Macropes exilis Slater & Wilcox, 1973

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 exilis Slater & Wilcox, 1973

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Macropes exilis Slater & Wilcox, 1973: 248 –251; Zheng & Zou, 1981a, 73; Dong et al., 1997, 239; Hua, 2000, 190.

We found more specimens of the species from Guangdong, Guizhou, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan, and Zhejiang provinces, China.

Material examined. China: 1 male and 2 females, Shaowu, Fujian, 22–29. V. 1965, Liangchen Wang, Shengli Liu; 5 males and 3 females, Mangshan Mountain, Yizhang, Binzhou, Hunan, 23. VII. 2004, 1030– 1300 m, Yunling Ke; 1 female, Wuyanling, Taishun, Zhejiang, 4. VIII. 2005, 250– 450 m, Yunling Ke; 1 female, Huguosi, Fanjing Mountain, Guizhou, 3. VIII. 2001, 1400 m, Wenjun Bu; 1 male, Shangyong, Mengla, Yunnan, 19. IX. 1979; 1 female, Dasongping, Tengchong, Yunnan, 2. V. 2002, 2350 m, Yingxian Situ; 1 female, Wufeng Nature Reserve, Hubei, 29. VII. 1990, 1200 m; Chuanren Li; 1 female, Emei Mountain, Sichuan, 11. VI. 1962, Yizheng Yan; 1 female, Fengkai, Guangdong, 10. IV. 1985.

Distribution. China: Fujian, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan, and Zhejiang; Vietnam.

Figures

FIGURE 1. (A) M. australis; (B) M. pronotalis; (C) M. exilis; (D) M. maai; (E) M. lobatus; (F) M. peculiaris sp. nov.; (G) M. varipennis; (H) M. dentipes. Each scale bar equal 1 mm.