Anthaxia ( Merocratus ) tamdaoensis Bílý, 1998

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 : 268-269

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2024.2438409
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14852232
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scientific name	Anthaxia ( Merocratus ) tamdaoensis Bílý, 1998
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Treatment

Anthaxia ( Merocratus) tamdaoensis Bílý, 1998 View in CoL

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Anthaxia ( Merocratus) tamdaoensis Bílý, 1998, p. 131 View in CoL .

Type localiy

Vietnam, Vinh Phuc Province, Tam Dao.

Material examined

CHINA: Yunnan Province: 1♀ ( KIZ), Pu’er City , Jiangcheng County, 28.IV.1982, Wan He leg.; 1♂, 1♀ ( CHTS), Pu’er City, Simao District, Yixiang Township [倚象镇], Yingpanshan [营盘山], 22°38 ʹ 58.8”N, 101°5 ʹ 57.6”E, alt. 1600 m, 1–3.V.2012, Gui-Qiang Huang & Li-Chao Tian leg. GoogleMaps ; 1♂, 1♀ ( CHTS), same data as for the preceding but 3.V.2013, Gui-Qiang Huang leg. GoogleMaps ; 1♀ ( CHTS), same data as for the preceding but 30.IV.2014 GoogleMaps ; 5♂♂ ( CHTS), same data as for the preceding but 1.V.2014 GoogleMaps ; 1♀ ( CHTS), Xishuangbanna, Jinghong City, Dadugang Township [大渡岗乡], Jieji village [结基村], 28.IV.2014, Gui-Qiang Huang leg. GoogleMaps ; 1♂, 1♀ ( CHTS), Pu’er City, Simao District, Laiyanghe [莱阳河], alt. 1500 m, 11–13.V.2018, Jian-Yue Qiu & Hao Xu leg. GoogleMaps GoogleMaps

Distribution

China ( Yunnan); Vietnam; Laos.

Biology

Adults of A. ( M.) tamdaoensis were collected on the flowers of Lithocarpus sp. ( Fagaceae ) ( Figure 10 View Figure 10 ), during daytime from April to May.

Remarks

The specimens from Yunnan was confirmed as A. ( M.) tamdaoensis by Bílý in 2020 after Song provided pictures of the male genitalia. A male specimen has been donated to the National Museum ( Prague, Czech Republic).