Chlamydatus pulicarius (Fallén, 1807)

(Figs. 3 –4, 10, 14 –15, 21– 23)

Lygaeus pulicarius Fallén, 1807: 95.

Orthocephalus flavipes Matsumura, 1911: 39.

Chlamydatus pulicarius: Wagner and Weber, 1964: 426; Kelton, 1965: 1132; Kerzhner, 1978: 44; Bao­ying Qi. and Nonnaizab, 1995: 61; Tamanini, 1982: 127; Schuh and Schwartz, 2005: 42.

Diagnosis: Recognized by the relatively large size, total length 2.65–3.24, the often ovate to obovate body form, submacropterous and the hemelytra just covering the abdomen (Fig. 4), or macropterous, and the unicolorous black dorsum. The coloration of antennal segments I and II varying from yellow to entirely black. Femora dark with pale distal bands or not (Figs. 14–15). Most easily confused with C. pullus, but C. pulicarius total length 2.65 or more, whereas C. pullus always less than 2.40.

Male genitalia (Figs. 21–23): Vesica convoluted, and with a long, apical process and not tapering towards apex; secondary gonopore well sclerotized, distant from apex of vesica; apical portion of phallotheca elongate.

Specimens Examined: CHINA: Hebei Province: Weichang County (41 ° 15 'N, 117 ° 12 'E), 7 males, 6 females, 17–19.vii. 2000, Huai­jun Xue leg.. Nei Mongol Autonomous Region: Alihe (50 ° 34 'N, 123 ° 42 'E), 4 males, 6 females, 11.vii. 1988, Hongyang Li leg.; Bugt (48 ° 46 'N, 121 ° 53 'E), 5 males, 4 females, 4.vii. 1988, Hong­yang Li leg.; Mordaga (51 ° 17 'N, 120 ° 43 'E), 1 male, 3 females, 8.vii. 1988, Hong­yang Li leg.; Tomortei (41 ° 52 'N, 113 ° 8 'E), 2 males, 16 females, 12–13.vii. 2000, Huai­jun Xue and Chang­fa Zhou leg.. Jilin Province: Changbai Mountains (42 ° 2 'N, 128 ° 8 'E), alt. 1100m, 2 males, 1 female, 2.vii. 1986, Hong­yang Li and Wen­jun Bu leg.. Heilongjiang Province: Mohe County (53 ° 1 'N, 122 ° 27 'E), 1 male, 3 females, 7.vii. 1984, Ping­ping Chen leg.; Yichun City (47 ° 42 'N, 128 ° 56 'E), 2 males, 2 females, 21.vii. 1980, Le­yi Zheng leg.. Sichuan Province: Zoigé County (Dagcagoin) (33 ° 37 'N, 102 ° 57 'E), alt. 3300m, 72 males, 47 females, 25–26.vii. 1963, Sheng­li Liu, Jiang Xiong and Huan­guang Zou leg.. Qinghai Province: Hui Autonous county of Menyuan (37 ° 22 'N, 101 ° 38 'E), 12 males, 2 females, 20.vii. 1989, Le­yi Zheng leg.. Ningxia Province: Liupan Mountains (35 ° 24 'N, 106 ° 14 'E), 1 male, 2 females, 7.viii. 1987.

Distribution: China (Hebei, Nei Mongol, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Sichuan, Qinghai, Ningxia), Sweden, Denmark, Russia, Germany, England, France, Spain, Austria, Italy, Canada, and USA.