Apomecyna longicollis longicollis Pic, 1926

Lin, Mei-Ying, Perissinotto, Renzo & Clennell, Lynette, 2021, Census of the longhorn beetles (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae and Vesperidae) of the Macau SAR, China, ZooKeys 1049, pp. 79-161 : 79

Apomecyna longicollis longicollis Pic, 1926

Fig. 27

Apomecyna longicollis Pic, 1926: 28. TL: Vietnam (Tonkin); TD: MNHN

Distribution.

Palaearctic Region: China (Guizhou, Hong Kong, Jiangxi, Yunnan) ( Yiu 2009; Lin and Yang 2019; Danilevsky 2020). Oriental Region: Laos; Thailand; Vietnam ( Hua 2002).

Macau records.

Great Taipa, 26 Apr 2019, in ablution block, R Perissinotto & L Clennell (IZCAS); Little Taipa, 28 Apr 2019, crushed in ablution block, R Perissinotto (IZCAS); ibidem 26 Apr 2019, under monument spotlight (IZCAS × 2); Coloane Village, 25 Apr 2020 under light in ablution block, R Perissinotto & L Clennell (MACT); ibidem 31 Aug 2020, R Perissinotto & L Clennell; Taipa, Minho Str., 23 May 2020 8:04, Eric Kwan (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/46988120); St. Francis Xavier’s Parish [Coloane], 24 May 2020 1:50, Kit Chang (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/47082158); ibidem 12 Jun 2020 2:13, Kit Chang (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/49251842); ibidem 24 May 2020 22:19, Kisu Wong (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/54388789); ibidem 6 May 2021, Lynette Clennell (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/77832643); Our Lady of Carmel’s Parish [Great Taipa], 31 Aug 2020 16:10, Lynette Clennell (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/58131197).

Remarks.

In Macau, adults are active throughout spring and summer, ranging in total length 7-10 mm and 1.5-3 mm in maximum width. Like the other species of this genus, A. l. longicollis is nocturnal and readily attracted to artificial lights. There is no published information on its larval host plant(s).

Figures

Figure 27. Apomecyna longicollis longicollis Pic, 1926: dorsal (A) and lateral (B) views of specimens observed on Coloane Heights (12 Jun 2020) and Coloane Village (25 Apr 2020), respectively (photographs: A Kit Chang B LC).