Liu Meike, Huang Min, Cline Andrew Richard, Audisio Paolo
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China.
Zootaxa. 2018 Mar 11;4392(3):546-566. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4392.3.6.
Meligethes (Odonthogethes) trapezithorax sp. n., M. (O.) tricuspidatus sp. n., and M. (O.) luteomaculatus sp. n. are described from Hubei Province, China, based on a series of recently collected specimens. The new species appear morphologically closely related to M. (O.) brassicogethoides Audisio, Sabatelli Jelínek, 2015 from Yunnan [M. (O.) trapezithorax sp. n.], M. (O.) occultus Audisio, Sabatelli Jelínek, 2015 from Yunnan [M. (O.) tricuspidatus sp. n.], as well as M. (O.) pallidoelytrorum Chen Kirejtshuk, 2013 from Sichuan and M. (O.) simulator Audisio, Sabatelli Jelínek, 2015 from Shaanxi and Gansu [M. (O.) luteomaculatus sp. n.]. The new species clearly differ from their closely related taxa by details of body shape and color, and the distinct shape of the male and/or female genitalia. The previously unknown male of the rare and localized M. (M.) elytralis Audisio, Sabatelli Jelínek, 2015 from Sichuan is described for the first time, and new distributional data of other Chinese species of the genus are presented, including M. (M.) semenovi Kirejtshuk, 1979 from Hubei, M. (M.) macrofemoratus Liu, Yang, Huang, Jelínek Audisio, 2016 from Hubei, M. (M.) auropilosus Liu,Yang, Huang, Jelínek Audisio, 2016 from Hubei, M. (O.) flavicollis Reitter, 1873 from Chongqing, M. (O.) wagneri Rebmann, 1956 from Shaanxi, M. (O.) pectoralis Rebmann, 1956 from Guizhou, and M. (O.) pseudopectoralis Audisio, Sabatelli Jelínek, 2015 from Sichuan. Meligethes (M.) cinereoargenteus is moved from the Meligethes nepalensis species group to the Meligethes auripilis species group. Additional data on geographic distribution and larval ecology of other species in the genus are also reported. An updated species checklist of the genus Meligethes is presented.
基于近期采集的一系列标本，对采自中国湖北省的梯形胸弯胫叶甲（新物种）、三尖瓣弯胫叶甲（新物种）和黄斑弯胫叶甲（新物种）进行了描述。这些新物种在形态上似乎与采自云南的类芸苔弯胫叶甲（2015年奥迪西奥、萨巴泰利和耶利内克）[梯形胸弯胫叶甲（新物种）]、采自云南的隐匿弯胫叶甲（2015年奥迪西奥、萨巴泰利和耶利内克）[三尖瓣弯胫叶甲（新物种）]、采自四川的淡黄鞘弯胫叶甲（2013年陈和基列伊丘克）以及采自陕西和甘肃的模拟弯胫叶甲（2015年奥迪西奥、萨巴泰利和耶利内克）[黄斑弯胫叶甲（新物种）]密切相关。新物种在体型和颜色细节以及雄性和/或雌性生殖器的独特形状上与它们的近缘类群明显不同。首次描述了采自四川的罕见且分布局限的银灰弯胫叶甲（2015年奥迪西奥、萨巴泰利和耶利内克）此前未知的雄性，并给出了该属其他中国物种的新分布数据，包括采自湖北的谢氏弯胫叶甲（1979年基列伊丘克）、采自湖北的大股弯胫叶甲（2016年刘、杨、黄、耶利内克和奥迪西奥）、采自湖北的金毛弯胫叶甲（2016年刘、杨、黄、耶利内克和奥迪西奥）、采自重庆的黄颈弯胫叶甲（1873年赖特尔）、采自陕西的瓦氏弯胫叶甲（1956年雷布曼）、采自贵州的胸突弯胫叶甲（1956年雷布曼）以及采自四川的拟胸突弯胫叶甲（2015年奥迪西奥、萨巴泰利和耶利内克）。银灰弯胫叶甲从尼泊尔弯胫叶甲物种组移至金毛弯胫叶甲物种组。还报告了该属其他物种的地理分布和幼虫生态学的补充数据。给出了弯胫叶甲属的最新物种名录。
