Mimela ruyuanensis Lin, 1990

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Mimela ruyuanensis Lin, 1990

( Figs. 15A–E )

Mimela ruyuanensis Lin, 1990: 24 , fig. 11 [original description, type locality: Guangdong, Ruyuan]; Lin 1993: 57, fig. 42 (in text), pl. VII, fig. 55 & 56, pl. XV, fig. 41, pl. XXI, fig. 33 [redescription, sericicollis -group]; Zorn 2006: 269 [catalogued]; Krajčik 2007: 88 [catalogued]; Zorn & Bezděk 2016: 347 [catalogued].

Type material examined. None. Type material was not located in SYSU (visited by the author, Dec. 2019). The identification is based on the original description and Lin (1993).

Additional material examined (2♂♂, 1♀). 1♂ ( CCPC), CHINA, Guangxi Province, Guilin City, Xing’an County, Gaozhai , 500~ 600m, V.21–23.2013, Yu-Feng Hsu leg. ; 1♂, 1♀ ( ZMPC), Guangxi, Xing’an County, Mount Maoershan 25~ 30-v-2011 .

Remarks. When describing Mimela ruyuanensis, Lin (1990) overlooked the closest sibling, Mimela fruhstorferi Ohaus, 1902 ( Fig. 15F–K ) from Mount Mauson, Vietnam. A male topotype of M. fruhstorferi examined by Carsten Zorn (personal communication 2019) confirms that they are allied but not conspecific as they possess different body color and shape of parameres. Males of M. ruyuanensis have purplish luster upon the reddish brown body, while females of both species are reddish brown ( Lin 1990, 1993; Ohaus 1902). Mimlea ruyuanensis is recorded from Guangxi Province for the first time.

Distribution. China: Guangdong, Guangxi *.

Figures

FIGURE 15. A–E, Mimela ruyuanensis Lin, 1990 (Gaozhai); F–K, M. fruhstorferi Ohaus, 1902 (images ©Carsten Zorn) in CZPC; A–B, F–G, habitus of male; C–E, H–J, male genitalia;A, C, F, H, dorsal view; B, E, G, J, lateral view; D, I, ventral view; K, attached labels.