Pterolophia (Hylobrotus) annulata (Chevrolat, 1845)

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

Pterolophia (Hylobrotus) annulata (Chevrolat, 1845)

Fig. 51

Coptops annulata Chevrolat, 1845: 99. TL: China (Macau); TD: NHMUK.

Praonetha bowringii Pascoe, 1865: 170. TL: China (Hong Kong); TD: NHMUK. Synonymised by Gressitt, 1939: 73.

Distribution.

Palaearctic Region: China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hebei, Henan, Hong Kong, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Shanghai, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan, Zhejiang); India (Sikkim); Japan; Nepal; North & South Korea ( Yiu 2009; Lin and Yang 2019; Danilevsky 2020). Oriental Region: Myanmar; Thailand; Vietnam ( Duffy 1968; Hua 2002).

Macau records.

Coloane, 28 Jan 1992, Morus alba , A Fai, Pterolophia annulata (CIAM); No data, " Pterolophia annulata (Chevrolat), 桑坡天牛 12 mm " ( Pun and Batalha 1997: 65, fig. 105); 1♀, Cotai Ecological Zone, 1st zone, 9 Oct 2013, leg. Feng-Long Jia (SYSU); Coloane Village, 15 May 2019, in mosquito trap, R Perissinotto & L Clennell (IZCAS × 2); ibidem 31 Mar 2019, at light in ablution block, R Perissinotto; ibidem 30 Apr 2020, on dead tree branch, R Perissinotto & L Clennell (IZCAS); ibidem 13 May 2020, on mosquito trap, R Perissinotto & L Clennell (MACT); Coloane Heights, Tin Hau temple, 25 Mar 2021, crushed on pavement, R Perissinotto & L Clennell (MACT); Coloane, A-Má Statue, 20 Oct 2020 15:01, under spot-light, Lynette Clennell (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/63084216); St. Francis Xavier’s Parish [Coloane], 24 May 2020 1:45, Kit Chang (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/47082155); ibidem 24 May 2020 2:09, Kit Chang (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/47082175); ibidem 28 May 2020 2:54, Kit Chang (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/47612790); ibidem 12 Jun 2020 23:00, Kelvin Joshua Che (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/49412284); ibidem 12 Mar 2021, Lynette Clennell (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/71103753); ibidem 1 May 2021, Lynette Clennell (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/76374763); Macau, Luis de Camoes Garden, 10 Jun 2020 10:30, Eric Kwan (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/49141547).

Remarks.

In Macau, adults are active from early spring till mid-autumn and range in total length 11-15 mm and 4-6 mm in maximum width. The species is mainly nocturnal and promptly attracted to artificial lights. In Hong Kong, larvae of this species bore into wood of Morus alba ( Yiu 2009). Elsewhere, larval host plants include also Albizia julibrissin , Celtis sinensis , Ficus pumila , Machilus thunbergii , Pinus massoniana and Prunus persica ( Hua 2002; Lim et al. 2014).

Figures

Figure 51. Pterolophia (Hylobrotus) annulata (Chevrolat, 1845): dorsal (A) and lateral (B) views of specimen observed at Coloane Village on 30 Apr 2020 (photographs: LC).