Mylabris (Eumylabris) calida (Pallas 1782) MHBU
- Dataset
- New synonyms, combinations and status in the Chinese species of the family Meloidae Gyllenhal, 1810 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) with additional faunistic records
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Coleoptera
- family
- Meloidae
- genus
- Mylabris
- species
- Mylabris calida
discussion
Remarks. Makhan & Ezzatpanah (2011) described Mylabris aschnae from Iran. According to the description and illustrations, it almost has the same characters as M. calida: elytra yellow, with two black spots at basal quarter, two black fasciae in middle and at apical quarter respectively; parameres sub-triangular in lateral view and with a light longitudinal fascia; and dorsal hooks of penis slender, the distal one closed to the proximal one and far from the apex. For this reason, M. aschnae is synonymized to M. calida in the revised and updated version of “ Catalogue of Palaearctic Coeloptera (Vol. 5: Tenebrionoidea) ” by Bologna (in press). This represents a detailed explanation of this synonym. The validity of Zonabris posticalis Dokhtouroff, 1889 is doubtful. It was treated as a synonym (Sumakov 1915, 1924, 1930), subspecies (Kaszab 1957), variety (Kaszab 1959), or aberration (Kaszab 1941) of M. calida, but also as a valid species (Kaszab 1958 a, 1973, 1981; Bologna 2008). One of us (Z. Pan) examined some specimens determined as Z. posticalis by Kaszab (HNHM), and considered those specimens are not different from M. calida except the variable elytral pattern. However, this problem should be resolved after examining the types of Z. posticalis.
distribution
Distribution. China: Xinjiang; widely distributed in the Palaearctic region.
materials_examined
Type material examined. Mylabris bimaculaticeps: 1 ex., “ Zonabris calida var. maculata Oliv. ”, “ type ”, “ bimaculaticeps Pic ”, “ TYPE ”, “ Mylabris calida (Pall.) ab. // Pardo Alcaide det. 1967 ” (MNHN; Fig. 22). Mylabris calida var. bijuncta: 1 ex., “ Gueltes Stel (LeCunte) ”, “ calida var trefoce ... ”, “ type ”, “ v. bijuncta Pic ”, “ TYPE ”, “ pro … ” (MNHN; Fig. 23). Mylabris calida var. latifasciata: 1 ex., “ Le Kreider // mou 93 ”, “ type ”, “ v. latifasciata Pic ”, “ TYPE ” (MNHN); 1 ex., “ Tlemcen ”, “ type ”, “ TYPE ” (MNHN; Fig. 24). Mylabris tlemceni: 1 ex., “ Algerie // Tlemcen ”, “ type ”, “ Z. tlemceni Pic ”, “ Mylabris calida (Pall.) // Pardo Alcaide det. 1967 ” (MNHN; Fig. 25). Other material examined from China. XINJIANG: 1 ex., Ebinur Lake, 2006. V. 8, Ba Yibin leg. (MHBU); 1 ex., 10 km W of Beitun, 2007. VII. 21, Zhang Chengli & Wang Xinpu leg. (MHBU); 1 ex., Burqin, 1984. VII. 24, Liu Zhike leg. (XJU); 1511 exx., Burqin, Wucaitan (N 47 ° 48.334 ’ E 86 ° 43.733 ’, Elev. 491 m), 2010. VIII. 10, Wang Xinpu & Pan Zhao leg. (MHBU); 2 exx., Fuhai, Aerda (N 47 ° 08.445 ’ E 87 ° 32.554 ’, Elev. 496 m), 2010. VIII. 7, Wang Xinpu & Pan Zhao leg. (MHBU); 677 exx., Fuhai, Kalamagai (N 46 ° 41.762 ’ E 87 ° 45.338 ’, Elev. 563 m), 2010. VIII. 8, Wang Xinpu & Pan Zhao leg. (666 MHBU; 11 MHBUa); 29 exx., Habahe, 1975. VIII. 6 – 7 (11 NKU; 18 TMNH); 1 ex., Kuitun, 1984. VI. 21 (NXU); 3 exx., W Mori (N 43 ° 50.184 ’ E 90 ° 16.99 ’, Elev. 1250 m), 2010. VIII. 3, Wang Xinpu & Pan Zhao leg. (MHBU); 69 exx., Qitai, Xibeiwan (N 44 ° 11.301 ’ E 089 ° 33.037 ’, Elev. 645 m), 2010. VIII. 4, Wang Xinpu & Pan Zhao leg. (MHBU); 16 exx., Yumin, Jiyeke (N 46 ° 23.832 ’ E 82 ° 51.134 ’, Elev. 429 m), 2010. VIII. 14, Wang Xinpu & Pan Zhao leg. (MHBU); 6 exx., Wuerhe, 1975. VIII. 3, Liu Shengli leg. (TMNH).