Orthogonius MacLeay, 1825
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4121.3.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6077386 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FF87A8-5E2F-5370-57B4-FC07FB92979F |
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Genus Orthogonius MacLeay, 1825 View in CoL
Orthogonius alternans Wiedemann 1823 View in CoL
Hill (1982) and Hua (2002) list this species as occurring in Hong Kong but not by Bousquet (2003d).
Orthogonius xanthomerus Redtenbacher, 1867 View in CoL
This species was described from specimens collected by Ritter von Frauenfeld in Hong Kong. It was also collected by both Champion and Bowring prior to 1855. This is likely to be the species Bowring mentions in a 1855 letter to Adam White (Anon 1855). "the other day I got my first specimen of the only beetle in poor Champion's collection, which I did not possess when he left China, an Orthogonius View in CoL ; I don't know whether it has been described." Gemminger & Harold (1868), Chaudoir (1871b), Andrewes (1924) and Bousquet (2003d) also list this species for Hong Kong.
A number of specimens were quite different from O. xanthomerus View in CoL . According to Mingyi Tian (pers. comm.) their genital structures are somewhat intermediate between several species from China and southeast Asia. Material: 1 ex. Hong Kong, Lantau, Pui O, 18.iv.14, under stone in wooded area; 1 ex. Hong Kong Lanau, Tung Fuk, 22.iv.10, flew into bus (Leg. Elme Aston); 1 ex. Hong Kong, Ng Tung Chai, 4.v.10; 1 ex. Hong Kong, Pak Sha O, 24.v.15 – 07.vi.15, Malaise Trap (Leg. C.Barthelemy). Biology: Imago found April to May. Is fully winged and capable of flight.
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Orthogonius MacLeay, 1825
Aston, Paul 2016 |
Orthogonius xanthomerus
Redtenbacher 1867 |
Orthogonius alternans
Wiedemann 1823 |