Onthophagus (Gibbonthophagus) proletarius Harold, 1875

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 : 250-251

3.2.29 Onthophagus (Gibbonthophagus) proletarius Harold, 1875

Onthophagus proletarius Harold, 1875 , Col. Hefte, 13: 89 (MNHN).

Onthophagus mendicus Gillet, 1924 , Ann. Soc. Sc. Brux., 44: 67 (ISNB).

Onthophagus (Gibbonthophagus) proletarius: Kabakov & Shokhin, 2014 , Cau. Ent. Bull., 10(1): 50.

Material examined. [ AFCD] China, Hong Kong, Pui O, 2♂ 1♀, 2010.VII.20, coll. C.H. Shih ; Fung Yuen , 7♂ 9♀, 2014. XI.5, coll. K.H. Cheung ; Mui Tsz Lam , 9♂ 6♀, 2015.VIII.18, coll. M.H. Leung ; Shing Mun , 1♀, 2015.VIII.25, coll. M.H. Leung ; Lam Tsuen , 1♂, 2017.VIII.22, coll. M.H. Leung.

[ ISNB] China, Formosa, Taihorin, 1♂, 1911.VII, coll. H. Sauter (Lectotype of Onthophagus mendicus, Design. MAS. et. al., 2005); China, Formosa, Taihorin , 2♀, 1911.VII, coll. H. Sauter (Paralectotype of Onthophagus mendicus, Design. MAS. et. al., 2005) ;

[ BMNH] China, Hong Kong, 2♀; Singapore, 1♂ 2♀, 1915.IX.19, coll. Dr. M. Cameron; Tonkin, 1♀; Ceylon, Dikoya , 3500–4200ft., 1♂, 1881.XII.6 – 1882.I.16, coll. G. Lewis.

[ MNHN] Ex-Musaeo, E. Harold, 1♂ (Lectotype, Design. Zunino, 1976); Ex-Musaeo, E. Harold, 2♀ (Paralectotype, Design. Zunino, 1976) .

[ NMPC] China, Formosa, Taihorin , 1♂, 1911, coll. H. Sauter.

[ ZIN] Laos, Thakhek , Boneng, 1♂, 200 m, 1984.X.27, coll. Kabakov.

Distribution. China ( Hong Kong, Fujian, Hainan, Taiwan, Yunnan), Laos, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Vietnam.