Copris (s. str.) sinicus Hope, 1842

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 : 240

3.2.4 Copris (s. str.) sinicus Hope, 1842

Copris sinicus Hope, 1842 , Proc. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1842: 60 (BMNH).

Copris sulcicollis Lansberge, 1886 , Tijdschr. V. Entom., 29: 10; Gillet, 1911a, Col. Catalog. Pars. 38, Scarabaeidae : Coprinae I: 78 (syn.).

Material examined. [ AFCD] China, Hong Kong, Tsing Fai Tong, 1♂ 1♀, 2015.IV.21, coll. M.H. Leung ; Kat O, 1♀, 2015.X.29, coll. M.H. Leung; Lai Chi Wo. 1♂, 2016.IV.7, coll. M.H. Leung.

[ IZAS] China , Jiangxi, Nanchang , 3♂ 4♀, 1978. V.11, coll. Youwei Zhang ; Guangdong, Lian County, Dadongshan , 1♂, 1993.IV.15 ; Yunnan, Xishuangbanna Xiaomengyang , 850 m, 1♂, 1957. VI.15, coll. Lingchao Zang ; Yunnan, Xishuangbanna Yiwu , 800–1300 m, 6♂ 8♀, 1959. V.14, coll. Zhenfu Li. Vietnam, Tokin, Hoa-Binh , 1♂, coll. A. De Cooman.

[ BMNH] China, 1♂, (Type); Siam, Setul , 1♂ 1♀ , H. N. Ridley Coll., 1910-264; China, Foochow , 6♂ 28♀ , M.S. Yang Coll., 1936-37; China, Fukien, Amoy , 2♀ , 1922, coll. S. F. Light; Java, Horsfield , 1♀ , 60-15; India, 1♀ ; Burma, Maymyo , 1♀ , H.L. Andrewes Coll.,1922-221; Burma, Prome , 1♂ ; Kolaw, S. Shan States , 4000 ft, 1♀ , 1916.IV, F. M. Mackwood Coll., 1916-205; Bengal, Sarda , 1♀ , H. G. Champion Coll., 1953-156; Siam, Tennasserim Border , 1♂ , K. G. Gairdner Coll., 1914- 400.

[ NMPC] Malang, S.E. Java, Slg. R. Oberthur (coll. C. Martin), Eing. Nr. 4, 1956, 1♂; Environa de MAHE, (Cote de Malabar), Chasseur indigenes, 2 semestre 1902, 1♀; China , Fukien , Shaowu , 500 m, J. Klapperich, 1♂ 1♀, 1937.X.30– VI.3.

Distribution. China ( Hong Kong, Fujian, Guangdong, Hubei, Jiangxi, Shanghai, Sichuan, Yunnan), Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam.