Meligethes (Meligethes) transmissus Kirejtshuk, 1988

Examined material. China, SICHUAN, LUDINg COUNTY, MOXI TOWN, MT. GONggA, HAILUOgOU, 1950 m A.S.L., 29.683333° 102.083333°, 23.vI.2017, LIU & AUDISIO LgT, ON Rosa cymosa, 8 ♂, 10 ♀ (NWAU, CAR-MZUR, NMPC, ARCC).

Distribution. SW CHINA (SICHUAN, YUNNAN) (AUDISIO et al. 2015).

Host-plants. THE HOST-pLANTS Of THIS UNCOmmON SpECIES WERE pREvIOUSLY UNKNOWN. ALL THE AbOvE LISTED SpECImENS HAvE bEEN COLLECTED, ALONg WITH TWO LARvAE, ON fLOWERINg SHRUbS Of R. cymosa (FIg. 3D), IN OpEN SpACES AT THE EDgE Of LARgE ROCKS bORDERINg CULTIvATED fIELDS AND ROADSIDES. THIS bEETLE SpECIES WAS REpORTED fROm LOCALITIES AT INTERmEDIATE AND HIgH ALTITUDES (1500–2800 m; AUDISIO et al. 2015).