc Van, 6 Jul 2019, dead on ground, Lynette Clennell (MACT); Great Taipa, 28 Aug 2019, R Perissinotto & L Clennell (MACT); Guia Hill Municipal Park, 31 Jul 2017 22:41, Eric Kwan (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/23090665); Macau, St Lazarus Parish, 5 Nov 2016 21:09, Kisu Wong (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/23851435); Little Taipa Hill, 3 May 2019 10:11, Eric Kwan (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/24446612); Taipa, Northeast Road, 23 May 2020 22:53, Eric Kwan (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/47008047); Taipa, Qitan Highway, 28 May 2020 21:52, Eric Kwan (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/47699538); St. Francis Xavier’s Parish [Coloane], 30 May 2020 1:21, Kit Chang (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/47765481); ibidem 7 Jun 2020 20:58, Kisu Wong (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/55385398); Coloane, Tin Hau Temple, 13 Jun 2020 00:35, Benny Kuok (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/49416193); Coloane Heights Road, 18 Jun 2020 21:53, Kelvin Joshua Che (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/50051088).

Remarks.

This is the largest longhorn beetle encountered in the Macau SAR during the current census, attaining a total length of 24-36 mm and a maximum width of 8-11 mm. Adults are active from late spring till mid-autumn, both during the day and night. The larvae burrow in a wide variety of forest trees, including Artocarpus heterophyllus , Careya arborea , Ficus spp. and Mangifera spp., from India through southeast Asia and south China, including Hong Kong ( Easton 1991; Kumawat et al. 2015).

Figures

Figure 32. Batocera rubus rubus (Linnaeus, 1758): dorsal (A) and lateral (B) views of specimens observed on Little Taipa Hill (23 Apr 2019) and Coloane Village (2 Jul 2020), respectively (photographs: LC).