Xystrocera globosa (Olivier, 1795)

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

Xystrocera globosa (Olivier, 1795)

Fig. 25

Cerambyx globosus Olivier, 1795: 27, pl. XII, fig. 81. TL: Indonesia ( “Batavia”); TD: Unknown.

Distribution.

Palaearctic Region: Bhutan; China (Anhui, Chongqing, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hebei, Henan, Hong Kong, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Taiwan, Shaanxi, Shandong, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang); Egypt; India (Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Uttarakhand); Israel (introduced); Japan; Nepal; North & South Korea; Pakistan ( Yiu 2009; Lin and Yang 2019; Danilevsky 2020). Oriental Region: Bangladesh; Cambodia; India; Indonesia; Laos; Malaysia; Myanmar; Philippines; Sri Lanka; Thailand; Vietnam ( Hua 2002; Kariyanna et al. 2019). Also widely distributed in Afrotropical Region (Africa), Nearctic Region (North America) as well as Australian and Pacific regions (Oceania) ( Danilevsky 2020).

Macau records.

Taipa, University of East Asia Campus, 9 Apr & 5 May 1992, on outside wall of Block I building, ( Easton 1992: 35); Macau, University of East Asia, Taipa [no date], ER Easton leg (UMEC); ibidem Block F, 9 Apr 1990, ER Easton leg (UMEC); no data, " Xystrocera globosa (Olivier), 合歡雙條天牛 27 mm" ( Pun and Batalha 1997: 65, fig. 106); 1♀, Coloane, 2 Apr 1993, Albizia chinensis , WM Ng, Xystrocera globosa (CIAM); 1♂, ibidem 16 Oct 1993, Xystrocera globosa , WW Pun (CIAM); Taipa Central, 18 Mar 2019, on building wall, R Perissinotto; Little Taipa, 28 Apr 2019, under monument spotlight, R Perissinotto & L Clennell (IZCAS); ibidem 1 Sep 2019, R Perissinotto & L Clennell (MACT); Coloane Village, 6 Oct 2019, L Clennell; Coloane Heights 7 Mar 2020, on trunk of Albizia lebbeck , R Perissinotto; ibidem 26 Mar 2020, R Perissinotto; ibidem 11 Apr 2020, R Perissinotto & L Clennell; ibidem 21 Apr 2020, on trunk of Albizia lebbeck , R Perissinotto; ibidem 28 Aug 2020, under spotlight, R Perissinotto & L Clennell (IZCAS); ibidem 4 Sep 2019, R Perissinotto & L Clennell (MACT); Great Taipa, 4 Apr 2020 20:57, Eric Kwan (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/41422999); ibidem 4 Apr 2020 20:55, Kisu Wong (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/49550012); ibidem 4 Apr 2020 21:02, Kit Chang (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/48643480); ibidem 12 Mar 2021, Lynette Clennell (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/71056521); Coloane, Tin Hau Temple, 26 Apr 2020 23:55, Eric Kwan (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/43840228); St. Francis Xavier’s Parish [Coloane], 5 Oct 2019 16:24, Lynette Clennell (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/56122495); ibidem 26 Apr 2020 23:32, Kisu Wong (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/43868252); ibidem 4 Apr 2021 13:49, Lynette Clennell (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/72875264); [Macau Peninsula] Jardim de Lou Lim Loc, 5 Apr 2021 10:46, Eric Kwan (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/72982387).

Remarks.

In Macau, adults are active from early spring till mid-autumn and range in total length 24-30.5 mm and 5-8 mm in maximum width. In the Coloane area, adults have repeatedly been observed while emerging from exit holes on dead or moribund trunks of Albizia lebbeck . In nearby Hong Kong, host plants for this species include Acacia confusa , Albizia lebbeck , Bauhinia spp. and Bombax ceiba ( Yiu 2009). Elsewhere, the following additional species have also been recorded: Acacia arabica , A. catechu , A. chinensis , A. cordifolia , A. modesta , A. auriculoformis , A. mangium , Acrocarpus fraxinifolius , Adenanthera pavonina , Albizia julibrissin , A. lucida , A. odoratissima , A. procera , A. stipulata , Bauhinia acuminata , Cassia glauca , Chamaecrista spp., Duabanga sonneratioides , Grewia parviflora , G. tiliaefolia , Haematoxylon campechianum , Paraserianthes falcataria , Parkia speciosa , Prunus persica , Salmalia malabarica , Samanea samon , Theobroma spp., Xylia dolabriformis and X. xylocarpa ( Duffy 1968; Matsumoto et al. 2000; Makihara et al. 2008; Lim et al. 2014).

Figures

Figure 25. Xystrocera globosa (Olivier, 1795): dorsal (A) and lateral (B) views of specimens observed on Coloane Heights on 27 Mar 2020 and 11 Apr 2020, respectively (photographs: LC).