Preliminary Investigation on Flower-visiting Beetles of Castanea mollissina in Xingdou Mountain of Hubei
In order to understand the diversity of flower-visiting beetles on Castanea mollissina in Xingduo Mountain Na-tional Nature Reserve,a systematic survey was carried out in the reserve in June 2021.The specimens were collected by sweeping on the flowers.A total of 110 specimens of visiting-flower beetles,belonging to 21 species in 17 genera of 8 fam-ilies,were collected during this survey.all species were illustrated.Yellow individuals of Dascillus nivipictus were discov-ered for the first time.The results of this survey indicated that the species of flower-visiting beetles in the reserve are rich and highly diverse.