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<mods:title>Census of the fruit and flower chafers (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae) of the Macau SAR, China</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Perissinotto, Renzo</mods:namePart>
<mods:affiliation>Institute for Coastal &amp; Marine Research (CMR), Nelson Mandela University, P. O. Box 77000, Port Elizabeth 6031, South Africa</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:namePart>Clennell, Lynette</mods:namePart>
<mods:affiliation>Macau Anglican College, 109 - 117 Avenida Padre Tomas Pereira, Taipa, Macau SAR, China</mods:affiliation>
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Swartz, 1817: 53.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="17">Distribution.</paragraph>
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In the Palearctic Region this species is only known from the Chinese provinces of Hainan, Henan, Hunan and Jiangxi (
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; 
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2016
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). It has also been recorded in the Oriental Region from northern Vietnam and Laos (
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).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="17">Material examined.</paragraph>
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: 
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, 
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, dead under tree, 
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.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="17">Other Macau records.</paragraph>
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Alto de Coloane, 14 Jun 2019, on sap flow of 
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, R Perissinotto &amp; L Clennell; ibidem 5 Jul 2020, on sap flow of 
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, R Perissinotto &amp; L Clennell; Coloane Village, 8 Jul 2020, landing on tree trunk, R Perissinotto &amp; L Clennell.
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This species has a rather sporadic occurrence in Macau, having been observed only twice in 2019 and always on sap flows of 
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, and then again on another two occasions in 2020, on sap flows of 
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and in hovering flight respectively (pers. obs.). Adult size varies in the approximate range of 20-23 mm TL and 11-13 mm MW. Although it has not been recorded formally from nearby Hong Kong, a few observations reported on the citizen science platform iNaturalist from that area (e.g., https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/25994523; https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/24358351; https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/1126433) indicate that this species [or the closely related 
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(Lewis, 1879)] may occur there too. It has probably been overlooked in the past, as superficially it resembles quite well 
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both in size and general appearance. Even an alerted observer needs to be within close distance in order to be able to appreciate the stockier body shape, the reduction of white maculation on the dorsal surface and the gold-red sheen that allow the diagnosis of this species against 
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. Adult activity of 
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in Macau seems to be restricted to the summer months.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">Figure 8.</emphasis>
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(Swartz, 1817): dorsal (left) and side (right) views of typical specimens observed at Coloane on 14 Jun 2019 and 8 Jul 2020, respectively (photographs: Lynette Clennell).
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