Blepephaeus succinctor (Chevrolat, 1852)

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

Blepephaeus succinctor (Chevrolat, 1852)

Fig. 42

Monohammus succinctor Chevrolat, 1852: 417. TL: China (Shanghai); TD: NHMUK

Distribution.

Palaearctic Region: China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hunan, Hong Kong, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Shanghai, Sichuan, Taiwan, Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang); India (Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim); Nepal ( Yiu 2009; Lin and Yang 2019; Danilevsky 2020). Oriental Region: Bangladesh; India; Laos, Malaysia; Thailand, Vietnam ( Mitra et al. 2017).

Macau records.

Guia Hill, 4 May 2019, crushed on pavement, R Perissinotto & L Clennell (IZCAS); Coloane Heights, under statue spotlight, 11 May 2019, R. Perissinotto & L Clennell (IZCAS); ibidem 31 May 2020, R Perissinotto & L Clennell; Great Taipa, 4 Jun 2019, at light in ablution block, R Perissinotto & L Clennell; St. Francis Xavier’s Parish [Coloane], 24 May 2020 2:22, Kit Chang (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/47082181); ibidem 7 May 2021, Lynette Clennell (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/77838218).

Remarks.

In Macau, adults are active only in late spring and range in total length 22-27 mm and 6-9 mm in maximum width. They are mainly nocturnal and readily attracted to artificial lights. In nearby Hong Kong, larvae utilise a wide variety of food plants, including Adenanthera miscrosperma , Citrus reticulata , Melia azedarach , Morus alba , and Vernicia fordii ( Yiu 2009). Other host plants include Acacia confusa , Adenanthera pavonina , Albizia sp., Bambusa sp., Casuarina equisetifolia , Cinnamomum camphora , Citrus sp., Cunninghamia lanceolata , Firmiana simplex , Juglans regia , Olea europaea , Paulownia sp., Quercus sp. and Styphnolobium japonicum ( Lin and Yang 2019).

Figures

Figure 42. Blepephaeus succinctor (Chevrolat, 1852): dorsal (A) and lateral (B) views of specimens observed on Great Taipa Hill (4 Jun 2019) and Coloane Heights (31 May 2020), respectively (photographs: LC).