Taxonomic studies on the genera Meges Pascoe, 1866 and Pseudomeges Breuning 1944 from China (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae, Lamiini)
Author
Bi, Wen-Xuan
0000-0001-9219-724X
Engineering Research Center for Forest and Grassland Disaster Prevention and Reduction, Mianyang Normal University, Mianyang, Sichuan 621000, China. https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9219 - 724 X & Room 401, No. 2, Lane 155, Lianhua South Road, Shanghai, 201100 China
Author
Chen, Chang-Chin
NPS office, Tianjin New Wei San Industrial Company, Ltd., Tianjin, China
Author
Lin, Mei-Ying
0000-0001-9219-724X
Engineering Research Center for Forest and Grassland Disaster Prevention and Reduction, Mianyang Normal University, Mianyang, Sichuan 621000, China. https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9219 - 724 X & Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1 - 5 Beichen West Road, Chaoyang Dist., Beijing, 100101, China
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Zootaxa
2022
2022-03-25
5120
2
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journal article
20073
10.11646/zootaxa.5120.2.4
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Meges tonkineus
(
Clermont, 1932
)
comb. nov.
(
Figs. 2
,
7
,
9
)
Magninia tonkinea
Clermont, 1932: 215
, fig. on page 215.
Type
locality: Tien-Yen,
Tonkin
,
Vietnam
.
Type material examined.
Holotype
, female, “
Tonkin
/
Tien-yen
”, “ex.
Jeanvoine
/
Coll. Clermont
”, “
Type
”, “
Magninia
/
tonkinea
/
Clerm.
/
type
”, “
tonkinea Clerm
”, “TYPE”, “
Museum Paris
/
Coll. M. Pic
” (
MNHN
). Examined by photographs taken by Gan-Yan Yang & Hong-Liang Shi in 2011.
Other material examined.
China
(
Guangxi
)
:
1 male
,
Guangxi
,
Jinxiu
,
Dayaoshan
,
900 m
,
2018.VIII.11
, local collector (
CCCC
)
.
China
(
Hainan
)
:
1 male
,
Hainan
,
Ledong
,
Jianfengling
,
950 m
,
2015.V.7-12
, leg.
Yu-Tang Wang
& Nan-Yi
Tsai
(
CCCC
)
;
1 female
, ditto except
2018.V.21
, local collector (
CCCC
)
;
1 female
, ditto except
2018.VI.2
, local collector (
CCCC
)
.
Complementary description.
Male (
Fig. 2
). Body length
48.5–49.4 mm
, humeral width 14.6–15.0 mm. General appearance similar to the female described by
Clermont (1932)
. Body slightly slenderer. Antenna about 2.0 times of body length. Legs relatively longer and thicker. Endophallus in everted condition (
Fig. 9
), almost identical to
Meges gravidus
as described above, but relatively slenderer.
Female. Body length 55.0–
57.3 mm
, humeral width
16.6–17.8 mm
.
Distribution.
China
:
Hainan
(new Province record),
Guangxi
;
Vietnam
: “
Tonkin
”.
FIGURES 6–7.
Habitus and labels of the holotype of species. 6,
Monohammus gravidus
Pascoe, 1858
; 7,
Magninia tonkinea
Clermont, 1932
.
FIGURES 8–11.
Endophallus of
Meges
spp.
and
Pseudomeges
spp. 8
,
Meges gravidus
(
Pascoe, 1858
)
; 9,
M. tonkineus
(
Clermont, 1932
)
; 10,
Pseudomeges marmoratus
(
Westwood, 1848
)
; 11,
P. aureus
Bi, Chen & Lin
sp. nov.
a, apical phallomere in dorsal view; b, apical phallomere in non-everted condition.
Remarks.
The resemblances of the endophallic structures between this species and
Meges gravidus
(
Figs. 8. 9
.), indicate a close relationship. This species can be easily distinguished from the latter by its larger body size, antennae longer, protibial subapical tooth sharper, elytra broader with smooth base which lacks remarkable granule, elytral humeri remarkably spined and elytral disk bearing fewer maculae of relatively lighter color.
Huang
et al
. (2002)
firstly recorded this species from
Guangxi
,
China
. We confirmed the distribution in
Guangxi
and added
Hainan
as a new locality based on new material.