Clytra

6. Clytra ( s. str.) arida Weise, 1889

( Figs. 6 View FIGURE 6. C A–G, 13 A–C).

Weise, 1889: 563 (orig.: Clytra appendicina var. arida ; type locality: Amur); Weise, 1898: 182 (upgraded to Clytra arida ; Amur, N. Mongolia: Changai, Krasnojarsk); Clavareau, 1913: 47 (catalogue); Gressitt & Kimoto, 1961: 90 ( Clytra appendicina arida ); Regalin & Medvedev, 2010: 566 ( Clytra ( Clytra) arida ).

Syn.: Clytra laeviuscula Gressitt & Kimoto, 1961: 90 (misidentification); Tan et al., 1980: 166 (misidentification). Clytra laeviuscula var. antistita Weise, 1889: 563 ; Chûjô, 1940: 355 ( Korea), Regalin & Medvedev, 2010: 77 (as synonym of Clytra arida Weise ).

Material examined. Type material. Syntype: 3, ( ZMHB, det. L.N. Medvedev, 1986). Additional material. CHINA: Beijing: 13, Badaling, 30.VI.1962, coll. Shuyong Wang; 13, Baihua Mountain, 19.VII.1973, coll. Yinheng Han; 13, 1Ƥ, Xiaolongmen, 22.VI.2000, coll. Xiaodong Yu & Hongzhang Zhou; Gansu: 1Ƥ, Dahebagou, Dangchang, 9.VII.1998, coll. Decheng Yuan; Hebei: 23, 2ƤƤ, Small Wutai Mountain, 25.VI.1964, coll. Chunguang Wang; 13, 4ƤƤ, Qianxi, 9.V.1953, coll. Unknown; 1Ƥ, Wuling Mountain, 5.VII. 1963, coll. Shengqiao Jiang; 2ƤƤ, Jnn Shan [ sic], Kalgan ( 980–2100m) ( ZMHB, det. S. Kimoto, 1959); Heilongjiang: 13, 2ƤƤ, Harbin, 20–22.VI.1955, coll. Unknown; Hubei: 13, 1Ƥ, Songluo, Shennongjia, 18.VI.1981, coll. Yinheng Han; Inner Mongolia: 43, 1Ƥ, Huade, Ulanqab League, 25.VI.1971, coll. Unknown; Jilin: 23, Changbai Mountain, 9.VII.1982, coll. Baolin Zhang; Liaoning: 13, 1Ƥ, Sitaizi, Fengcheng, 10.VI.1962, coll. Yongpu Shi; 1Ƥ, Qianshan, Anshan, 9.VI.1963, coll. Hongxing Li; Ningxia: 1Ƥ, Yangchuan, Liupan Mountain, 10.VII.2008, coll. Zongyi Zhao; Qinghai: 13, Jinisai, Nangqian, 18.VII.1965, coll. Shuyong Wang; Shaanxi: 13, Houzhenzi, Zhouzhi, 25.VI.1999, coll. Chanmin Liu; Shandong: 1Ƥ, Kunyu Mountain, 10.VI.1964, coll. Jinlong Mao; 1Ƥ, Taishan Mountain, 6.VI.1979, coll. Shuyong Wang; Shanxi: 1Ƥ, Qiliyu, Huoxian, 31.VII.1973, coll. Shuyong Wang; Sichuan: 13, Wolong, Wenchuan, 27.VII. 1983, coll. Shuyong Wang..

Distribution. China (Beijing, Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Hubei, Inner Mongolia, Jilin, Liaoning, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan), Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Mongolia, Russia (East Siberia, Far East).

Remarks. C. ( s. str.) arida is characterized by the following character states: pronotum entirely black and sparsely punctured at each side; median lobe covered with dense setae on the ventral side at apical one-sixth ( Fig. 6 View FIGURE 6. C F).

According to Medvedev (1961), the dorsal color patterns of C. ( s. str.) arida are variable. Three patterns occur in China. The first pattern has a large humeral spot and a transverse band at apical two-fifths of each elytron ( Fig. 13 View FIGURE 13 B); the second pattern has a much smaller humeral spot and a reduced band at apical two-fifths of each elytron ( Fig. 13 View FIGURE 13 A); the third pattern has only a humeral spot without transverse band ( Fig. 13 View FIGURE 13 C).

Gressitt & Kimoto (1961) and Tan et al. (1980) recorded C. ( s. str.) laeviuscula from the north of China. After examination of type material from ZMHB and all specimens in IZ-CAS, we found that specimens identified as C. ( s. str.) laeviuscula by the authors above-mentioned to be C. ( s. str.) arida based on the median lobe morphology.