Sybra marmorea Breuning, 1939

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

Sybra marmorea Breuning, 1939

Fig. 30

Sybra marmorea Breuning, 1939: 264. TL: China; TD: NHMUK.

Distribution.

Palaearctic Region: China ( Lin and Yang 2019; Danilevsky 2020). Oriental Region: Vietnam ( Lin and Yang 2019).

Macau records.

Coloane Village, 20 May 2021, on building wall under street light, R Perissinotto & L Clennell (IZCAS; https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/79725419).

Remarks.

This is a highly significant record, as the type locality of this species was only vaguely reported as “China” in the original description of Breuning (1939), without reference to specific region or place. The only specimen observed in Macau so far exhibits a total length of 9 mm and a maximum width of 2.5 mm. The species is obviously nocturnal and attracted to artificial lights. Nothing appears to be known about the larval host plant(s) and general biology of this species.

Figures

Figure 30. Sybra marmorea Breuning, 1939: dorsal (A) and lateral (B) views of specimen observed at Coloane Village on 20 May 2021 (photographs: LC).