Paragymnopleurus melanarius ( Harold, 1867 )

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 : 242-243

3.2.11 Paragymnopleurus melanarius ( Harold, 1867)

Gymnopleurus melanarius Harold, 1867 , Col. Hefte, 1: 76 (MNHN).

Gymnopleurus aethiops Sharp, 1875a , Col. Hefte, 13: 34 (MNHN); Boucomont & Gillet (nec Motschulsky), 1921, Faune ent. Indoch. Fr., 4: 3 (Syn.).

Gymnopleurus ruficornis Boucomont & Gillet (nec Motschulsky), 1921, Faune ent. Indoch. Fr., 4: 3.

Paragymnopleurus melanarius Janssens, 1940 , Mém. Mus. R. Hist. Nat. Belg., 16(2): 16, 18.

Material examined. [ IZAS] China, Jiangxi, Nanchang, 1♀, 1978. V.11, coll. Youwei Zhang; Guangxi, Napo Beidou , 550 m, 2♂, 2000. VI.22, coll. Wenzhu Li; Guangxi, Guilin, Yanshan , 2♂, 1953. VI.25, coll. unknown.

[ BMNH] China, Formosa, Horisha, 1♂, 1918.V–VIII, coll. H. Kawamura; Kanara, S. India, 1♀, Andrewes , Beouest, B. M. Coll., 1922-221 ; China, Foochow , 2♂ 1♀, 1936.VII.10–14, coll. M.S. Yang ; China, Foochow , 2♂, 1936. VI, coll. M.S. Yang ; Ceylon, Kandy , 1♂, 1910.IV.7, coll. E.E. Green ; Ceylon, Balangoda , 1♀, 1882.III.13–16, coll. G. Lewis ; Thailand, Metah , 7♂ 1♀, coll. J.D. Hedley , B. M. 1954-571; Burma, N. Chin Hills. , 1♂, 94-4; Vitenam , Tonkin, Hoa-Binh. , A. de Cooman, B. M. 1934-95 ; Ceylon, 1♂, Fry Coll., 1905-100 .

Distribution. China ( Hong Kong, Fujian, Guangxi, Jiangxi, Shanghai, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan), India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam.