Melixanthus rufiventris Pic, 1926, new country record from China

Duan, Wen-Yuan, Wang, Feng-Yan & Zhou, Hong-Zhang, 2021, Two new species of the genus Melixanthus Suffrian (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cryptocephalinae) from China, ZooKeys 1060, pp. 111-123 : 111

Melixanthus rufiventris Pic, 1926, new country record from China

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Melixanthus rufiventris Pic 1926: 11 (type locality: Tonkin); Kimoto and Gressitt 1981: 333 (Vietnam); Medvedev 2012: 163.

Material examined.

China: Hunan province: 3 males, 6 females, Shimen country, Hupingshan town, Wangyue lake , 29.93222°N, 110.7776°E, 248 m, 11.X.2014, coll. Jian Yao (IZ-CAS) .

Measurements.

BL = 2.65-2.93 mm, BW = 1.64-1.80 mm, HL = 0.75 mm, HW = 0.80 mm, PL = 0.92 mm, PW = 1.73 mm, EL = 1.92 mm, AL = 0.64 mm, AW = 0.20 mm.

Distribution.

China (Hunan); Vietnam.

Figures

Figure 8. Melixanthus rufiventris Pic, 1926 A habitus B lateral view of habitus C antennae D lateral view of aedeagus E ventral view of aedeagus F dorsal view of aedeagus. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A, B), 0.2 mm (C-E).

Figure 9. Melixanthus rufiventris Pic, 1926 A lateral view of aedeagus ventral view of aedeagus C dorsal view of aedeagus D spermatheca. Scale bars: 0.2 mm.