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Paragymnopleurus melanarius

  • 1. Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, Hong Kong SAR Government, Hong Kong SAR, China
  • 2. Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China These authors contributed equally to this work Corresponding author, E-mail: baim @ ioz. ac. cn

Description

3.2.11 Paragymnopleurus melanarius (Harold, 1867)

Gymnopleurus melanarius Harold, 1867, Col. Hefte, 1: 76 (MNHN).

Gymnopleurus aethiops Sharp, 1875a, Col. Hefte, 13: 34 (MNHN); Boucomont & Gillet (nec Motschulsky), 1921, Faune ent. Indoch. Fr., 4: 3 (Syn.).

Gymnopleurus ruficornis Boucomont & Gillet (nec Motschulsky), 1921, Faune ent. Indoch. Fr., 4: 3.

Paragymnopleurus melanarius Janssens, 1940, Mém. Mus. R. Hist. Nat. Belg., 16(2): 16, 18.

Material examined. [IZAS] China, Jiangxi, Nanchang, 1♀, 1978. V.11, coll. Youwei Zhang; Guangxi, Napo Beidou, 550 m, 2♂, 2000. VI.22, coll. Wenzhu Li; Guangxi, Guilin, Yanshan, 2♂, 1953. VI.25, coll. unknown.

[BMNH] China, Formosa, Horisha, 1♂, 1918.V–VIII, coll. H. Kawamura; Kanara, S. India, 1♀, Andrewes, Beouest, B. M. Coll., 1922-221; China, Foochow, 2♂ 1♀, 1936.VII.10–14, coll. M.S. Yang; China, Foochow, 2♂, 1936. VI, coll. M.S. Yang; Ceylon, Kandy, 1♂, 1910.IV.7, coll. E.E. Green; Ceylon, Balangoda, 1♀, 1882.III.13–16, coll. G. Lewis; Thailand, Metah, 7♂ 1♀, coll. J.D. Hedley, B. M. 1954-571; Burma, N. Chin Hills., 1♂, 94-4; Vitenam, Tonkin, Hoa-Binh., A. de Cooman, B. M. 1934-95; Ceylon, 1♂, Fry Coll., 1905-100.

Distribution. China (Hong Kong, Fujian, Guangxi, Jiangxi, Shanghai, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan), India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam.

Notes

Published as part of Cheung, Kahong, Bai, Ming, Leung, Manhin, Lee, Yingming, Chan, Kinfung & Yang, Xingke, 2018, Scarabaeinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from Hong Kong, pp. 233-267 in Zoological Systematics 43 (3) on pages 242-243, DOI: 10.11865/zs.201830, http://zenodo.org/record/4617705

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References

  • Harold, E. v. 1867. Diagnosen neuer Coprophagen. Coleopterologische Hefte, 2: 94 - 100.
  • Sharp, D. 1875 a. Descriptions of some new genera and species of Scarabaeidae from tropical Asia and Malaisia. Coleopterologische Hefte, 13: 33 - 54.
  • Janssens, A. 1940. Monographie des Scarabaeus et genres voisins. Memoires de l'Musee Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, 16: 1 - 81.