Oberea ferruginea (Thunberg, 1787)

Lin, Mei-Ying, Perissinotto, Renzo & Clennell, Lynette, 2021, Census of the longhorn beetles (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae and Vesperidae) of the Macau SAR, China, ZooKeys 1049, pp. 79-161 : 79

Oberea ferruginea (Thunberg, 1787)

Fig. 53

Saperda ferruginea Thunberg, 1787: 57. TL: Unknown; TD: UZIU.

Oberea semiargentata Pic, 1923: 15. TL: China (Guangdong); TD: MNHN.

Oberea notativentris Pic, 1924: 30. TL: China (Guangdong); TD: MNHN. [RN] Synonymised by Breuning 1962b: 159.

Distribution.

Palaearctic Region: China (Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Shaanxi, Yunnan); India (Sikkim); Nepal ( Lin and Yang 2019; Danilevsky 2020). Oriental Region: Laos; Malaysia; Myanmar; Vietnam ( Hua 2002).

Macau records.

1♂, Taipa, 14 Jul 1992, Dr Easton, Oberea ferruginea (CIAM); Trilho da Taipa Grande, 19 Sep 1995, hovering over false tea, ER Easton, J Bizarro & T Novo leg (UMEC); No data, " Oberea ferruginea Thunberg, 短足筒天牛 16 mm" ( Pun and Batalha 1997: 65, fig. 102); 1♀, Coloane, 18 Jul 1996, KW Ho, Oberea ferruginea (CIAM); 1♂, ibidem 20 Jul 1994, WM Ng, Oberea ferruginea (CIAM); 1♀, ibidem 25 Apr 2000, ML Lei (CIAM); 1♂, ibidem 8 Aug 2002, KL Tang (CIAM); Little Taipa Hill, 26 Sep 2018, R Perissinotto & L Clennell; ibidem 11 Oct 2018, R Perissinotto & L Clennell; Taipa, Lou Lim Ieok Road, 4 Apr 2019 R Perissinotto & L Clennell (IZCAS); ibidem 23 Apr 2019, on shrub leaves, R Perissinotto & L Clennell (IZCAS); ibidem 26 Oct 2018, R Perissinotto & L Clennell (MACT); Great Taipa, 20 Apr 2020, R Perissinotto; Great Taipa, 13 Oct 2020, dead on shrub leaf, R Perissinotto & L Clennell (IZCAS); Coloane Heights, 15 May 2020, dead on trail path, R Perissinotto (MACT); St. Francis Xavier’s Parish [Coloane], 24 Oct 2019 12:15, Stanley Chan (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/34898344); ibidem 23 Mar 2021 10:21, Kit Chang (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/71862552); Coloane, Hác-Sá Dam, 4 Jul 2020 15:43, Annie Lao (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/51888124); Macau, Lou Lim Loc Garden, 25 Aug 2020 14:19, Eric Kwan (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/57519347); Coloane, 13 May 2021, Lynette Clennell (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/78657008).

Remarks.

In Macau, adults are active during daytime from early spring till mid-autumn and range in total length 16-23 mm and 2.5-4 mm in maximum width. The larvae of this species are known stem-borers of a variety of plants, including Bambusa spp., Schima superba and Vernicia fordii ( Hua 2002).

Figures

Figure 53. Oberea ferruginea (Thunberg, 1787): dorsal (A) and lateral (B) views of specimens observed on Little Taipa Hill (11 Oct 2018) and around Hac-Sa Dam (4 Jul 2020), respectively (photographs: A LC B Annie Lao).