Zonitomorpha miwai (Kôno, 1936) Pan & Ren, 2020

Pan, Zhao & Ren, Guo-Dong, 2020, New synonyms, combinations and status in the Chinese species of the family Meloidae Gyllenhal, 1810 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) with additional faunistic records, Zootaxa 4820 (2), pp. 260-286 : 264

Zonitomorpha miwai (Kôno, 1936) comb. nov.

Zonitis miwai Kôno, 1936a: 94 . Type locality: “ Taihoku , Formosa ” (= Taipei, Taiwan, China) . Type depository: EIHU. Zonitoschema miwai: Bologna 2008: 412 .

Distribution. China: Taiwan.

Remarks. This species was placed in the genus Zonitoschema by Bologna (2008). However, according to the description and illustration published by Kôno (1936a), this species belongs to the genus Zonitomorpha . The valid-ity of this species is still doubtful and needs to be revised in the future: The female (see fig. 2 in Kôno 1936a) looks almost like Zonitomorpha dollei (Fairmaire, 1889) ( Fig. 5 ), but the sex of the single examined specimen of Z. dollei ( Fig. 5 ) is unknown and its elytra have weak shinning blue.

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FIGURES 1–6. Type specimens. 1. Schroetteria polita ab. dilutipennis Reitter (HNHM): a. habitus, dorsal view; b. labels. 2. Schroetteria subpolita Reitter (HNHM): a. habitus, dorsal view; b. labels. 3. Zonitomorpha cribripennis (Fairmaire) (MNHN): a. habitus, dorsal view; b. habitus, lateral view; c. labels. 4. Zonitomorpha davidis (Fairmaire) (MNHN): a. habitus, dorsal view; b. head and antennae; c. labels. 5. Zonitomorpha dollei (Fairmaire) (MNHN): a. habitus, dorsal view; b. habitus, lateral view; c. labels. 6. Zonitis fuscimembris Fairmaire (MNHN): a. habitus, dorsal view; b. labels. Scale bars (a): 5 mm.