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Tinea 25 (1): 17-18, July, 2019
A new record of the genus Scoliokona Kallies & Arita, 1998
(Lepidoptera, Sesiidae) from China
Tiantian 1), Yutaka 2) and Min 1)*
1) Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou,
510642, China; email: yutian2305@163.com
2) Zoological Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Meijyo University, Tempaku-ku, Nagoya, 468-8502 Japan;
email: arita.yutaka@gmail.com
* Correspondence: minwang@scau.edu.cn
Abstract Scoliokona kalliesi Arita & Riefenstahl, 2004 is reported from Yunnan, south-western China,
Scoliokona is a small genus within the tribe Paranthrenini of the subfamily Sesiinae (Pühringer &
Kallies, 2004 ). Kallies & Arita (1998) established this genus based on two species: S. tetrapora
S. heptapora Kallies & Arita,1998. At present, the genus includes 11 species,
with 3 species recorded in China (S. nanlingensis Kallies & Arita, 2014, S. shimentai Kallies & Wu,
2014 and S. spissa Kallies & Arita, 2014). The species of Scoliokona are distributed throughout
Gorbunov, 2003; Kallies et al., 2014; Yata et al., 2017). Here we report the forth Chinese species of
this genus, Scoliokona kalliesi Arita & Riefenstahl, 2004 from Baoshan, Yunnan, China. This species
was originally described from Myanmar and Thailand (Arita & Riefenstahl, 2004). Recently, it was
recorded from Vietnam (Yata et al., 2017).
Abbreviation.
China.
Scoliokona kalliesi Arita & Riefenstahl, 2004 (Figs 1, 2)
distinguished from other species of Scoliokona by its small size, external features (antenna, labial
palps and patagia are orange; hindwings with variable transparent areas) and the male genitalia
Fig. 1. Male adult of Scoliokona kalliesi Arita & Riefenstahl.
18 Tiantian , Yutaka and Min
Bionomics and habitat. Unknown. This species was collected at the edge of a village at an altitude of
1020 m .
Distribution. Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, China (Yunnan).
Material examined. 1 ♂, Tiantouzhai, Longyang District, Baoshan, Yunnan, China, 1020m,
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Acknowledgements
The authors express our thanks to Prof. Axel Kallies for his carefully correcting the manuscript and
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Fig. 2. Male genitalia of Scoliokona kalliesi Arita & Riefenstahl.