Anthaxia (Merocratus) insulaecola Obenberger, 1944

Qi, Zhi-Hao, Zeng, Li-Qiong, Ding, Bi, Zhan, Fang-Fang, Su, Rong-Xiang, Ai, Hong-Mu, Cai, Shou-Ping & Song, Hai-Tian, 2025, Taxonomic notes on Anthaxia subgenus Merocratus Bílý from China (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Buprestinae), Journal of Natural History 59 (5 - 8), pp. 253-270 : 268

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2024.2438409
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14852230
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scientific name	Anthaxia (Merocratus) insulaecola Obenberger, 1944
status

Treatment

Anthaxia (Merocratus) insulaecola Obenberger, 1944 View in CoL

( Figures 2 View Figure 2 , 5 View Figure 5 (i–l), 6(i–l), 7(e, f), 8(e, f), 9(g–i))

Anthaxia insulaecola Obenberger, 1944, p. 134 View in CoL .

Anthaxia (Merocratus) insulaecola View in CoL : Bílý 1989, p. 385.

Type locality

China, Taiwan.

Material examined

CHINA: Taiwan Province : 1♀ ( CHTS), Taitung County, Yenping Forest Road [延平林道], alt. 1000 m, 30.V.2013, Wen-I Chou leg.; 2♂♂ ( CHTS), Taitung County, Tungho Township [东河乡], Doulan Mountain [都兰山], alt. 600 m, 28.VII.2017, Wen-I Chou leg.

Distribution

China (Taiwan).

Biology

Adults feed on the flowers of various Fagaceae trees ( Ong and Hattori 2019).