Meligethes (Odonthogethes) flavicollis Reitter, 1873

Examined material. China, CHONgqINg, SHIZHU COUNTY, HUANgSHUI TOWN, NEAR HUANgSHUI MEDICINAL BOTANICAL GARDEN, 10.vI.2016, M. LIU LgT, ON Photinia serratifolia (DESf.) KALKmAN ( ROSACEAE), 7 ♂, 12 ♀ (NWAU, CAR- MZUR, NMPC).

Distribution. RUSSIA, JApAN, NORTH KOREA, SW, SE AND CENTRAL CHINA (CHONgqINg, ZHEJIANg, JIANgXI, TAIWAN, HENAN) (AUDISIO et al. 2015; NEW DATA AbOvE).

Host-plants. THE HOST-pLANTS Of THIS COmmON AND WIDESpREAD SpECIES ARE KNOWN ONLY fROm pOOR DATA THAT SUggESTS SOmE ADULT SpECImENS COLLECTED IN TAIWAN fROm Prunus phaeosticta AND Rubus Sp. ( ROSACEAE) (S.- T. HISAmATSU 2009). THE RELATIvELY LARgE NUmbER Of SpECImENS COLLECTED ON Photinia serratifolia (DESf.) KALKmAN ( ROSACEAE), REpORTED AbOvE (FIg. 4C), COULD bE ImpORTANT, HOWEvER THE TRUE LARvAL HOST-pLANTS Of THIS STRONgLY ISOLATED SpECIES REmAIN UNKNOWN. THE SpECIES OCCURS IN OpEN SpACES AT THE EDgE Of fORESTED AND SEmI-fORESTED HAbITATS, SLOpES, AND ROADSIDES AS WELL AS TEA pLANTATIONS fROm SEA LEvEL Up TO CA. 2500 m.