Microcopris propinquus ( Felsche, 1910 )

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 : 241

3.2.8 Microcopris propinquus ( Felsche, 1910)

Copris propinquus Felsche, 1910 , Deut. Ent. Zeitschr.: 347 (SMTD).

Microcopris propinquus Balthasar, 1963 , Monogr. Scarab. Aphod. Palaearkt. Orient. Reg., 1: 377.

Copris minutissimus Kryzhanovskij & Medvedev, 1966 , Ent. Obozr., 45: 392; Kabakov & Napolov, 1999, Latv. Ent., 37: 68. (removal from Syn.); Kabakov & Shokhin, 2014, Cau. Ent. Bull., 10(1): 49 (Syn.).

Material examined. [ AFCD] China, Hong Kong, Mau Ping, 1ong, 2015.III.23, coll. C.Y. Luk & M.H. Leung ; Mui Tsz Lam , 1♂, 2015.VIII.18, coll. C.Y. Luk ; Chek Keng , 2♂, 2016.II.17, coll. M.H. Leung ; Cheung Sheung , 2♂ 5♀, 2016.XII.6, coll. M.H. Leung.

[ IZAS] China, Zhejiang, West Mt. Tianmushan, Sanmuping , 1♂, 1998.VII.21, coll. Wu Hong.

[ BMNH] China, Szechuan, Chungking, 1♂, 1931-358; China, Szechuan, Kinfushan , 1♀ , IV-V-29, coll. H. Becker; China, nr Nong-po, Da-laen-saen, 1♂ , Walker Coll., 93-18; nr Entrance Is Chusah Arch , 1♂ , Walker Coll, 93-18; China, Foochow, 1♀ , M.S. Yang Coll., 1937-38; China, 1♀ .

[ MNHN] China, Formosa, Hoozan , 1♂, coll. H. Sauter.

[ NMPC] China, Szetschwan, Omisien, Exp. Stotsmer, 1♂; China, Szechuan , Nitou Tatsienlu, 3♂ 2♀ ; China, Szechuan , Yulig Sud, Tatsienlu, 1♂ ; China, Formosa, Kuram, 1♂ , 1927. V.11, coll. K. Kamiya.

Distribution. China ( Hong Kong, Fujian, Sichuan, Taiwan, Zhejiang, Yunnan), Laos.

Remarks. The species is firstly recorded in Hong Kong, China.