Meligethes (Odonthogethes) flavicollis Reitter, 1873

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 : 550-551

Meligethes (Odonthogethes) flavicollis Reitter, 1873

Examined material. China, CHONgqINg, SHIZHU COUNTY, HUANgSHUI TOWN, NEAR HUANgSHUI MEDICINAL BOTANICAL GARDEN, 10.vI.2016, M. LIU LgT, ON Photinia serratifolia (DESf.) KALKmAN ( ROSACEAE ), 7 ♂, 12 ♀ ( NWAU, CAR- MZUR, NMPC).

Distribution. RUSSIA, JApAN, NORTH KOREA, SW, SE AND CENTRAL CHINA (CHONgqINg, ZHEJIANg, JIANgXI, TAIWAN, HENAN) (AUDISIO et al. 2015; NEW DATA AbOvE).

Host-plants. THE HOST-pLANTS Of THIS COmmON AND WIDESpREAD SpECIES ARE KNOWN ONLY fROm pOOR DATA THAT SUggESTS SOmE ADULT SpECImENS COLLECTED IN TAIWAN fROm Prunus phaeosticta AND Rubus Sp. ( ROSACEAE ) (S.- T. HISAmATSU 2009). THE RELATIvELY LARgE NUmbER Of SpECImENS COLLECTED ON Photinia serratifolia (DESf.) KALKmAN ( ROSACEAE ), REpORTED AbOvE ( FIg. 4C ), COULD bE ImpORTANT, HOWEvER THE TRUE LARvAL HOST-pLANTS Of THIS STRONgLY ISOLATED SpECIES REmAIN UNKNOWN. THE SpECIES OCCURS IN OpEN SpACES AT THE EDgE Of fORESTED AND SEmI-fORESTED HAbITATS, SLOpES, AND ROADSIDES AS WELL AS TEA pLANTATIONS fROm SEA LEvEL Up TO CA. 2500 m.

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FIGURE 4. Actual and/or putative Rosaceae larval host plants of Meligethes (Odonthogethes) species: a, Rubus rosifolius from Hubei (likely host plant of M.(O.) trapezithorax sp.n., M. (O.) tricuspidatus sp. n., and M. (O.) luteomaculatus sp. n.); b, Rubus niveus from Sichuan (host plant of M.(O.) pallidoelytrorum); c, Photyniaserratifolia from Chongqing (likely host plant of M. (O.) flavicollis); d, Malus asiatica from Guizhou (likely host plant of M. (O.) pectoralis); e, Sorbaria arborea from Shaanxi (likely host plant of M. (O.) wagneri).