Mimela bidentata Lin, 1966

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Mimela bidentata Lin, 1966

Mimela bidentata Lin, 1966: 138 , fig. 1 [original description, type locality: Guangxi, Yaoshan]; Lin 1993: 39, fig. 23 (in text), pl. IV, fig. 30, pl. VIII, fig. 22, pl. XIX, fig. 15 [redescription, pachygastra -group, recorded from China: Yunnan]; Sabatinelli 1994: 63 [recorded from Vietnam: Sapa]; Zorn 2006: 267 [catalogued]; Krajčik 2007: 84 [catalogued]; Zorn & Bezděk 2016: 344 [catalogued].

Type material examined. None. The identification is based on the original description and Lin (1993).

Additional material examined (16♂♂, 3♀♀). CHINA: Guangdong : 1♂, 1♀ ( SCAU), Chebaling , 1991.IV.27, Chuan-Chuan Lu leg. ; 1♂ ( ZMPC), Guangdong ; Guangxi: 1♂ ( CCPC), Rongshui, Mt. Jiuwan, Alt. = 1000m 2015, VIII-9 ~10 Yu-Tang Wang leg. ; 4♂♂, 1♀ ( ZMPC), Jinxiu County, Mount Dayaoshan, Changtongxiang Township , 2018. V, Chun-Fu Feng leg. ; 3♂♂ ( ZMPC), Jinxiu County, Mount Dayaoshan, Hekou 2015.VII.8 Lu Qiu leg. ; Guizhou: 1♂ ( ZMPC), Tongren, Jiangkou County, Mount Fanjingshan , 2016.VI.19–22, 1770m, Bo-Yan Li leg. ; Yunnan: 1♂ ( ZMPC), Pingbian County, Mts. Daweishan, Maditang , 2017.VI.6, Zhi-Wei Dong leg. ; 1♂ ( ZMPC), Honghe, Pingbian, Mt. Daweishan 2017.VII.5 Zhi-Wei Dong leg. ; 1♂ ( LPPC), Jinping 2019.V.20 1800m Chao-Ming Chen leg. ; 1♀ ( ZMPC), Jinping, Ma’andi 2016.VII.13 light trap Xiang Zhu leg. VIETNAM: Quang Nam: 1♂ ( ZMPC), Tay Giang Dist., Mt. Axan 1300m October 2019 local collector leg .; Vinh Phuc: 1♂ ( ZMPC), N. VIETNAM Vinh Phuc Prov. vic Tam Dao Town , Tam Dao NP, 02.-05.V.2013, 21°27′N 105°38′E, 700-1000m, A. Skale .

Remarks. Examined material updates the northern- (Guizhou), southern- (Quang Nam) and easternmost (Guangdong) distribution of this species. The elytral punctures of specimens from Yunnan are slightly coarser than those that from other regions. But the male genitalia do not have distinct differences.

Distribution. China: Guangdong *, Guangxi, Guizhou *, Yunnan; Vietnam: Lao Cai, Quang Nam *, Vinh Phuc *.