Chilocorus melas Weise, 1898

Li, Wenjing, Huo, Lizhi, Wang, Di, Ahrens, Dirk & Wang, Xingmin, 2018, Contribution to the genus Chilocorus Leach, 1815 (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Chilocorini), with descriptions of two new species from China, European Journal of Taxonomy 469, pp. 1-34 : 9-10

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Chilocorus melas Weise, 1898b: 229 .

Chilocorus gressitti Miyatake, 1970: 330 . Chilocorus melas – Korschefsky 1932: 243. — Booth 1998: 364. — Poorani 2002: 311. — Pang et al. 2004: 28. — Kovář 2007: 593. — Ren et al. 2009: 132.

Chilocorus gressitti – Pang & Mao 1979: 84. — Hoáng 1983: 18. — Jing 1992: 567. — Cao et al. 1992: 159. — Pang et al. 2002: 317.

Chilocorus nigritus – Liu 1963: 78.

Material examined

CHINA: Guangdong Prov.: 1 ♀, Tianma, Xinhui, 24 Apr. 1956, Z.B. Zhou leg. ( SCAU); 4 ♀♀, Xinhui, Nov. 1956, collector unknown ( SCAU); 1 ♀, Nanhai, 14 Oct. 1955, L.B. Huo leg. ( SCAU). – Guangxi Prov.: 1 Ƌ, Longsheng, 6 Apr. 1974, Y.L. Luo leg. ( SCAU); 1 Ƌ, Nanning, 4 Aug. 1985, X.F. Pang leg. ( SCAU). – Fujian Prov.: 1 Ƌ, Huaan, 26 Apr. 1982, Y.Q. Tang leg. ( SCAU). – Hainan Prov.: 1 Ƌ; 3 ♀♀, Diaoluoshan, Jul. 1995, Z.Q. Peng leg. ( SCAU); 1 Ƌ, Diaoluoshan, 8 May 2005, X.M. Wang leg. ( SCAU); 1 Ƌ, Dongfang, 27 Nov. 1997, Z.Q. Peng leg. ( SCAU).

Distribution

China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Sichuan, Yunnan, Hongkong) ( Fig. 21 View Fig ), Burma, Thailand, Laos, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Indonesia.

References

Booth R. G. 1998. A review of the species resembling Chilocorus nigrita (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae): potential agents for biological control. Bulletin of Entomological Research 88 (4): 361 - 367.

Cao C. Y., Pan Y. Z. & Wang H. 1992. Coccinellidae of Yunnan. Yunnan Science & Technology Publishing House, Kunming. [In Chinese.]

Fabricius J. C. 1798. Supplementum entomologiae systematicae. Proft and Storch, Copenhagen.

Hoang D. N. 1983. Coccinellidae of Vietnam. Part. 2. Department of Science and Technology, Hanoi, 1 - 159. [In Vietnamese with English summary.]

Jing X. 1992. Coleoptera: Coccinellidae. In: Chen S. (ed.) Insects of the Hengduan Mountains Region: 541 - 574. Science Press, Beijing. [in Chinese with English summary.]

Korschefsky R. 1932. Pars 120: Coccinellidae. II. In: Junk W. & Schenkling S. (eds) Coleopterorum Catalogus: 225 - 659. W. Junk, Berlin.

Kovar I. 2007. New nomenclatorial and taxonomic acts and comments Coccinellidae. In: Lobl I. & Smetana A. (eds) Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera: 568 - 631. Apollo Books, Stenstrup.

Liu C. L. 1963. Coleoptera: Coccinellidae. Economic Entomology of China, 5. Science Press, Beijing. [In Chinese.]

Miyatake M. 1970. The East-Asian Coccinellid beetles preserved in the California Academy of Sciences. Tribe Chilocorini. Memoirs of the College of Agriculture, Ehime University 14 (3): 19 - 56.

Pang X. F. & Mao J. L. 1979. Coleoptera: Coccinellidae II. Economic Entomology of China, 14. Science Press, Beijing. [In Chinese.]

Pang H., Pang X. F. & Huang B. K. 2002. Coccinellidae. Insect Fauna of Fujian IV: 281 - 357. Fujian Science and Technology Press, Fujian.

Pang H., Ren S. X., Zeng T. & Pang X. F. 2004. Biodiversity and their Utilization of Coccinellidae in China. Science and Technology Press of Guangdong, Guangzhou. [In Chinese.]

Poorani J. 2002. An annotated checklist of the Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) (excluding Epilachninae) of the Indian Subregion. Oriental Insects 36: 307 - 383.

Ren S. X., Wang X. M., Pang H., Peng Z. Q. & Zeng T. 2009. Colored Pictorial Handbook of Ladybird Beetles in China. Science Press, Beijing. [In Chinese.]

Weise J. 1898 b. Ueber bekannte und neue Coccinelliden. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte 64 (1): 225 - 238.

Figures

Fig. 5. Chilocorus melas Weise, 1898. a. Dorsal view. b. Lateral view. c. Frontal view. d. Abdomen. e. Penis. f. Apex of penis. g. Tegmen, lateral view. h. Tegmen, ventral view. i. ovipositor. Scale bars: 0.1 mm. (SCAU)

Fig. 21. Distribution map. () = Chilocorus politus Mulsant, 1850; () = C. yunlongensis Cao & Xiao, 1984; (●) = C. nigricaeruleus Li & Wang sp. nov.; (Ǫ) = C. nigrita (Fabricius, 1798); (▲) = C. melas Weise, 1898; () = C. rubidus Hope, 1831; (■) = C. chinensis Miyatake, 1970; (□) = C. rufitarsis Motschulsky, 1853; () = C. hauseri Weise, 1895; () = C. circumdatus (Gyllenhal, 1808).

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
SuperFamily	Coccinelloidea
Family	Coccinellidae
SubFamily	Coccinellinae
Tribe	Chilocorini
Genus	Chilocorus