Mimela campyloclados Prokofiev et Zorn, 2016

Hongsuwong, T., Jaitrong, W., Tasen, W. & Zorn, C., 2020, New records of the chining leaf chafer beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Rutelinae) from Thailand and Laos, Far Eastern Entomologist 398, pp. 8-17 : 12-14

Mimela campyloclados Prokofiev et Zorn, 2016

Figs 13–24

Mimela campyloclados Prokofiev & Zorn, 2016: 331 . Type locality: Binh Thuan,

Vietnam (CAP).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. Thailand: Chantaburi province, Khao Kitchakut district,

Pluang subdistrict, 29.III 2019, 2 males ( THNHM –I–09927, THNHM and CTH) and 2

females ( THNHM –I–09928, THNHM and CTH), T. Hongsuwong leg.; Laos: Sekong-

Salavan province border region, ca. 51 km N Sekong, Ho Chi Minh trail, 15°48.1N ,

106°39.4E, ca. 580m, 13–15.V 2010, 1 male ( CCZ), St. Jakl leg.; Vietnam: Đắk Nông province, Quảng SƠn, V. 2018, 2 males ( CCZ), local collector leg .

MEASUREMENTS. Male (n = 2): TL 18.5–18.9 mm; EW 9.8–10.1 mm; PW 4.3–4.5

mm; PL 8.2–8.3 mm. Female (n = 2): TL 18.5–18.7 mm; EW 10.5–10.8 mm; PW 4.6–4.8

mm; PL 8.0– 8.1 mm.

DIAGNOSIS. Adult. Mimela campyloclados is most similar to Mimela ignistriata Lin,

1990 (from Northern Thailand and southern China). This species can be separated from the latter by the more weakly expressed fiery red to purple oblique stripes on elytra and a dif-

ferent aedeagus with a less strongly bent left paramere in Mimela campyloclados . Male genitalia. Asymmetric aedeagus (see Figs 21–24 ).

DISTRIBUTION. South Vietnam (Prokofiev & Zorn, 2016), Laos (new record), and

Thailand (new record). Mimela campyloclados is only known from scattered records, which are all situated on Indochina Peninsula.

REMARKS. This species is feeding on Mangifera species (based on own observation).

Some adults were attracted to light.

13 – habitus, dorsal view; 14 – habitus, lateral view; 15 – habitus, ventral view; 19 – fore leg;

16–18, 20 – female: 16 – habitus, dorsal view; 17 – habitus, lateral view; 18 – habitus,

ventral view; 20 – fore leg.

dorsal view; 22 – ventral view; 23 – left lateral view; 24 – right lateral view.

LIST OF THE SPECIES OF THE GENERA MIMELA , PARASTASIA AND RUTELARCHA RECORDED FROM THAILAND

List of eighteen species of Mimela , eight species of Parastasia and one species of Rutelarcha known from Thailand is given below ( Table 1).

Figures

Figs 13–20. Mimela campyloclados, Thailand: Chantaburi province, 13–15, 19 – male:

Figs 21–24. Mimela campyloclados, Thailand: Chantaburi province, male genitalia: 21 –