Mispila tholana (Gressitt, 1940)

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

Mispila tholana (Gressitt, 1940)

Fig. 47

Enispia tholana Gressitt, 1940a: 157, pl. 4, fig. 11. TL: China (Hainan); TD: CASF.

Distribution.

Palaearctic Region: China (Hainan, Yunnan) ( Lin and Yang 2019; Danilevsky 2020).

Macau records.

Coloane Heights, A-Má Cultural Village, 28 Apr 2019, on wall near artificial light, R Perissinotto & L Clennell (IZCAS); St. Francis Xavier’s Parish [Coloane], 18 Jun 2020 22:53, Kit Chang (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/50057362); ibidem 27 Jun 2020 2:03, Kit Chang (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/51012816).

Remarks.

In Macau, adults are active only in the spring and during night time, when they are attracted to artificial lights. The only specimen that could be measured exhibited a total length of 9 mm and a maximum width of 3 mm. There is no information in the literature on the biology of this species.

Figures

Figure 47. Mispila tholana (Gressitt, 1940): dorsal (A) and lateral (B) views of specimens observed on the Coloane Heights on 28 Apr 2019 and on 18 Jun 2020, respectively (photographs: A LC B Kit Chang).