Review of Cycadophila Xu, Tang & Skelley (Coleoptera: Erotylidae: Pharaxonothinae) inhabiting Cycas (Cycadaceae) in Asia, with descriptions of a new subgenus and thirteen new species
Author
Skelley, Paul
Author
Xu, Guang
Author
Tang, William
Author
Lindström, Anders J.
Author
Marler, Thomas
Author
Khuraijam, Jibankumar Singh
Author
Singh, Rita
Author
Rich, Stephen
text
Zootaxa
2017
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journal article
33061
10.5281/zenodo.575641
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1175-5326
575641
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Cycadophila
(
Cycadophila
)
fupingensis
Skelley, Tang & Xu
Figs. 2
A, 2D, 3E–H
Cycadophila fupingensis
Skelley, Tang & Xu
in
Xu
et al.
2015
: 12
–17.
Adult diagnosis.
A member of the
C
. (
Cycadophila
)
fupingensis
species group as discussed above, distinguished from other species of the genus by the narrow protibia lacking stout setae apically, short supraocular stria, fine pronotal punctation, and having a small elytral maculation. Full descriptions and images of adults and larvae are presented in
Xu
et al
. (2015)
.
Type
locality.
China
,
Guangxi
Province,
Debao County
,
Fuping village
,
23°29.624'N
,
106°12.980'E
.
Range.
Known from Debao and Napo Counties of
Guangxi
Province
,
China
on
Cycas debaoensis
. The range of this host,
C. debaoensis
, extends to Banshui, Baise City,
Guangxi
Province
and Funing County,
Yunnan Province
with 16 known natural populations (
Xie
et al
. 2005
;
Fang 2009
). In
Vietnam
it occurs in
Hoa
Binh Province
, Lac Thuy Distr. on
C. hoabinhensis
.
Material
examined.
Holotype
,
allotype
and
paratypes
as stated in
Xu
et al
. (2015)
.
Others
examined:
CHINA
,
Yunnan Province
,
Red River Valley
, nr.
Man Hao
,
23°01'N
,
103°24'E
,
955m
,
12 May 1996
,
W. Tang
, ex near receptive
♀
strobilus of
Cycas diannanensis
(
type
locality), WT 50 (2);
Guilinchin Town
, near
Jingping
,
22°46'N
,
103°15'E
,
9 May 1996
, S.-
L. Yang
, ex
♂
strobilus of
Cycas dolichopylla
, WT 52 (4)
.
VIETNAM
,
Hoa
Binh Province
,
Lac Thuy Distr.
, Phu Lao Comm.,
20°33'19″N
,
105°45'42″E
,
50–100m
,
25-IV-2015
,
N. S. Khang
ex
♂
Cycas hoabinhensis
(1).
These
are deposited at
ANIC
and
FSCA
.
Remarks.
Xu
et al
. (2015)
demonstrated that adults and larvae occur together in male cones of
Cycas debaoensis
, where they appear to feed and reproduce.