Catalogue and Bibliography of the Hong Kong Carabidae Latreille, 1802 (Coleoptera: Adephaga), with notes on the historic boundaries of Hong Kong as related to zoological collections
Author
Aston, Paul
text
Zootaxa
2016
4121
3
201
257
journal article
38912
10.11646/zootaxa.4121.3.1
6cb37831-da16-4763-a32c-aef636512990
1175-5326
265007
172021D4-55C8-483F-A6B2-F823C3022F90
Genus
Parena
Motschulsky, 1859
Parena latecincta
(Bates, 1873)
Bates (1873a)
described this species from Japanese specimens, and noted it was also found in
Hong Kong
. Also listed for
Hong Kong
by
Habu (1982b)
and
Kabak (2003)
.
Material
: 1 ex. W.T.L.,
30.iv.11
(Collection of Masaru Hond,
Japan
); 1 ex.
Hong Kong
, Lantau, Mui Wo,
24.v.15
, netted from flowering
Baeckea frutescens
L.; 1 ex.
Hong Kong
, Lantau, Ngong Ping,
10.viii.12
, netted in moldy, dead grass; 2 exx.
Hong Kong
, Tai Lung Farm (AFCD)
26.xi.92
, preying on leaf roller of
Microcos paniculata
Linn.
[presumably
Microcerus nervosa
(Lour)
(AFCD collection, Tai Lung Farm. Collector P.W.Chan. Determined G. G. K i r by).
Biology:
Imago found April to November, though
Hond (2012)
notes they overwinter in
Japan
as adults. Can be attracted to light, it is fully winged and capable of flight. According to
Hond (2012)
both the adults and larvae of this species feed on leaf rolling Lepidopteran larvae. May be associated with flowering
Baeckea frutescens
L.