湖北林业科技

In order to understand the diversity of flower- visiting beetles on Castanea mollissina in Xingduo Mountain Na.ional Nature Reserve, a systematic survey was carried out in the reserve in June 202l. The specimens were collected buweeping on the flowers. A total of 110 specimens of visiting-flower beetles, belonging to 2l species in 17 genera of 8 fam.lies, were collected during this survey. all species were illustrated. Yellow individuals of Dascillus nivipictus were diseov.'red for the first time. 'The results of this survey indicated that the species of flower-visiting beetles in the reserve are richand highly diverse.