Meligethes (Meligethes) transmissus Kirejtshuk, 1988

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 : 548

Meligethes (Meligethes) transmissus Kirejtshuk, 1988

Examined material. China, SICHUAN, LUDINg COUNTY, MOXI TOWN, MT. GONggA, HAILUOgOU, 1950 m A.S.L., 29.683333° 102.083333°, 23.vI.2017, LIU & AUDISIO LgT, ON Rosa cymosa , 8 ♂, 10 ♀ ( NWAU, CAR-MZUR, NMPC, ARCC).

Distribution. SW CHINA (SICHUAN, YUNNAN) (AUDISIO et al. 2015).

Host-plants. THE HOST-pLANTS Of THIS UNCOmmON SpECIES WERE pREvIOUSLY UNKNOWN. ALL THE AbOvE LISTED SpECImENS HAvE bEEN COLLECTED, ALONg WITH TWO LARvAE, ON fLOWERINg SHRUbS Of R. cymosa ( FIg. 3D ), IN OpEN SpACES AT THE EDgE Of LARgE ROCKS bORDERINg CULTIvATED fIELDS AND ROADSIDES. THIS bEETLE SpECIES WAS REpORTED fROm LOCALITIES AT INTERmEDIATE AND HIgH ALTITUDES (1500–2800 m; AUDISIO et al. 2015).

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FIGURE 3. Actual and/or putative Rosaceae larval host plants of Meligethes (Meligethes) species: a, Rosa multiflora from Zhejiang (host plant of M. (M.) violaceus); b, Rosa sericea from Sichuan (host plant of M. (M.) elytralis and probably also of M. (M.) macrofemoratus); c, Rosa soulieana from Sichuan (host plant of M. (M.) binotatus); d, Rosa cymosa from Sichuan (likely host plant of M. (M.) transmissus); e, Rosa moyesii from Sichuan (likely host plant of M. (M.) semenovi); f, Rosa giraldii from Shaanxi (probably the host plant of M.(M.) aurifer).