Melittia inouei Arita & Yata, 1987

Kallies, Axel, Arita, Yutaka & Min, Wang, 2016, A new species and new records of Melittiini from China and Vietnam (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae), Zootaxa 4205 (2), pp. 162-170 : 165

Melittia inouei Arita & Yata, 1987

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Material examined. 1 ♀ [South China, Gao fung, 9.vi.1917, coll. Mell], gen. prep. AK188 ( MNHB) ; 1 ♀, Prov. Shaanxi, Lueyang , 20–29.vii.2011 ( CAK) ; 1 ♂, Prov. Guangdong, Shaoguang, Nanling , 600 m, 2–6.vii.2012 ( CAK) .

M. inouei is known from Japan and Korea (Arita et al. 2004). Based on a historical specimen from the Mell collection, it was reported for China for the first time recently ( Kallies 2007). According to Zukowsky (1929) (as M. bombyliformis Cramer ), the specimen was collected on the 9.vi. 1917 in “Gao fung” (South China); however, the precise locality could not be established. We here report another two specimens from China, thereby confirming the occurrence of M. inouei in China. The male from Nanling was attracted to pheromone lures in the late morning.

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FIGURES 1 – 8. Melittiini from China. 1. Melittia proxima, ♀, Guangxi Prov. (SCAU). 2. Melittia fulvipes, ♂, Guangxi Prov. (SCAU). 3. Melittia inouei, ♂, Guangdong Prov. (CAK). 4. Macroscelesia perlucida sp. nov., holotype ♂, Guangxi Prov. (SCAU). 5. Macroscelesia vietnamica, ♂, Guangdong Prov. (CAK). 6. M. vietnamica, ♀, same locality (SCAU). 7. M. perlucida sp. nov., holotype ♂, ventral view (SCAU). 8. M. vietnamica, ♂, ventral view (SCAU).