Census of the longhorn beetles (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae and Vesperidae) of the Macau SAR, China
Author
Lin, Mei-Ying
Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1 - 5 Beichen West Road, Chaoyang Dist., Beijing, 100101, China
Author
Perissinotto, Renzo
Institute for Coastal & Marine Research (CMR), Nelson Mandela University, P. O. Box 77000, Gqeberha 6031, South Africa
renzo.perissinotto@mandela.ac.za
Author
Clennell, Lynette
Macau Anglican College, 109 - 117 Avenida Padre Tomas Pereira, Taipa, Macau SAR, China
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Pyrestes haematicus Pascoe, 1857
Fig. 23
Pyrestes haematicus
Pascoe, 1857: 97. TL: China (North); TD: NHMUK
Pyrestes cardinalis
Pascoe, 1863: 50. TL: China (Hong Kong); TD: NHMUK. Synonymised by
Gressitt 1939
: 31.
Distribution.
Palaearctic Region: China (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hainan, Henan, Hong Kong, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jangxi, Shaanxi, Taiwan, Yunnan, Zhejiang); North & South Korea (
Yiu and Yip 2011
;
Lin and Yang 2019
;
Danilevsky 2020
).
Macau records.
Taipa, University of East Asia Campus, 28 March & 24 April on wall of Block I building, "
Pyrestes haematica
Pascoe" (
Easton 1992
: 34); Coloane, Cheoc Van, 16 May 2019, perched on coastal vegetation, R Perissinotto & L Clennell (IZCAS); Coloane Heights, 18 Jun 2020, on flowers of
Acronychia pedunculata
in garden, R Perissinotto & L Clennell (MACT, IZCAS); ibidem 3 Jul 2020, on flowers of
Elaeocarpus sylvestris
, R Perissinotto; Coloane, 20 May 2021, Lynette Clennell (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/79506655).
Remarks.
In Macau, adults are active only during late spring to early summer and specimens range in total length 10-16 mm and 2-4 mm in maximum width. They feed on a variety of flowers during the hottest part of the day, including
Acronychia pedunculata
,
Dalbergia benthamii
and
Elaeocarpus sylvestris
. Known larval food plants include
Cinnamomum camphora
,
Machilus
spp. and
Pueraria lobata
(
Lim et al. 2014
).
Figure 23.
Pyrestes haematicus
Pascoe, 1857: dorsal (
A
) and lateral (
B
) views of specimens observed at Coloane, Cheoc-Van (16 May 2019) and on Coloane Heights (18 Jun 2020), respectively (photographs: LC).