Paromalus parallelepipedus (Herbst, 1792), new for China

Herbst, 1792: 37 (Type locality: Germany; orig. comb.: Hister parallelepipedus); Erichson, 1834: 170 ( Paromalus); Fauvel in Gozis, 1886: 168 (key), 196; Lewis, 1892a: 36; 1907: 318 ( Microlomalus); Reichardt, 1925: 111 (Omsk; parallelopipedus [sic! Error!]); Vitale, 1929: 128 ( Micromalus); Mazur, 1984: 139 (catalogue); 1997: 187 (catalogue); Yélamos & Ferrer, 1988: 181; Ôhara, 1994: 199 (redescription, figures); Yélamos, 2002: 202 (redescription, figures), 380; Löbl & Smetana, 2004: 75 (catalogue).

Synonymy: Hister pusillus Kugelann, 1792: 305; 1794: 518 (synonymized).

Hister picipes: Sturm, 1805: 248 (emend).

Material examined. CHINA: Heilongjiang: 37 exs., Qing Yuan, ca. 30 km S. Lang Xiang, ca. 600–700 m, 2004. V.25–29, J. Cooter coll. (T. Lackner det. 2004); 1 male, Lang Xiang, Qingyuan, 435 m, bark, 2004. V.28, Jie Wu coll.

Distribution. China (Heilongjiang); Russia (Far East, Siberia, Caucasus, Crimea), Japan, Europe.