Meges tonkineus Bi & Chen & Lin 2022, comb. nov.
Creators
- 1. Engineering Research Center for Forest and Grassland Disaster Prevention and Reduction, Mianyang Normal University, Mianyang, Sichuan 621000, China. https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9219 - 724 X & Room 401, No. 2, Lane 155, Lianhua South Road, Shanghai, 201100 China
- 2. NPS office, Tianjin New Wei San Industrial Company, Ltd., Tianjin, China
- 3. Engineering Research Center for Forest and Grassland Disaster Prevention and Reduction, Mianyang Normal University, Mianyang, Sichuan 621000, China. https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9219 - 724 X & Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1 - 5 Beichen West Road, Chaoyang Dist., Beijing, 100101, China
Description
Meges tonkineus (Clermont, 1932) comb. nov.
(Figs. 2, 7, 9)
Magninia tonkinea Clermont, 1932: 215, fig. on page 215. Type locality: Tien-Yen, Tonkin, Vietnam.
Type material examined. Holotype, female, “ Tonkin / Tien-yen ”, “ex. Jeanvoine / Coll. Clermont ”, “ Type ”, “ Magninia / tonkinea / Clerm. / type ”, “ tonkinea Clerm ”, “TYPE”, “ Museum Paris / Coll. M. Pic ” (MNHN). Examined by photographs taken by Gan-Yan Yang & Hong-Liang Shi in 2011.
Other material examined. China (Guangxi): 1 male, Guangxi, Jinxiu, Dayaoshan, 900 m, 2018.VIII.11, local collector (CCCC). China (Hainan): 1 male, Hainan, Ledong, Jianfengling, 950 m, 2015.V.7-12, leg. Yu-Tang Wang & Nan-Yi Tsai (CCCC); 1 female, ditto except 2018.V.21, local collector (CCCC); 1 female, ditto except 2018.VI.2, local collector (CCCC).
Complementary description. Male (Fig. 2). Body length 48.5–49.4 mm, humeral width 14.6–15.0 mm. General appearance similar to the female described by Clermont (1932). Body slightly slenderer. Antenna about 2.0 times of body length. Legs relatively longer and thicker. Endophallus in everted condition (Fig. 9), almost identical to Meges gravidus as described above, but relatively slenderer.
Female. Body length 55.0– 57.3 mm, humeral width 16.6–17.8 mm.
Distribution. China: Hainan (new Province record), Guangxi; Vietnam: “ Tonkin ”.
Remarks. The resemblances of the endophallic structures between this species and Meges gravidus (Figs. 8. 9.), indicate a close relationship. This species can be easily distinguished from the latter by its larger body size, antennae longer, protibial subapical tooth sharper, elytra broader with smooth base which lacks remarkable granule, elytral humeri remarkably spined and elytral disk bearing fewer maculae of relatively lighter color.
Huang et al. (2002) firstly recorded this species from Guangxi, China. We confirmed the distribution in Guangxi and added Hainan as a new locality based on new material.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- CCCC , MNHN
- Event date
- 2015-05-07 , 2018-05-21 , 2018-06-02 , 2018-08-11
- Family
- Cerambycidae
- Genus
- Meges
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Bi & Chen & Lin
- Species
- tonkineus
- Taxonomic status
- comb. nov.
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype
- Verbatim event date
- 2015-05-07/12 , 2018-08-11
- Taxonomic concept label
- Meges tonkineus (Clermont, 1932) sec. Bi, Chen & Lin, 2022
References
- Clermont, J. (1932) Description d'un genre et d'une espece nouveaux de Cerambycidae de la sous-famille des Lamiinae [Col.]. Bulletin de la Societe Entomologique de France, 37 (15), 214 - 216. https: // doi. org / 10.3406 / bsef. 1932.14460
- Pascoe F. P. (1858) On new genera and species of longicorn Coleoptera. Part III. The Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, (2) 4 (6 - 7), 236 - 266, pls XXV, XXVI. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2311.1858. tb 01823. x
- Westwood, J. O. (1848) The cabinet of oriental entomology; being a selection of rare and beautiful insects, natives of India and the adjacent islands. W. Smith, London ii + 88 pp., 42 pls. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 34273
- Huang, J. - H., Zhou, S. - Y. & Wang, S. - N. (2002) A checklist of Cerambycidae from Mao'er Mountain Natural Reserve, Guangxi (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Journal of Guangxi Normal University, 20 (3), 64 - 68.