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 distincta
Le Cerf, 1916
Material
examined.
1 ♂
1 ♀
, West
China
,
Kwanhsien
[Prov.
Sichuan
,
Chengdu area
],
21.vii.1926
,
G. M. Franck
(
MNHB
).
M. distincta
was originally described from Khasis, north-eastern
India
(
Arita & Gorbunov 1996
). It is also known from
Nepal
(as
M. nepcha
,
Arita & Gorbunov 1995b
) and
Vietnam
(
Kallies & Arita 2004
) and is recorded here from
China
for the first time.