Coptops licheneus Pascoe, 1865

Lin, Mei-Ying, Perissinotto, Renzo & Clennell, Lynette, 2021, Census of the longhorn beetles (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae and Vesperidae) of the Macau SAR, China, ZooKeys 1049, pp. 79-161 : 79

Coptops licheneus Pascoe, 1865

Fig. 45

Coptops lichenea Pascoe, 1865: 118. TL: Malaysia (Malacca); TD: NHMUK

Distribution.

Palaearctic Region: China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hong Kong, Yunnan); Nepal ( Yiu 2009; Lin and Yang 2019; Danilevsky 2020). Oriental Region: Laos; Malaysia (Malacca); Myanmar ( Lin and Yang 2019).

Macau records.

Coloane, Hác-Sá, 28 Apr 2019, on dead tree branch, R Perissinotto & L Clennell (IZCAS); Coloane Heights, 3 May 2019, on dead tree trunk, R Perissinotto; ibidem 15 May 2020, R Perissinotto; ibidem 11 Jul 2020, R Perissinotto; Coloane Village, 2 Jun 2020, under light in ablution block, R Perissinotto & L Clennell (MACT); ibidem 5 Jun 2020, on dead tree, R Perissinotto & L Clennell (MACT); St. Francis Xavier’s Parish [Coloane], 25 Apr 2020 11:21, Kisu Wong (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/43868250); ibidem 27 Apr 2020 00:16, Kit Chang (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/43868602); ibidem 28 May 2020 2:33, Kit Chang (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/47612775); ibidem 12 Jun 2020 2:36, Kit Chang (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/49251853); ibidem 12 Jun 2020 2:44, Kit Chang (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/49251860); ibidem 4 Apr 2021 15:08, Lynette Clennell (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/72875242); ibidem 5 Apr 2021 11:21, Wai (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/72974838).

Remarks.

In Macau, adults are active from late spring to mid-summer and range in total length 15-18 mm and 6-7.5 mm in maximum width. Individuals are readily attracted to artificial lights at night, but are also active during the day while crawling and mating on dead tree surfaces. In Hong Kong, Mangifera indica and Derris spp. have been reported as food plants for the larvae of this species ( Yiu 2009). Other host plants include Derris trifoliata , Hevea brasiliensis , Mangifera indica , Quercus sp., Shorea sp. and Terminalia sp. ( Lin and Yang 2019).

Figures

Figure 45. Coptops licheneus Pascoe, 1865: dorsal (A) and lateral (B) views of specimens observed on Coloane Heights, on 11 Jul 2020 and 26 May 2020, respectively (photographs: LC).