Eustrangalis (Metalleustrangalis) aeneipennis aeneipennis ( Fairmaire, 1889 )

Wang, Yingqi, Xie, Guanglin & Wang, Wenkai, 2024, New data on the genus Eustrangalis Bates from China (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae, Lepturinae), Zootaxa 5453 (4), pp. 558-566 : 559

Eustrangalis (Metalleustrangalis) aeneipennis aeneipennis ( Fairmaire, 1889)

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Stenura aeneipennis Fairmaire, 1889: 63 . Type locality: Moupin , Sichuan, China.

Eustrangalis aeneipennis : Gressitt, 1951: 119; Hayashi & Villiers, 1985: 8 (partim); Pu, 1992: 594; N. Ohbayashi, 2003: 364; Lin, 2017: 35; Chen et al., 2019: 33.

Eustrangalis (Metalleustrangalis) aeneipennis aeneipennis : N. Ohbayashi & Lin, 2023: 112.

Material examined. Five males and seven females, China: Hubei province, Shengnongjia National Forest Park (ėƛ架), Xinhua forest farm (Ế华µ场), 31°36′11″N, 110°51′52″E, alt. 870 m, 7 May 2021, coll. Weiwei Zhao, Manying Liu and Ping Wang ; ten males and fifteen females, China: Hubei province, Xingshan (兴山), Longmenhe Nature Reserve (ËḢ河), 31°18′16″N, 110°28′60″E, alt. 1720 m, 10 June 2021, coll. Weiwei Zhao, Manying Liu and Ping Wang ; one male, China: Hubei province, Shengnongjia National Forest Park (ėƛ架), Yousongping (油 松坪), 31°34′6″N, 110°20′17″E, alt. 2080 m, 11 June 2021, coll. Weiwei Zhao ; one male, China: Hubei province, Shengnongjia National Forest Park, Yousongping , 31°34′6″N, 110°20′17″E, alt. 2080 m, 14 June 2021, coll. Ping Wang ; two males and four females, China: Hubei province, Shengnongjia National Forest Park, Yousongping , 31°34′31″N, 110°20′35″E, alt. 2075 m, 15 June 2022, coll. Weiwei Zhao and Jialing Chen ; one female, China: Hubei province, Shengnongjia National Forest Park, Yousongping , 31°34′52″N, 110°20′7″E, alt. 2015 m, 15 June 2022, coll. Weiwei Zhao and Jialing Chen ; two males and two females, China: Hubei province, Shengnongjia National Forest Park, Yousongping , 31°34′52″N, 110°20′7″E, alt. 2015 m, 16 June 2022, coll. Weiwei Zhao and Jialing Chen ; five males and five females, China: Hubei province, Shengnongjia National Forest Park, Yousongping , 31°34′31″N, 110°20′35″E, alt. 2075 m, 16 June 2022, coll. Weiwei Zhao and Jialing Chen ; four males and five females, China: Hubei province, Shengnongjia National Forest Park, Yousongping , 31°34′31″N, 110°20′35″E, alt. 2075 m, 17 June 2022, coll. Weiwei Zhao and Jialing Chen.

Distribution. China: Sichuan, Shaanxi, Hubei (new province record).

Comments. A total of 69 specimens (30 males and 39 females) from Hubei province were examined in this study, which represent the new province record. Those specimens are collected on the flowers of Cornus controversa Hemsley , Cornus walteri Wanger , Cornus alba Linnaeus ( Cornaceae ) and Castanea seguinii Dode ( Fagaceae ), which means that this species visits the flowers of the genus Cornus Linnaeus and Castanea Miller.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Habitus of Eustrangalis (Metalleustrangalis) aeneipennis aeneipennis (Fairmaire, 1889). a, b. male; c, d. female; d. living adult on the flower of Castanea seguinii Dode; scale: 5 mm.