Melittia fulvipes Kallies & Arita, 2004

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.6055145

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BD8934-FF9D-FF93-FF0A-F8BC4EC4340A

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Plazi

scientific name

Melittia fulvipes Kallies & Arita, 2004
status

 

Melittia fulvipes Kallies & Arita, 2004 View in CoL

( Figs 2 View FIGURES 1 – 8 , 9 View FIGURES 9, 10 )

Material examined. 1 ♂, NW Guangxi Prov., Mt Cenwanglaoshan, Tianlin-Lingyun county border, 28.v.– 5.vi.2002, leg. Wang Min; Gen. Prep. AK 740 ( SCAU).

M. fulvipes was previously known from only a single specimen collected in northern Vietnam ( Kallies & Arita, 2004). It is here recorded from China for the first time. It can be recognized by the brownish ochre hairs on the hind leg, its wide discal spot of the forewing with its very short projection into the anterior transparent area, the broad apical area. It is further characterized by its genitalia ( Fig. 9 View FIGURES 9, 10 ), which display a short and broad valva, with a short and broad ventral lobe.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Sesiidae

Genus

Melittia

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