Pyrestes haematicus Pascoe, 1857

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

Pyrestes haematicus Pascoe, 1857

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Pyrestes haematicus Pascoe, 1857: 97. TL: China (North); TD: NHMUK

Pyrestes cardinalis Pascoe, 1863: 50. TL: China (Hong Kong); TD: NHMUK. Synonymised by Gressitt 1939: 31.

Distribution.

Palaearctic Region: China (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hainan, Henan, Hong Kong, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jangxi, Shaanxi, Taiwan, Yunnan, Zhejiang); North & South Korea ( Yiu and Yip 2011; Lin and Yang 2019; Danilevsky 2020).

Macau records.

Taipa, University of East Asia Campus, 28 March & 24 April on wall of Block I building, " Pyrestes haematica Pascoe" ( Easton 1992: 34); Coloane, Cheoc Van, 16 May 2019, perched on coastal vegetation, R Perissinotto & L Clennell (IZCAS); Coloane Heights, 18 Jun 2020, on flowers of Acronychia pedunculata in garden, R Perissinotto & L Clennell (MACT, IZCAS); ibidem 3 Jul 2020, on flowers of Elaeocarpus sylvestris , R Perissinotto; Coloane, 20 May 2021, Lynette Clennell (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/79506655).

Remarks.

In Macau, adults are active only during late spring to early summer and specimens range in total length 10-16 mm and 2-4 mm in maximum width. They feed on a variety of flowers during the hottest part of the day, including Acronychia pedunculata , Dalbergia benthamii and Elaeocarpus sylvestris . Known larval food plants include Cinnamomum camphora , Machilus spp. and Pueraria lobata ( Lim et al. 2014).

Figures

Figure 23. Pyrestes haematicus Pascoe, 1857: dorsal (A) and lateral (B) views of specimens observed at Coloane, Cheoc-Van (16 May 2019) and on Coloane Heights (18 Jun 2020), respectively (photographs: LC).