Macropes pronotalis Distant, 1918

Gao, Cuiqing & Bu, Wenjun, 2010, A review of the Macropes Motschulsky (Hemiptera: Lygaeoidea: Blissidae) from China, with descriptions of three new species, Zootaxa 2366, pp. 55-68 : 61

Macropes pronotalis Distant, 1918

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Macropes pronotalis Distant, 1918 , Fn. Brit. Ind. Rhynch. 7, 186; Macropes pronotalis: Zheng & Zou, 1981a , 74; Hua, 2000, 190.

We found more specimens of the species from Guizhou and Yunnan provinces, China.

Material examined. China: 1 male and 3 females, Yao’an township, Lian county, Guangdong, 22–26. X. 1962, Leyi Zheng, Hanhua Cheng; 1 female, Shangyong, Mengla, Yunnan, 19. IX. 1979, Guoqing Liu; 1 female, Menghai, Yunnan, 4. X. 1979, Leyi Zheng; 1 male, Mengla, Yunnan, 16. IX. 1979, Huanguang Zou; 5 males and 3 females, Suoluo Nature Reserve, Chishui, Guizhou, 20–27. IX. 2000, 200– 600 m, Chuanren Li.

Distribution. China: Guangdong, Guizhou, and Yunnan; India and Vietnam.

Figures

FIGURE 1. (A) M. australis; (B) M. pronotalis; (C) M. exilis; (D) M. maai; (E) M. lobatus; (F) M. peculiaris sp. nov.; (G) M. varipennis; (H) M. dentipes. Each scale bar equal 1 mm.