Meligethes (Meligethes) violaceus Reitter, 1873

Liu, Meike, Huang, Min, Cline, Andrew Richard & Audisio, Paolo, 2018, New and poorly known Meligethes Stephens from China, with bionomical data on some species (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae: Meligethinae), Zootaxa 4392 (3), pp. 546-566 : 547

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4392.3.6

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B6592836-2F1E-4B9D-9DD0-CF2BBA2C1CC3

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5967037

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/144587D0-810B-7276-42A0-D48242E6E0EC

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Plazi

scientific name

Meligethes (Meligethes) violaceus Reitter, 1873
status

 

Meligethes (Meligethes) violaceus Reitter, 1873

Examined material. China, ZHEJIANg, SUICHANg COUNTY, HUANgSHAYAO TOWN, JIULONgSHAN NATURE RESERvE, 24.v.2017, X. CHEN LgT, ON Rosa multiflora THUNb. vAR. cathayensis REHDER & E. H. WILSON, 24 ♂, 33 ♀ ( NWAU, CAR-MZUR, NMPC, ARCC) ; ZHEJIANg, KAIHUA COUNTY, GUTIANSHAN NATURAL RESERvE, 19.v.2017, X. CHEN LgT, ON Rosa cymosa TRATTINNICK, 10 ♂, 11 ♀ ( NWAU, CAR-MZUR, NMPC, ARCC) .

Distribution. CHINA (ANHUI, SHAANXI, HUbEI, ZHEJIANg, FUJIAN, GUIZHOU, JIANgXI, YUNNAN, SICHUAN), JApAN, SE RUSSIA (USSURI) (AUDISIO et al. 2015).

Host-plants. THE HOST-pLANTS Of THIS COmmON AND WIDESpREAD SpECIES WERE REpORTED fROm JApAN ( HAYASHI 1978) AND EASTERN SIbERIA ( KIREJTSHUK 1992), RESpECTIvELY, I.E., Rosa multiflora THUNbERg AND Rosa rugosa THUNbERg IN MURRAY ( ROSACEAE ). MOST Of THE AbOvE SpECImENS COLLECTED fROm CHINA WERE ON fLOWERINg SHRUbS Of R. multiflora vAR. cathayensis ( FIg. 3A View FIGURE 3 ) AND R. cymosa ( FIg. 3D View FIGURE 3 ), IN OpEN SpACES AT THE EDgE Of SEmI-fORESTED HAbITATS AND ALONg ROADSIDES. BOTH RECORDS LIKELY REpRESENT TRUE HOST-pLANTS fOR LARvAE Of M. violaceus .

NWAU

North-West Agricultural University

NMPC

National Museum Prague

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Nitidulidae

Genus

Meligethes

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