Apogonia ventralis Moser, 1913

Ziani, Stefano, Bezděk, Aleš, Branco, Tristão, Hillert, Oliver, Jákl, Stanislav, Král, David, Mantič, Marion, Rössner, Eckehard & Sehnal, Richard, 2015, New country records of Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) from the Palaearctic Region, Insecta Mundi 2015 (409), pp. 1-36 : 20

Apogonia ventralis Moser, 1913

Material examined. CHINA (GUANGDONG): W of Qixing, Heishiding (streem; pools), 190 m, 23 ° 28 ’ N 111 ° 54 ’ E, 1.-3.v.2011, M. Fikáček and J. Hájek leg. (1 ♂ in NMPC). CHINA (GUANGXI): Umgeb. v. [= vicinity of] Nanning, 1931, Slg. R. Oberthür, Eing. Nr. 4, 1956 (15 ♂♂ and 32 ♀♀ in ZFMK) ; Shiwandashan National Forest Park, 290-360 m, 21 ° 54 ’ N 107 ° 54 ’ E, 5.-9.iv.2013, M. Fikáček, J. Hájek and J. Růžička leg. (2 ♂♂ and 3 ♀♀ in NMPC, 1 ♂ in IECA). CHINA (GUIZHOU): Tchen-Fong , Kouy-Tcheou (1 ♂ in ISNB) ; Libo co. , Pingzhai, Maolan NP env., 25 ° 19 ’ N 108 ° 0 5 ’ E, vi.2009, R. Sehnal and M. Häckel leg. (1 ♂ in ARCL). CHINA ( HONG KONG): New Territories, vi-vii.1996, coll. G. de Rougemont (1 ♂ in OXUM) ; Lantau, Wang Tong, 15.v.2010 (1 ♂ in PACM). CHINA (YUNNAN): Xishuangbanna , 20 km NW Jinghong, 720 m, 22 ° 07 ’ 80 ’’ N 100 ° 40 ’ 05 ’’ E, 26.v.2008, A. Weigel leg. (1 spec. in NMEC) ; Jinghong , TianZi Garden, 10.xii.2007, A. Weigel leg. (1 ♂ in NMEC) ; Luxi (Mangshi) env., 29.v.1995, S. Bečvář and Z. Kadlec leg. (1 ♀ in IECA) ; Xichou env., 1400-1700 m, 23 ° 22 ’ N 104 ° 41 ’ E, 13.-18.v.1995, L. and R. Businský leg. (3 ♂♂ and 5 ♀♀ in DKCP, 1 ♂ in IECA) ; Maguan, Wenshan karst region, 1300-1600 m, 23 ° 10 ’ N 104 ° 18 ’ E, 18.-19.v.1995, L. and R. Businský leg. (1 ♂ and 1 ♀ in DKCP, 1 F# in IECA) .

Distribution. The species was originally described from northern Vietnam ( Moser 1913), but is widely distributed in SE Asia (Bezděk, unpublished). First records from China (provinces Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hong Kong and Yunnan).

Responsible author: A. Bezděk