Chilocorus melas Weise, 1898

Li, Wenjing, Huo, Lizhi, Wang, Di, Ahrens, Dirk & Wang, Xingmin, 2018, Contribution to the genus Chilocorus Leach, 1815 (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Chilocorini), with descriptions of two new species from China, European Journal of Taxonomy 469, pp. 1-34 : 9-10

Chilocorus melas Weise, 1898

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Chilocorus melas Weise, 1898b: 229 .

Chilocorus gressitti Miyatake, 1970: 330 . Chilocorus melas – Korschefsky 1932: 243. — Booth 1998: 364. — Poorani 2002: 311. — Pang et al. 2004: 28. — Kovář 2007: 593. — Ren et al. 2009: 132.

Chilocorus gressitti – Pang & Mao 1979: 84. — Hoáng 1983: 18. — Jing 1992: 567. — Cao et al. 1992: 159. — Pang et al. 2002: 317.

Chilocorus nigritus – Liu 1963: 78.

Material examined

CHINA: Guangdong Prov.: 1 ♀, Tianma, Xinhui, 24 Apr. 1956, Z.B. Zhou leg. ( SCAU); 4 ♀♀, Xinhui, Nov. 1956, collector unknown ( SCAU); 1 ♀, Nanhai, 14 Oct. 1955, L.B. Huo leg. ( SCAU). – Guangxi Prov.: 1 Ƌ, Longsheng, 6 Apr. 1974, Y.L. Luo leg. ( SCAU); 1 Ƌ, Nanning, 4 Aug. 1985, X.F. Pang leg. ( SCAU). – Fujian Prov.: 1 Ƌ, Huaan, 26 Apr. 1982, Y.Q. Tang leg. ( SCAU). – Hainan Prov.: 1 Ƌ; 3 ♀♀, Diaoluoshan, Jul. 1995, Z.Q. Peng leg. ( SCAU); 1 Ƌ, Diaoluoshan, 8 May 2005, X.M. Wang leg. ( SCAU); 1 Ƌ, Dongfang, 27 Nov. 1997, Z.Q. Peng leg. ( SCAU).

Distribution

China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Sichuan, Yunnan, Hongkong) ( Fig. 21 ), Burma, Thailand, Laos, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Indonesia.

Figures

Fig. 5. Chilocorus melas Weise, 1898. a. Dorsal view. b. Lateral view. c. Frontal view. d. Abdomen. e. Penis. f. Apex of penis. g. Tegmen, lateral view. h. Tegmen, ventral view. i. ovipositor. Scale bars: 0.1 mm. (SCAU)

Fig. 21. Distribution map. () = Chilocorus politus Mulsant, 1850; () = C. yunlongensis Cao & Xiao, 1984; (●) = C. nigricaeruleus Li & Wang sp. nov.; (Ǫ) = C. nigrita (Fabricius, 1798); (▲) = C. melas Weise, 1898; () = C. rubidus Hope, 1831; (■) = C. chinensis Miyatake, 1970; (□) = C. rufitarsis Motschulsky, 1853; () = C. hauseri Weise, 1895; () = C. circumdatus (Gyllenhal, 1808).