Melittia fulvipes Kallies & Arita, 2004

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 : 164

Melittia fulvipes Kallies & Arita, 2004

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Material examined. 1 ♂, NW Guangxi Prov., Mt Cenwanglaoshan, Tianlin-Lingyun county border, 28.v.– 5.vi.2002, leg. Wang Min; Gen. Prep. AK 740 ( SCAU).

M. fulvipes was previously known from only a single specimen collected in northern Vietnam ( Kallies & Arita, 2004). It is here recorded from China for the first time. It can be recognized by the brownish ochre hairs on the hind leg, its wide discal spot of the forewing with its very short projection into the anterior transparent area, the broad apical area. It is further characterized by its genitalia ( Fig. 9 ), which display a short and broad valva, with a short and broad ventral lobe.

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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).

FIGURES 9, 10. Male genitalia of Melittiini from China. 9. Melittia fulvipes (Gen. Prep. AK 740, SCAU). 10. Macroscelesia perlucida sp. nov., paratype (Gen. Prep. AK 744, SCAU).