Melalgus feanus (Lesne)

Liu, Lan-Yu, 2021, An annotated synopsis of the powder post beetles (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae) of Mainland China, Zootaxa 5081 (3), pp. 389-419 : 412

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5081.3.5
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5777165
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scientific name	Melalgus feanus (Lesne)
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Heterarthron feanus Lesne, 1899: 629 , 634.

Distribution in mainland China: Unspecified locality in mainland China ( Borowski & Węgrzynowicz 2012). New record for ZJ #, Gutianshan NNR, 29°22’N 118°13’E, 345m (3♀); 29°24’N 118°11’E, 348m (1♀); 29°25’N 118°11’E, 507m (1♂ 4♀); 118°12’E, 402m (1♀); 118°13’E, 345m (1♀); 118°14’E, 665m (1♂ 1♀); 118°15’E, 880m (3♀); 29°27’N 118°14’E, 647m (1♀), 2010, local collector. (NME)

Other distribution. India, Burma, Thailand and Vietnam ( Borowski & Węgrzynowicz 2012).

Biology. The larvae have been collected from Mallotus philippinensis (Lam.) Müll.Arg. (Euphorbiaceae) and the adults have been collected from caged wood of an unknown species in May ( Liu & Beaver 2018).

References

Borowski, J. & Wegrzynowicz, P. (2012) The Powderpost Beetles of the World (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae). Keys for Identification of Species. Vol. 1. Wydawnictwo Mantis, Olsztyn, 461 pp., 16 pls.

Lesne, P. (1899) Revision des Coleopteres de la famille des Bostrychides. Annales de la Societe entomologique de France, 67, 438 - 621.

Liu, L. Y. & Beaver, R. A. (2018) A synopsis of the powderpost beetles of the Himalayas with a key to the genera (Insecta: Coleoptera: Bostrichidae). In: Hartmann, M., Barclay, M. & Weipert, J. (Eds.), Biodiversitat und Naturausstattung im Himalaya, Erfurt, VI, pp. 407 - 422,