Melittia proxima Le Cerf, 1917

Kallies, Axel, Arita, Yutaka & Min, Wang, 2016, A new species and new records of Melittiini from China and Vietnam (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae), Zootaxa 4205 (2), pp. 162-170 : 164

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4205.2.5

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:00A9338D-6A7D-42A9-80C6-1F2DB0B18EB1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6055143

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BD8934-FF9D-FF92-FF0A-FA0B4BD433DA

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scientific name

Melittia proxima Le Cerf, 1917
status

 

Melittia proxima Le Cerf, 1917 View in CoL

( Fig. 1 View FIGURES 1 – 8 )

Material examined. 1 ♀, Guangxi Prov., Jingxi county , 14.ix.2006, leg. Xiong Wei ( Fig. 1 View FIGURES 1 – 8 , SCAU).

M. proxima View in CoL was originally described from Darjeeling, north-eastern India ( Arita & Gorbunov 1996). It also occurs in Vietnam ( Arita & Gorbunov 2000) and is here recorded from China for the first time. It can be recognized by its wide discal spot of the forewing with its short projection into the anterior transparent area, the broad apical area, the blue-metallic hue of the anal area of the hindwing and bright yellow hairs on the hind leg dorsally and the patches of white and blue hairs ventrally, which give the hind leg a chequered appearance.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Sesiidae

Genus

Melittia

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