Platylomalus niponensis (Lewis, 1899)

Lewis, 1899: 21 (Type locality: Japan; orig. comb.: Paromalus niponensis); Cooman, 1937: 142; Nakane, 1963: 69 ( Platylomalus); Kryzhanovskij & Reichardt, 1976: 274; Mazur, 1984: 135 (catalogue); 1997: 183 (catalogue); Ôhara, 1994: 180 (redescription, figures, photos); 1999: 117; Löbl & Smetana, 2004: 75 (catalogue). Synonymy: Paromalus complanatus: Lewis, 1892a: 33 (wrong identification).

Paromalus niponicus (sic!): Lewis, 1915: 56 (Horisha).

Material examined. No collecting data: 2 females (Y. Miwa det.); CHINA: Hubei: 3 males, 8 females, Shennongjia, Jiuchonggangou, 1240 m, net screen, 1998. VII.18, Haisheng Zhou coll.; 1 male, 1 female, Shennongjia, Jiuchonggangou, 1240–1800 m, net screen, 1998. VII.18, Haisheng Zhou coll.; Sichuan: 13 males, 14 females, Baoxing, Ruobigou, 1600 m, dead maple, 2003. VIII.13, Jie Wu coll.; 3 males, 4 females, Baoxing, Qingshangou, 1900 m, dead wood, 2003. VIII.6, Jie Wu coll.

Distribution. China (Hubei, Sichuan, Taiwan); Japan.