Toleria sinensis, Walker, 1864

Gorbunov, Oleg G. & Arita, Yutaka, 2020, A new species of the genus Toleria Walker, 1865 [“ 1864 ”] from Vietnam, with a catalogue of Asian Cissuvorini (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae), Zootaxa 4802 (2), pp. 349-360 : 357-358

6. Toleria sinensis (Walker, 1865 [“1864”])

“ Sphecia sinensis .”— Walker 1865 [“1864”]: 1. Type locality: “ Hong Kong.” [= China: Hong Kong]. Holotype ♀ (not ♂!) ( BMNH).

Hampson 1919: 79 ( Toleria sinensis ); Dalla Torre & Strand 1925: 172 ( Toleria sinensis ); Gaede 1933: 786, pl. 95, row h ( Toleria sinensis ); Heppner & Duckworth 1981: 28 ( Toleria sinensis ); Špatenka 1992: 495 ( Sphecia sinensis ; as a synonym of Toleria abiaeformis ); Špatenka et al. 1993: 92 ( Sphecia sinensis as a synonym of Toleria abiaeformis ); Arita & Gorbunov 1998: 148 ( Chimaerosphecia sinensis ); Špatenka et al. 1999: 115 ( Sphecia sinensis as a synonym of Toleria abiaeformis ); Gorbunov & Arita 2001: 31 ( Chimaerosphecia sinensis ); Pühringer & Kallies 2004: 12 ( Chimaerosphecia sinensis ); Kallies 2007: 391 ( Chimaerosphecia sinensis ); Jin et al. 2008: 518 ( Sphecia sinensis as a synonym of Toleria abiaeformis ; Toleria sinensis ); Kallies 2011: 151 ( Chimaerosphecia sinensis ); Pühringer & Kallies 2017 ( Chimaerosphecia sinensis ); Kallies et al. 2020: 125 ( Toleria sinensis ).

Host plant. Unknown. The reference ( Kendrick 2001) to the feeding of larvae of this species (cited as Toleria sinensis Walker ) in the tree trunk of Ormosia pachycarpa Benth. (Fabaceae) turned out to be incorrect and related to Cyanosesia ormosiae Kallies, 2011 (Sesiini) ( Kallies 2011).

Distribution. China: Hong Kong.