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Liang &amp; Hsu
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(
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̄14)
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.
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,
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:
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,
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,
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,
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,
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<date id="FFBFFDCFFD24B53FE1FB99DB9D5590F7" box="[949,1106,955,979]" pageId="4" pageNumber="419" value="2013-04-20">20. IV. 2013</date>
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, reared from
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<emphasis id="B975071DFD24B53FE6B199DA984F90D3" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="419">Trichosanthes quinquangulata</emphasis>
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, emgd.
<collectingDate id="EFFB0427FD24B53FE3EC99BE9B2190D3" box="[418,550,990,1015]" pageId="4" pageNumber="419" value="2013-05-15">
<date id="FFBFFDCFFD24B53FE3EC99BE9B2190D3" box="[418,550,990,1015]" pageId="4" pageNumber="419" value="2013-05-15">15. V. 2013</date>
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,
<specimenCode id="DBA77374FD24B53FE07F99BF9BA490D3" box="[561,675,991,1015]" collectionCode="HSUM" pageId="4" pageNumber="419">
<collectionCode id="ED1043CAFD24B53FE07F99BF9B8590D3" box="[561,642,991,1015]" pageId="4" pageNumber="419">HSUM</collectionCode>
13
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D27
<collectorName id="26F4BED9FD24B53FE09B99BF9ABC90D2" box="[725,955,991,1015]" pageId="4" pageNumber="419">M, L.H. Wang, K.W</collectorName>
. Hsiao and
<collectorName id="26F4BED9FD24B53FE67099BF9DB990D3" box="[1086,1214,991,1015]" pageId="4" pageNumber="419">W.Y. Wang</collectorName>
,
<collectorName id="26F4BED9FD24B53FE68499BE9C0590D3" box="[1226,1282,990,1015]" pageId="4" pageNumber="419">Coll.</collectorName>
(
<collectionCode id="ED1043CAFD24B53FE75E99BF9C5090D3" box="[1296,1367,991,1015]" country="United Kingdom" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:14908" name="University of Nottingham" pageId="4" pageNumber="419">NHM</collectionCode>
).
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</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B975071DFD24B53FE2899E629841973F" bold="true" box="[199,326,1026,1051]" pageId="4" pageNumber="419">Paratypes.</emphasis>
2 ♂, 2 ♀, same date as holotype, (1 ♂, Gen. Prep. JYL-146, NTNU).
<materialsCitation id="3B69D152FD24B53FE63B9E639DDC971B" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="1584062395" collectingDate="2013-02-18" collectingDateMax="2013-04-06" collectingDateMin="2013-02-18" collectionCode="HSUM" collectorName="M, J. Y. Liang Coll" pageId="4" pageNumber="419" specimenCode="HSUM 13" specimenCount="2" specimenCount-female="2">
<specimenCount id="9D071086FD24B53FE63B9E639DA6973E" box="[1141,1185,1027,1051]" pageId="4" pageNumber="419" type="female">2 ♀</specimenCount>
, same locality,
<collectingDate id="EFFB0427FD24B53FE7189E6399D5971B" pageId="4" pageNumber="419" value="2013-02-18">
<date id="FFBFFDCFFD24B53FE7189E6399D5971B" pageId="4" pageNumber="419" value="2013-02-18">18. II. 2013</date>
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, reared from
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<emphasis id="B975071DFD24B53FE33C9E479878971A" box="[370,383,1063,1086]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="419">T</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B975071DFD24B53FE3DF9E469B45971B" box="[401,578,1062,1087]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="419">quinquangulata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, emgd. 2̄
<collectingDate id="EFFB0427FD24B53FE08F9E469A40971B" box="[705,839,1062,1087]" pageId="4" pageNumber="419" value="2013-04-06">
<date id="FFBFFDCFFD24B53FE08F9E469A40971B" box="[705,839,1062,1087]" pageId="4" pageNumber="419" value="2013-04-06">6. IV. 2013</date>
</collectingDate>
,
<specimenCode id="DBA77374FD24B53FE1189E479ACA971B" box="[854,973,1063,1087]" collectionCode="HSUM" pageId="4" pageNumber="419">
<collectionCode id="ED1043CAFD24B53FE1189E479AA0971B" box="[854,935,1063,1087]" pageId="4" pageNumber="419">HSUM</collectionCode>
13
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B17
<collectorName id="26F4BED9FD24B53FE1B29E479DDC971B" box="[1020,1243,1062,1087]" pageId="4" pageNumber="419">M, J.Y. Liang Coll</collectorName>
</materialsCitation>
.
<materialsCitation id="3B69D152FD24B53FE6A79E4799F597A3" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="1584062393" collectingDate="2006-04-19" collectionCode="NTNU" country="Taiwan" elevation="40" location="Sidaogou" municipality="Lanyu" pageId="4" pageNumber="419" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1" stateProvince="Taitung">
<specimenCount id="9D071086FD24B53FE6A79E479C11971A" box="[1257,1302,1063,1087]" pageId="4" pageNumber="419" type="female">1 ♀</specimenCount>
,
<collectingCountry id="F3169B9FFD24B53FE7669E479C9E971B" box="[1320,1433,1063,1087]" name="Taiwan" pageId="4" pageNumber="419">TAIWAN</collectingCountry>
:
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,
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,
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,
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, 18/
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<date id="FFBFFDCFFD24B53FE07B9E2B9BC69747" box="[565,705,1098,1123]" pageId="4" pageNumber="419" value="2006-04-19">19. IV. 2006</date>
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, on flower of
<taxonomicName id="4C01A08CFD24B53FE1139E2A9DA49747" authority="Y.F. Hsu Coll." authorityName="L." authorityYear="1753" box="[861,1187,1098,1123]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asteraceae" genus="Bidens" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asterales" pageId="4" pageNumber="419" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="pilosa">
<emphasis id="B975071DFD24B53FE1139E2A9AF29747" box="[861,1013,1098,1123]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="419">Bidens pilosa</emphasis>
, Y.F. Hsu Coll.
</taxonomicName>
(Gen. Prep. JYL-147,
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)
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.
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<emphasis id="B975071DFD24B53FE2899EF2985E978F" bold="true" box="[199,345,1170,1195]" pageId="4" pageNumber="419">Description.</emphasis>
Male (
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̄9). Alar expanse 29.8̄
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(n=3), forewing length 12.8̄
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(n=3), body length 14.1̄
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(n=3), antenna 6.2̄
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(n=3). Head: antenna black dorsally with dark violet sheen, with a few snow-white scales at anterior margin and with a yellow elongate spot at posterior margin distally, light brown ventrally with a few yellow scales medially at base; frons grey-brown with purple sheen, with a narrow pale yellow stripe laterally; labial palpus pale yellow to white basally, black mixed with yellow apically, with two narrow, black stripes ventrad; vertex mixed with black and yellow scales; occipital fringe mixed with olive, black and yellow scales dorsally, pale yellow to white laterally. Thorax: patagium olive-green with a small yellow spot laterally; tegula dark brown; mesothorax densely covered with olive-green scales; metathorax mixed with olive-green to sooty yellow, hair-like scales; thorax grey-brown with bright greenish sheen mixed with white scales laterally; metepimeron and metameron densely covered with yellow to dirty yellow hair-like scales posteriorly. Legs: fore coxa pale yellow with admixture of black scales; fore femur pale yellow with a narrow black stripe at anterior margin; fore tibia dark brown to black with a few white scales posteriorly; fore tarsus yellow with a narrow, black stripe dorsally; mid femur in anterior half white, posterior half mixed with black and pale yellow scales; mid tibia black internally, pale yellow externally; mid tarsus black, with a broad white ring with blue-violet hue basally in basal tarsomere, and with a few white scales at base of 2nd and 3rd tarsomeres; hind femur black, with a narrow white anterior margin; hind tibia dark brown dorsally with a large, oblique yellow-orange spot medially; dark brown to black with bronze sheen ventrally, with a small white spot; spurs black; hind tarsus dark brown to black. Forewing: black basally, scattered with a few light brown scales; discal spot black with dark purple sheen, with a few dark yellow-orange scales at margins; apical area dark brown to black, with a few snow-white scales; discal spot narrow, with a small cuneiform projection proximally; transparent area well-developed; external transparent area large, divided into 6 cells (cell between veins R4 and R5 present but small), level to vein M1 about 3.5 X as broad as discal spot; cilia dark brown with bronze-purple sheen. Hindwing: transparent, with anal area dark brown, with admixture of dark yellow-orange scales and hairs; veins, discal spot and outer margin dark brown to black; discal spot narrow; outer margin narrow, about twice as narrow as cilia; cilia dark brown. Abdomen: black dorsally with blue-violet sheen; tergites 1 and 2 densely covered with sooty olive-green scales; tergites 2¯7 each with a narrow, yellow, distal margin; tergites 3 and 5 with admixture of yellow scales medially, entirely pale yellow ventrally; anal tuft small, black with a few yellow scales dorsally and pale yellow scales laterally.
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<emphasis id="B975071DFD25B53EE2D99D1A984194AB" bold="true" box="[151,326,1914,1937]" pageId="5" pageNumber="420">FIGURES 8–14.</emphasis>
Specimens and genitalia structures of
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<emphasis id="B975071DFD25B53EE0849D1A9A4694B4" box="[714,833,1914,1936]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="420">Melittia tao</emphasis>
Liang &amp; Hsu
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A246BA66FD25B53EE1819D1B9D1894B4" box="[975,1055,1915,1936]" pageId="5" pageNumber="420" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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8–9. Adult male holotype, TAIWAN: Taitung, Lanyu, Langtao Stream, (NHM). 10–11. Adult female paratype, TAIWAN: Taitung, Lanyu, Langtao Stream, (NTNU). 12–13. Genitalia of male paratype, TAIWAN: Taitung, Lanyu, Langtao Stream, (NTNU). 14. Genitalia of female paratype, TAIWAN: Taitung, Lanyu, Langtao Stream, (NTNU). Scale bar: 10 mm (8–11), 1 mm (12–14).
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Female (
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̄11). Alar expanse 32.1¯
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(n=5); forewing length 14.1¯
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(n=5); body length 15.7¯
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(n=5); antennae length 7.5¯
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(n=5). Hind tibia black internally, black ventrally with dark blue sheen; orange dorsally; hind tarsus yellow. Colour pattern otherwise as in male.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B975071DFD26B53DE2899B0F983B92AC" bold="true" box="[199,316,367,392]" pageId="6" pageNumber="421">Genitalia.</emphasis>
Male (Gen. Prep. JYL-146, NTNU,
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̄13). Tegumen-uncus-gnathos complex united; uncus bilobed distally, sparsely covered with long hairlike setae; gnathos undeveloped; valva oblong oval, divided at 3/5 from apical margin, joined with membrane; medial field narrow, with long setae, covering pocket shaped costa; ventral margin slightly exceeding distal margin of valva in length; cucullus broad, with distal margin slightly curved; saccus rather long and narrow, slightly club-shaped, rounded basally; aedeagus narrow, slightly longer than valva; vesica with numerous minute cornuti.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B975071DFD26B53DE289982798199144" bold="true" box="[199,286,583,608]" pageId="6" pageNumber="421">Female</emphasis>
(Gen. Prep. JYL-147, NTNU,
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). Papillae anales membranous, covered with short setae with a small sclerotized plate basally; tergite 8 relatively broad, with relatively long setae at posterior and interior margin ventrally; apophyses posteriors about as long as apophyses anteriores; ostium bursae opening near posterior margin of sternite 7, with heavily sclerotized, narrow ring; antrum rather broad and short, membranous; ductus bursae membranous, long, about twice as long as apophyses anteriores, enlarged, funnel-like at caudal end; corpus bursae ovoid, membranous, with signum relatively large, broadly pyriform, bifurcate posteriorly with numerous transverse, well-sclerotized, dentate stripes.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BBEDB0FFD26B53DE2D99CC29DCC9431" blockId="6.[151,1435,1698,1813]" pageId="6" pageNumber="421">
<emphasis id="B975071DFD26B53DE2D99CC29850959C" bold="true" box="[151,343,1698,1721]" pageId="6" pageNumber="421">FIGURES 15–18.</emphasis>
Immature artifacts. 15. Galls induced by infection of
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<emphasis id="B975071DFD26B53DE1D49CC49DA0959D" box="[922,1191,1699,1721]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="421">Ceratocorema woodstocki</emphasis>
Liang &amp; Hsu
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<emphasis id="B975071DFD26B53DE7099CC39C9C959C" bold="true" box="[1351,1435,1699,1720]" pageId="6" pageNumber="421">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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immature on stem of
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<emphasis id="B975071DFD26B53DE3219CA29B4695FC" box="[367,577,1730,1752]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="421">Viburnum luzonicum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. 16. Mature larva of
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<emphasis id="B975071DFD26B53DE6FE9CA29C0695F3" bold="true" box="[1200,1281,1730,1751]" pageId="6" pageNumber="421">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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in gallery of
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<emphasis id="B975071DFD26B53DE7C79CA39C9295FC" box="[1417,1429,1731,1752]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="421">V</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B975071DFD26B53DE2D99C8099F895D2" box="[151,255,1760,1782]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="421">luzonicum</emphasis>
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, exposed. 17. Swelling of
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<emphasis id="B975071DFD26B53DE0409C809A4395D2" box="[526,836,1760,1782]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="421">Trichosanthes quinquangulata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
stem by the presence of
<taxonomicName id="4C01A08CFD26B53DE60F9C809C4395D2" authority="Liang &amp; Hsu" authorityName="Liang &amp; Hsu" authorityYear="2017" box="[1089,1348,1760,1783]" class="Insecta" family="Sesiidae" genus="Melittia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="421" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tao" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B975071DFD26B53DE60F9C809DBF95D3" box="[1089,1208,1760,1783]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="421">Melittia tao</emphasis>
Liang &amp; Hsu
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B975071DFD26B53DE7059C819C9C95D2" bold="true" box="[1355,1435,1761,1782]" pageId="6" pageNumber="421">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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larva, with slit covered by frass. 18. Cocoon of
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<emphasis id="B975071DFD26B53DE0369C9F9BE99431" box="[632,750,1791,1813]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="421">Melittia tao</emphasis>
Liang &amp; Hsu
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B975071DFD26B53DE1319C9F9AD79430" bold="true" box="[895,976,1791,1812]" pageId="6" pageNumber="421">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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. made from sand grains.
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<subSubSection id="C31B8884FD26B53CE2899D22981B93F1" lastPageId="7" lastPageNumber="422" pageId="6" pageNumber="421" type="diagnosis">
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<emphasis id="B975071DFD26B53DE2899D229846947F" bold="true" box="[199,321,1858,1883]" pageId="6" pageNumber="421">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B975071DFD26B53DE3069D2298CB947E" box="[328,460,1858,1883]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="421">Melittia tao</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B975071DFD26B53DE39D9D229B2A947F" bold="true" box="[467,557,1858,1883]" pageId="6" pageNumber="421">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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is similar to
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<emphasis id="B975071DFD26B53DE0F19D239BD1947E" box="[703,726,1859,1882]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="421">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B975071DFD26B53DE0AA9D229A46947F" box="[740,833,1858,1883]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="421">celebica</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EF90A6FEFD26B53DE1079D239AD9947F" author="Le" box="[841,990,1858,1883]" pageId="6" pageNumber="421" refString="Le Cerf, F. (1916) Explication des planches. Etudes de Lepidopterologie compare, 12 (1), 7 - 14, pls. 373 - 381." type="journal article" year="1916">Le Cerf 1916</bibRefCitation>
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of Celebes in markings of body.
<taxonomicName id="4C01A08CFD26B53DE71D9D239C9B947E" authorityName="Liang &amp; Hsu" authorityYear="2017" box="[1363,1436,1859,1882]" class="Insecta" family="Sesiidae" genus="Melittia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="421" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tao">
<emphasis id="B975071DFD26B53DE71D9D239C6D947E" box="[1363,1386,1859,1882]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="421">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B975071DFD26B53DE7369D239C9B947E" box="[1400,1436,1859,1882]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="421">tao</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
may be distinguished from
<taxonomicName id="4C01A08CFD26B53DE3809D079B44945A" box="[462,579,1893,1918]" class="Insecta" family="Sesiidae" genus="Melittia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="421" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="celebic">
<emphasis id="B975071DFD26B53DE3809D0798E2945A" box="[462,485,1895,1918]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="421">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B975071DFD26B53DE3BA9D059B44945A" box="[500,579,1893,1918]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="421">celebic</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
a by cuneiform discal spot projection small and obscure in
<taxonomicName id="4C01A08CFD26B53DE6AA9D079C28945A" authorityName="Liang &amp; Hsu" authorityYear="2017" box="[1252,1327,1895,1918]" class="Insecta" family="Sesiidae" genus="Melittia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="421" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tao">
<emphasis id="B975071DFD26B53DE6AA9D079DFC945A" box="[1252,1275,1895,1918]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="421">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B975071DFD26B53DE7459D079C28945A" box="[1291,1327,1895,1918]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="421">tao</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but long and prominent in
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<emphasis id="B975071DFD26B53DE32F9DEB987F9486" box="[353,376,1931,1954]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="421">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B975071DFD26B53DE3C69DEA98E29487" box="[392,485,1930,1955]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="421">celebica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The wing pattern of
<taxonomicName id="4C01A08CFD26B53DE0919DEA9A629486" authority="Liang &amp; Hsu, 2017" authorityName="Liang &amp; Hsu" authorityYear="2017" box="[735,869,1930,1955]" class="Insecta" family="Sesiidae" genus="Melittia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="421" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tao" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B975071DFD26B53DE0919DEA9A629486" box="[735,869,1930,1955]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="421">Melittia tao</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A246BA66FD26B53DE1239DEA9ACF9487" box="[877,968,1930,1955]" pageId="6" pageNumber="421" rank="species">
<emphasis id="B975071DFD26B53DE1239DEA9ACF9487" bold="true" box="[877,968,1930,1955]" pageId="6" pageNumber="421">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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is most similar to that of
<taxonomicName id="4C01A08CFD26B53DE6BF9DEB98AB94E2" authority="Arita &amp; Gorbunov 2002" authorityName="Arita &amp; Gorbunov" authorityYear="2002" class="Insecta" family="Sesiidae" genus="Melittia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="421" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="taiwanensis">
<emphasis id="B975071DFD26B53DE6BF9DEB9C0F9486" box="[1265,1288,1931,1954]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="421">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B975071DFD26B53DE7569DEB9C9B9486" box="[1304,1436,1931,1954]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="421">taiwanensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
of
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and
<taxonomicName id="4C01A08CFD26B53DE02A9DCF9D8694E2" authority="Arita &amp; Gorbunov 2000" authorityName="Arita &amp; Gorbunov" authorityYear="2000" box="[612,1153,1965,1990]" class="Insecta" family="Sesiidae" genus="Melittia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="421" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="afonini" subSpecies="tonkinensis">
<emphasis id="B975071DFD26B53DE02A9DCF9B7C94E2" box="[612,635,1967,1990]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="421">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B975071DFD26B53DE0C29DCE9A6594E2" box="[652,866,1965,1990]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="421">afonini tonkinensis</emphasis>
Arita &amp; Gorbunov 2000
</taxonomicName>
of
<collectingCountry id="F3169B9FFD26B53DE6E59DCD9C0A94E2" box="[1195,1293,1965,1990]" name="Vietnam" pageId="6" pageNumber="421">Vietnam</collectingCountry>
, but may be distinguished from these species using the following characters: Tergites 6 and 7 each with a narrow yellow stripe in
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<emphasis id="B975071DFD27B53CE2F99AF999C99394" box="[183,206,153,176]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="422">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B975071DFD27B53CE2AE9AF998039394" box="[224,260,153,176]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="422">tao</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but white in
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<emphasis id="B975071DFD27B53CE3E29AF99B5E9394" box="[428,601,153,176]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="422">M. taiwanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Mesothorax with olive-green scales in
<taxonomicName id="4C01A08CFD27B53CE67E9AF99D7A9394" authorityName="Liang &amp; Hsu" authorityYear="2017" box="[1072,1149,152,176]" class="Insecta" family="Sesiidae" genus="Melittia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="422" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tao">
<emphasis id="B975071DFD27B53CE67E9AF99D409394" box="[1072,1095,153,176]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="422">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B975071DFD27B53CE6179AF99D7A9394" box="[1113,1149,153,176]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="422">tao</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but black in
<emphasis id="B975071DFD27B53CE76A9AF9981B93F1" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="422">
<taxonomicName id="4C01A08CFD27B53CE76A9AF9981E93F1" authorityName="Arita &amp; Gorbunov" authorityYear="2000" class="Insecta" family="Sesiidae" genus="Melittia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="422" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="afonini" subSpecies="tonkinensis">M. afonini tonkinensis</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C31B8884FD27B53CE2899ABF99E49239" pageId="7" pageNumber="422" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="8BBEDB0FFD27B53CE2899ABF99E49239" blockId="7.[151,1436,151,429]" pageId="7" pageNumber="422">
<emphasis id="B975071DFD27B53CE2899ABF984993DC" bold="true" box="[199,334,223,248]" pageId="7" pageNumber="422">Etymology.</emphasis>
This new species is named after
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, a language of Taiwanese aborigines,
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People, of Lanyu Island.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C31B8884FD27B53CE2899B479DB492AC" pageId="7" pageNumber="422" type="biology_ecology">
<paragraph id="8BBEDB0FFD27B53CE2899B479DB492AC" blockId="7.[151,1436,151,429]" pageId="7" pageNumber="422">
<emphasis id="B975071DFD27B53CE2899B4798209264" bold="true" box="[199,295,295,320]" pageId="7" pageNumber="422">Biology.</emphasis>
The larvae bore singly into the main stem of 0.5̄
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diameter of
<taxonomicName id="4C01A08CFD27B53CE60B9B47984E9241" authorityName="A. Gray" authorityYear="1854" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Cucurbitaceae" genus="Trichosanthes" kingdom="Plantae" order="Cucurbitales" pageId="7" pageNumber="422" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="quinquangulata">
<emphasis id="B975071DFD27B53CE60B9B479C9B9264" box="[1093,1436,295,320]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="422">Trichosanthes quinquangulata</emphasis>
(Cucurbitaceae)
</taxonomicName>
and produce elongate swelling (
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). The fully grown larva burrows into the soil and pupates in an earthen cocoon covered by sand grains, at proximately
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below the surface (
<figureCitation id="133AC78AFD27B53CE61C9B0F9DA192AC" box="[1106,1190,367,392]" captionStart="FIGURES 15 – 18" captionStartId="6.[151,264,1698,1721]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,877,1678]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[151,1436,877,1678]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 15 – 18. Immature artifacts. 15. Galls induced by infection of Ceratocorema woodstocki Liang &amp; Hsu sp. nov. immature on stem of Viburnum luzonicum. 16. Mature larva of Ceratocorema woodstocki Liang &amp; Hsu sp. nov. in gallery of V. luzonicum, exposed. 17. Swelling of Trichosanthes quinquangulata stem by the presence of Melittia tao Liang &amp; Hsu sp. nov. larva, with slit covered by frass. 18. Cocoon of Melittia tao Liang &amp; Hsu sp. nov.. made from sand grains." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/836074/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="422">Fig. 18</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C31B8884FD27B53CE2899BF49A369289" box="[199,817,404,429]" pageId="7" pageNumber="422" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8BBEDB0FFD27B53CE2899BF49A369289" blockId="7.[151,1436,151,429]" box="[199,817,404,429]" pageId="7" pageNumber="422">
<emphasis id="B975071DFD27B53CE2899BF498679289" bold="true" box="[199,352,404,429]" pageId="7" pageNumber="422">Distribution.</emphasis>
Known only from Lanyu Island,
<collectingCountry id="F3169B9FFD27B53CE0969BF49A299289" box="[728,814,404,429]" name="Taiwan" pageId="7" pageNumber="422">Taiwan</collectingCountry>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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