Xystrocera globosa (Olivier, 1795)

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Cerambyx globosus Olivier, 1795: 27, pl. XII, fig. 81. TL: Indonesia ( “Batavia”); TD: Unknown.

Distribution.

Palaearctic Region: Bhutan; China (Anhui, Chongqing, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hebei, Henan, Hong Kong, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Taiwan, Shaanxi, Shandong, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang); Egypt; India (Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Uttarakhand); Israel (introduced); Japan; Nepal; North & South Korea; Pakistan (Yiu 2009; Lin and Yang 2019; Danilevsky 2020). Oriental Region: Bangladesh; Cambodia; India; Indonesia; Laos; Malaysia; Myanmar; Philippines; Sri Lanka; Thailand; Vietnam (Hua 2002; Kariyanna et al. 2019). Also widely distributed in Afrotropical Region (Africa), Nearctic Region (North America) as well as Australian and Pacific regions (Oceania) (Danilevsky 2020).

Macau records.

Taipa, University of East Asia Campus, 9 Apr & 5 May 1992, on outside wall of Block I building, (Easton 1992: 35); Macau, University of East Asia, Taipa [no date], ER Easton leg (UMEC); ibidem Block F, 9 Apr 1990, ER Easton leg (UMEC); no data, " Xystrocera globosa (Olivier), 合歡雙條天牛 27 mm" (Pun and Batalha 1997: 65, fig. 106); 1♀, Coloane, 2 Apr 1993, Albizia chinensis, WM Ng, Xystrocera globosa (CIAM); 1♂, ibidem 16 Oct 1993, Xystrocera globosa, WW Pun (CIAM); Taipa Central, 18 Mar 2019, on building wall, R Perissinotto; Little Taipa, 28 Apr 2019, under monument spotlight, R Perissinotto & L Clennell (IZCAS); ibidem 1 Sep 2019, R Perissinotto & L Clennell (MACT); Coloane Village, 6 Oct 2019, L Clennell; Coloane Heights 7 Mar 2020, on trunk of Albizia lebbeck, R Perissinotto; ibidem 26 Mar 2020, R Perissinotto; ibidem 11 Apr 2020, R Perissinotto & L Clennell; ibidem 21 Apr 2020, on trunk of Albizia lebbeck, R Perissinotto; ibidem 28 Aug 2020, under spotlight, R Perissinotto & L Clennell (IZCAS); ibidem 4 Sep 2019, R Perissinotto & L Clennell (MACT); Great Taipa, 4 Apr 2020 20:57, Eric Kwan (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/41422999); ibidem 4 Apr 2020 20:55, Kisu Wong (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/49550012); ibidem 4 Apr 2020 21:02, Kit Chang (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/48643480); ibidem 12 Mar 2021, Lynette Clennell (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/71056521); Coloane, Tin Hau Temple, 26 Apr 2020 23:55, Eric Kwan (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/43840228); St. Francis Xavier’s Parish [Coloane], 5 Oct 2019 16:24, Lynette Clennell (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/56122495); ibidem 26 Apr 2020 23:32, Kisu Wong (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/43868252); ibidem 4 Apr 2021 13:49, Lynette Clennell (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/72875264); [Macau Peninsula] Jardim de Lou Lim Loc, 5 Apr 2021 10:46, Eric Kwan (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/72982387).

Remarks.

In Macau, adults are active from early spring till mid-autumn and range in total length 24-30.5 mm and 5-8 mm in maximum width. In the Coloane area, adults have repeatedly been observed while emerging from exit holes on dead or moribund trunks of Albizia lebbeck . In nearby Hong Kong, host plants for this species include Acacia confusa, Albizia lebbeck, Bauhinia spp. and Bombax ceiba (Yiu 2009). Elsewhere, the following additional species have also been recorded: Acacia arabica, A. catechu, A. chinensis, A. cordifolia, A. modesta, A. auriculoformis, A. mangium, Acrocarpus fraxinifolius, Adenanthera pavonina, Albizia julibrissin, A. lucida, A. odoratissima, A. procera, A. stipulata, Bauhinia acuminata, Cassia glauca, Chamaecrista spp., Duabanga sonneratioides, Grewia parviflora, G. tiliaefolia, Haematoxylon campechianum, Paraserianthes falcataria, Parkia speciosa, Prunus persica, Salmalia malabarica, Samanea samon, Theobroma spp., Xylia dolabriformis and X. xylocarpa (Duffy 1968; Matsumoto et al. 2000; Makihara et al. 2008; Lim et al. 2014).