Pachylomalus musculus ( Marseul, 1873 )

Zhang, Ye-Jun & Zhou, Hong-Zhang, 2007, Taxonomy of the tribe Paromalini Reitter (Coleoptera: Histeridae, Dendrophilinae) from China, Zootaxa 1544, pp. 1-40 : 14

Pachylomalus musculus ( Marseul, 1873)

(Figs. 42–59)

Marseul, 1873: 221, 225 (Type locality: Niphon: Nagasaki; orig. comb.: Paromalus musculus ); Lewis, 1892a: 37 (Nara, Kiushu); 1915: 56 ( Taiwan: Horisha); Schmidt, 1897: 295 ( Pachylomalus ); Bickhardt, 1917: 116; Cooman, 1941: 298 (in subgenus Canidius ; figures); Hisamatsu, 1968: 31; Mazur, 1984: 132 (catalogue); 1997: 180 (catalogue); Ôhara, 1994: 193 (redescription, figures); Löbl & Smetana, 2004: 74 (catalogue).

Synonymy: Pachylomalus inops Cooman, 1933: 195 ; 1935: 217 (synonymized).

Material examined. No collecting data: 3 males, 1 female (Y. Miwa det.); VIETNAM: 5 males, 1 female, Tonkin, Hoa-Binh, 1939, de Cooman coll. (de Cooman det.); 1 male, 4 females, Tonkin, Hoa-Binh, 1936, de Cooman coll. (de Cooman det.).

Distribution. China ( Taiwan); Japan, Burma, Vietnam.