Meligethes (s.str.) auripilis Reitter, 1889 Biological notes. A small series of specimens belonging to this rather common species, widespread in central and SW China, was recently collected by the authors in several localities of northern Sichuan [Jiuzhaigou Valley; Nanping area, pond-lake of Gan (Ganhaizi)]. All specimens were collected on flowering Rosa spp. with white and pink flowers (at least two different species, still pending specific identification; Rosaceae). As hypothesized by Audisio et al. (2015), Rosa spp. are likely the larval host-plants of this species.

Published as part of Liu, Meike, Yang, Xingke, Huang, Min, Jelínek, Josef & Audisio, Paolo, 2016, Four new species of Meligethes Stephens from China and additional data on other species of the genus (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae: Meligethinae), pp. 101-116 in Zootaxa 4121 (2) on page 105, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4121.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/259797