Meligethes kasparyani Kirejtshuk, 1984

Audisio, Paolo, Jelínek, Josef & Cooter, Jonathan, 2005, New and little-known species of Meligethes Stephens, 1830 from China (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 45, pp. 111-127 : 21-22

Meligethes kasparyani Kirejtshuk, 1984

( Fig. 28 )

Material examined. CHINA: BEIJING Principality, Dongling Mts., Xiaolongmen, 39° 97´N, 115° 43´E, 1500 m a.s.l., 17.vi.2001, on Labiates, J. Cooter & P. Hlaváč leg., 15 JJ 12 ♀♀ ( CAR, NMPC, CSN). New species for China.

This species ( Fig. 28 ) was described from material from eastern Russia, Primorje Territory ( KIREJTSHUK 1984), and it was hitherto only known from that region ( KIREJTSHUK 1992). As

recorded above, its known larval host-plant is Lamium barbatum Siebold & Zucc. (Lamiaceae) ( KIREJTSHUK 1992).

Figures

Fig. 28. Habitus of M. kasparyani Kirejtshuk, 1984. J from Beijing principality, Xiaolongmen. Length: 2.6 mm.