Copris (s. str.) confucius Harold, 1877

Cheung, Kahong, Bai, Ming, Leung, Manhin, Lee, Yingming, Chan, Kinfung & Yang, Xingke, 2018, Scarabaeinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from Hong Kong, Zoological Systematics 43 (3), pp. 233-267 : 239

3.2.2 Copris (s. str.) confucius Harold, 1877

Copris confucius Harold, 1877 , Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, 10: 48, nota (MNHN).

Material examined. [ AFCD] China, Hong Kong, Cheung Sheung, 1 ex., 2010.III.17, coll. K.H. Cheung ; Tai Mo Shan , 3 ex., 2010. V.13, coll. K.H. Cheung; Grassy Hill , 5 ex., 2010.VIII.27, coll. K.H. Cheung ; Shing Mun , 2 ex., 2011.IX.1 , K.H. Cheung; Cheung Sheung , 2 ex., 2012.IV.23, coll. M. Bai ; Ma On Shan , 1 ex., 2012.IV.23, coll. M. Bai ; Chek Keng , 1 ex., 2015.VIII.25, coll. M.H. Leung ; Tai Mo Shan. 2 ex., 2015.IX.17, coll. M.H. Leung ; Lai Chi Wo , 4♂ 6♀, 2016.IV.7, coll. M.H. Leung ; Wu Kau Tang , 2♂ 4♀, 2016.VIII.25, coll. M.H. Leung.

[ IZAS] China, Hainan, Yinggen , 1964.IV.19, 1♂, coll. Sikong Liu ; Yunnan, Cheli , 620 m, 1957.IV.20, 1♂ 1♀, coll. Lingchao Zang.

[ BMNH] China, 1♂, 92-87; Indo-China, Haut Mekong , Ban Quang, 1918.IV.24, 1♂ 1♀, coll. R . V. de Salvaza; Laos, Park Lay , 1918.IX.2, 2♀, coll. R. V. de Salvaza; Laos, Park Lay , 1918.VIII.2, 1♂, coll. R . V. de Salvaza; China, Kiang , 1♂ 2♀, Nevinson Coll., 1918-14; Nimrod SD.( II), 1♀, Walker Coll., 92-87 .

[ NMPC] China, Fukien, Kwangtseh, 1♂, 1937.VIII.21, coll. J. Klapperich; China, Fukien , Shaowu, 500 m, 1♂, 1937.X.11, coll. J. Klapperich.

Distribution. China ( Hong Kong, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Sichuan, Yunnan), India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand.