Pterolophia consularis (Pascoe, 1866)

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Praonetha consularis Pascoe, 1866: 240. TL: Malaysia (Malacca); TD: NHMUK

Pterolophia cervina Gressitt, 1939: 74. TL: China (Guangdong); TD: SYSU

Distribution.

Palaearctic Region: China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hong Kong, Yunnan); Bhutan; India (Sikkim) (Yiu 2009; Lin and Yang 2019; Danilevsky 2020). Oriental Region: Laos; Malaysia (Malacca); Myanmar; Indonesia (Sumatra); Vietnam (Kariyanna et al. 2017). Afrotropical Region: Madagascar (Kariyanna et al. 2017).

Macau records.

Coloane Village, 1 Jun 2020, on mosquito trap in ablution block, R Perissinotto & L Clennell (IZCAS); ibidem 2 May 2021, Lynette Clennell (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/76790081).

Remarks.

The only two specimens observed in Macau exhibited a total length of 9-9.5 mm and a maximum width of 4 mm. Its general morphology matches rather well that of Pterolophia cervina Gressit, 1939 from Guangdong, which was recently considered as a synonym of Praonetha consularis Pascoe, 1866 (Weigel et al. 2013). It also resembles closely P. (Mimoron) brevegibbosa Pic, 1926 from Lantau Island, Hong Kong (Hayashi 1982, pl. 2, fig. 6). So, it is possible that all of them actually represent the same species, with the name P. (P.) consularis being the most senior. However, if the type species from Malaysia is different, then P. (M.) brevegibbosa will be the senior name for the species from Macau, Guangdong, Hong Kong and Hainan Island. Yiu (2009) reported that larvae of this species in Hong Kong bore into plants of Zea mays and Hua (2002) listed as host plant also Casuarina equisetifolia .