Meligethes (Odonthogethes) ferruginoides Audisio, Sabatelli & Jelínek, 2015

Liu, Meike, Huang, Min, Cline, Andrew Richard & Audisio, Paolo, 2018, New and poorly known Meligethes Stephens from China, with bionomical data on some species (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae: Meligethinae), Zootaxa 4392 (3), pp. 546-566 : 561

Meligethes (Odonthogethes) ferruginoides Audisio, Sabatelli & Jelínek, 2015

Examined material. China, SICHUAN, LUDINg COUNTY, MOXI TOWN, MT. GONggA, HAILUOgOU, 2950–2970 m A.S.L., 29.575° 101.996667°, 22.vI.2017, LIU & AUDISIO LgT, bY SWEEpINg ON SHRUbS AT fOREST EDgES, 1 ♂, 2 ♀ (NWAU, CAR-MZUR, NMPC); SICHUAN, LUDINg COUNTY, MOXI TOWN, MT. GONggA, SWALLOW-GULLY, 2450–2570 m A.S.L., 29.689167° 102.066944°, 23.vI.2017, LIU & AUDISIO LgT, ON Pyracantha fortuneana (MAXImOWICZ) H. L. LI ( ROSACEAE ), 3 ♂, 5 ♀ (NWAU, CAR-MZUR, NMPC, ARCC).

Distribution. CENTRAL AND SW CHINA (HUbEI, SICHUAN) (AUDISIO et al. 2015) ( FIg. 6b ).

Host-plants. CONCLUSIvE SpECIfIC HOST DATA REmAINS SOmEWHAT pRObLEmATIC, bUT SOmE ADULT SpECImENS HAvE bEEN COLLECTED (SEE AbOvE: SWALLOW-GULLY, MOXI TOWN, SICHUAN, JUNE 2017) ON fLOWERS Of THE SHRUb Pyracantha fortuneana (MAXImOWICZ) H. L. LI ( ROSACEAE ), WHICH WAS RECENTLY RECOgNIZED AS THE LIKELY LARvAL HOST-pLANT Of Meligethes (Odonthogethes) pseudochinensis AUDISIO, SAbATELLI & JELÍNEK, 2015 ( FIg. 6 IN LIU et al. 2017). ADDITIONAL COLLECTINg EvENTS ARE NEEDED THAT fOCUS ON ObTAININg LARvAL mATERIAL.

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FIGURE 6. Distribution maps of Meligethes (Odonthogethes) species; a (M. simulator, M. pallidoelytrorum, M. luteomaculatus sp. n., M. tricuspidatus sp. n., and M. trapezithorax sp. n.); b (M.wagneri, M. ferruginoides, M. pectoralis, M. pseudopectoralis).