Meligethes (Meligethes) semenovi Kirejtshuk, 1979

Liu, Meike, Huang, Min, Cline, Andrew Richard & Audisio, Paolo, 2018, New and poorly known Meligethes Stephens from China, with bionomical data on some species (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae: Meligethinae), Zootaxa 4392 (3), pp. 546-566 : 548

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4392.3.6
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5967045
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scientific name	Meligethes (Meligethes) semenovi Kirejtshuk, 1979
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Examined material. China, SICHUAN, KANgDINg COUNTY, 2770 m A.S.L., 30.006389° 101.958611°, 21.vI.2017, LIU & AUDISIO LgT, ON Rosa moyesii Hemsley & Wilson (or closely related species; Fig. 3e View FIGURE 3 ), 2 ♂, 4 ♀ ( NWAU, CAR- MZUR); CA. 2700 m A.S.L., 8.v.2017, X. CHEN LgT, ON Rosa Sp., 10 SpECImENS ( NWAU, CAR-MZUR, NMPC, ARCC); HUbEI, SHENNONgJIA NATIONAL FOREST PARK, SHENNONg pEAK SCENIC AREA, 2400–2600 m A.S.L., 31.454444° 110.285278°, 16.vI.2017, M. LIU, M. HUANg & P. AUDISIO LgT, SpARSELY fORESTED AND bUSHY AREA, ON fLOWERINg SHRUbS Of Rosa sericea , 4 ♂, 2 ♀ ( NWAU, CAR-MZUR, NMPC, ARCC).

Distribution. CENTRAL, SW AND NW CHINA (SICHUAN, HUbEI, SHAANXI), SE RUSSIA (USSURI) (AUDISIO et al. 2015; NEW DATA AbOvE).

Host-plants. MOST Of THE AbOvE SpECImENS fROm SICHUAN (KANgDINg) WERE COLLECTED ON A RED fLOWERINg Rosa ( ROSACEAE ), WHICH IS LIKELY R. moyesii ( FIg. 3E View FIGURE 3 ), OR A CLOSELY RELATED SpECIES. A fEW OTHER SpECImENS, mOST Of THEm bEINg mALES, WERE COLLECTED IN HUbEI (SHENNONgJIA NATIONAL FOREST) ON R. sericea ( FIg. 3b View FIGURE 3 ). NO HOST SpECIfICITY CAN bE ESTAbLISHED THUS fAR fOR THIS SpECIES, bASED ON A LACK Of LARvAL DATA AND DEfINITIvE IDENTIfICATIONS Of THE Rosa SpECIES fOR THE ADULT SpECImENS fROm KANgDINg.