Macropes harringtonae Slater, Ashlock & Wilcox, 1969

Gao, Cuiqing & Bu, Wenjun, 2010, A review of the Macropes Motschulsky (Hemiptera: Lygaeoidea: Blissidae) from China, with descriptions of three new species, Zootaxa 2366, pp. 55-68 : 58

Macropes harringtonae Slater, Ashlock & Wilcox, 1969

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Macropes harringtonae Slater, Ashlock & Wilcox, 1969 , 11, 688; Zheng & Zou, 1981a, 76; Liu & Zheng, 1992, 270– 271; Dong et al., 1997, 239; Hua, 2000, 190; Bu et al., 2002, 232.

Macropes sinicus Zheng & Zou, 1982 , 25, 68; Zheng & Zou, 1981a, 76–77; Liu & Zheng, 1992, 270; Shen, 1993, 35; Liu, 1998, 91; Hua, 2000, 190.

This species is widely distributed in China. Slater & O’Donnell (1995) listed M. sinicus Zheng & Zou as a valid species, but mentioned that it was a junior synonymy of M. harringtonae Slater, Ashlock & Wilcox based on Leyi Zheng’s manuscript. Although Leyi Zheng’s manuscript has not been published yet, Péricart (2001) listed M. sinicus as a junior synonymy of M. harringtonae according to the publication of Zheng’s treatment under the item of M. sinicus in Slater & O’Donnell (1995) . We accepted this treatment.

More specimens of the species were found from Chongqing and Hubei provinces, China.

Material examined. China: 10 males, 5 females and 5 nymphs, Jinfo Mountain, Nanchuan, Chongqing, 1. IX. 2000, 1200 m, Chuanren Li; 2 females, North of Chongqing, 27. VII. 1940, 300 m, J. L. Gressitt; 7 males and 3 females, Zhuzhou, Hunan, 19. VII. 1995, Chengjun Ma; 18 males, 8 females and 16 nymphs, Heng Mountain, Hengyang, Hunan, 20. VII. 2004, 335– 1030 m, Weibing Zhu, Yunling Ke; 9 males and 8 females, Daheba, Mayanghe, Guizhou, 27–28. IX. 2007, 320– 370 m, Bo Cai; 6 males and 2 females, Suoluo Nature Reserve, Chishui, Guizhou, 20–27. IX. 2000, 200– 600 m, Chuanren Li; 3 males and 4 females, Sanchahe, Xishui, Guizhou, 26. IX. 2000, 800– 1000 m, Chuanren Li; 32 males and 43 females, Tianmu Mountain, Lin’an, Zhejiang, 8. VIII. 2007, 300– 700 m, Weibing Zhu, Gengping Zhu; 17 males and 17 females, Jiangshan, Zhejiang, 1985; 2 males and 3 females, Qiaoshang, Fang county, Hubei, 17–27. VI. 1977, Leyi Zheng, Shengli Liu; 2 males and 1 female, Lu Mountain, Jiangxi, 11. IX. 1965, Shengli Liu; 5 females, Baoguosi, Emei Mountain, Sichuan, 26. V. 1957, 600 m, Leyi Zheng, Hanhua Cheng; 2 males and 1 female, south of Chengdu, Sichuan, 9. VII. 1985, Wenjun Bu; 1 female, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 1. IV. 1984, Shangshu Li; 2 females, Jigong Mountain, Henan, 13. VII. 1998, Shuzhi Ren; 3 males and 3 females, Maoer Mountain, Xing’an, Guangxi, 25. VIII. 1992, 350– 600 m, Leyi Zheng; 2 males and 2 females, Shanglin, Guangxi, 18. IX. 1964, Liangchen Wang; 4 females, Ziyuan, Guangxi, 1992; 1 male and 2 females, Shizhong, Longyan, Fujian, 18. VII. 1965, Liangchen Wang; 1 female, Yonghe, Longyan, Fujian, 21. VII. 1965, Shengli Liu; 1 male, Shaowu, Fujian, 22. V. 1965, Liangchen Wang; 1 female, Kunming, Yunnan, 5. VII. 1940, 1900 m, J. L. Gressitt; 1 female, Hainan, 14. VI. 1935.

Distribution. China: Chongqing, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan, and Zhejiang.

Figures

FIGURE 2. (A) M. major; (B) M. testaceus sp. nov.; (C) M. harringtonae; (D) M. robustus; (E) M. monticolus; (F) M. obnubilus; (G) M. dilutus; (H) M. raja ； (I) M. complanus sp. nov.; (J) M. spinimanus. Each scale bar equal 1 mm.