A new species and new records of Melittiini from China and Vietnam (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae)
Author
Kallies, Axel
Author
Arita, Yutaka
Author
Min, Wang
text
Zootaxa
2016
4205
2
162
170
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4205.2.5
7c835072-db2b-425f-9c28-572a8fbcfacc
1175-5326
192923
00A9338D-6A7D-42A9-80C6-1F2DB0B18EB1
Melittia inouei
Arita & Yata, 1987
(
Fig. 3
)
Material
examined.
1 ♀
[South
China
,
Gao
fung,
9.vi.1917
, coll.
Mell
], gen. prep. AK188 (
MNHB
)
;
1 ♀
, Prov.
Shaanxi
,
Lueyang
,
20–29.vii.2011
(
CAK
)
;
1 ♂
, Prov.
Guangdong
,
Shaoguang
,
Nanling
,
600 m
,
2–6.vii.2012
(
CAK
)
.
M. inouei
is known from Japan and Korea (Arita
et al
. 2004). Based on a historical specimen from the Mell collection, it was reported for China for the first time recently (
Kallies 2007
). According to
Zukowsky (1929)
(as
M. bombyliformis
Cramer
), the specimen was collected on the
9.vi.
1917
in “Gao fung” (South China); however, the precise locality could not be established. We here report another two specimens from China, thereby confirming the occurrence of
M. inouei
in China. The male from Nanling was attracted to pheromone lures in the late morning.