Platylomalus submetallicus (Lewis, 1892)

Zhang, Ye-Jun & Zhou, Hong-Zhang, 2007, Taxonomy of the tribe Paromalini Reitter (Coleoptera: Histeridae, Dendrophilinae) from China, Zootaxa 1544, pp. 1-40 : 22

Platylomalus submetallicus (Lewis, 1892) , new for China

(Figs. 96–111)

Lewis, 1892b: 34 (Type locality: Burma; orig. comb.: Paromalus submetallicus ); Cooman, 1948: 137 ( Platylomalus ; notes, figures); Mazur, 1984: 136 (catalogue); 1997: 184 (catalogue).

Material examined. CHINA: Yunnan: 1 male, 3 females, Xishuangbanna, west of Menglun, 560 m, dead wood, 2004. II.9, Jie Wu coll.

Remarks. This species can easily be recognized by the two carinate longitudinal striae on the intercoxal disk of metaventrite and the wide and deep grooves in the pygidium of male and female. Distribution. China (Yunnan); Burma, Vietnam, Thailand, Sikkim.