Mimela dehaani (Hope, 1839)

Zhao, Ming-Zhi, 2021, On the genus Mimela Kirby, 1823 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) from China and adjacent countries, with description of five new species, Zootaxa 4995 (2), pp. 201-230 : 220

Mimela dehaani (Hope, 1839)

Euchlora dehaani Hope, 1839: 71 [original description, type locality: Assam].

Anomala (Euchlora) dehaani: Burmeister 1844: 536 ; Ohaus 1918: 103 [catalogued].

Mimela (Eriomela) dehaani: Ohaus 1943: 68 [key].

Mimela dehaani: Arrow 1917: 120 [redescription, recorded from Bhutan and Sikkim]; Machatschke 1957: 106 [catalogued, passerini -group (Eriomela Reitter, 1903)]; Paulian 1959: 108 [redescription, recorded from Tonkin: Chapa and Tamdao; Yunnan]; Machatschke 1972: 183 [catalogued, passerini -group (Eriomela Reitter, 1903)]; Lin 1993: 76, fig. 61 (in text), pl. IX, fig. 76, pl. XVII, fig. 60, pl. XXII, fig. 50 [redescription, excisipes -group, recorded from China: Fujian, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan]; Lin 2002b: 411 [redescription]; Zorn 2005: 315 [taxonomic treatment]; Zorn 2006: 267 [catalogued, recorded from Jiangxi]; Prokofiev & Zorn 2016: 333 , figs. 5, 29–31 [recorded from Vietnam: Lam Dong, Lac Duong]; Zorn & Bezděk 2016: 345 [catalogued].

Mimela decipiens Hope, 1841: 66 [original description, type locality: Assam]; Burmeister 1844: 542; Arrow 1917: 120 [in synonymy]; Paulian 1959: 108 [in synonymy]; Lin 1993: 76 [in synonymy]; Zorn 2005: 315 [in synonymy]; Zorn 2006: 267 [catalogued, in synonymy]; Prokofiev & Zorn 2016: 333 [in synonymy]; Zorn & Bezděk 2016: 345 [catalogued, in synonymy].

Mimela (Eriomela) decipiens: Ohaus 1918: 132 [catalogued, valid species].

Mimela dulcissima Bates, 1891: 78 [original description, type locality: Sze-chuen]; Ohaus 1918: 130 [catalogued]; Lin 1993: 77 [probably synonym of M. dehaani ]; Zorn 2005: 315 [junior synonym of M. dehaani ]; Zorn 2006: 267 [catalogued, in synonymy]; Prokofiev & Zorn 2016: 333 [in synonymy]; Zorn & Bezděk 2016: 345 [catalogued, in synonymy].

Type material examined. None. The identification is based on Lin (1993) and Prokofiev & Zorn (2016).

Additional material examined (6♂♂, 5♀♀). CHINA: Anhui : 1♂, 1♀ ( ZMPC), Lu’an City, Jinzhai, Mazongling Forest Land, 620m, 2018.VII.23, Yu-Chen Zheng leg. ; 1♂ ( ZMPC), ditto, except date “ 2018.VII.29 ~VII.10” ; Guangdong: 1♂, 1♀ ( ZMPC), Lianzhou City, Sanshui Township , Tianxin Village light trap 25°6′40″N 112°28′50″E 2019.VI.10–14. LAOS: Xieng Khouang: 2♂♂, 2♀♀ ( ZMPC), Muang Khoun 2019.V.5–15 local collector leg. THAILAND: Chiang Mai: 1♀ ( ZMPC), Huai Kaeo village, Mae On, Chiang Mai N 18°53′36″ E 99°15′53″ h ~ 500m; 09-11.VIII.2009 D. V. Potanin leg. Nan: 1♂ ( THPC), Bo Kluea dist., Bo Kluea subdist., 6.IX.2019 T. Hongsuwong leg.

Remarks. This species is very widespread in mainland Asia. The material examined herein documents its presence in Laos and Thailand for the first time.

Zhang et al. (2014) reported it from Preah Vihear Province of northern Cambodia. However, the southernmost distribution of several species treated in the same work are restricted to northern Indochina, i.e. Anomala aulax (Wiedemann, 1832) , Glenopopillia rufipennis rufipennis Lin, 1980 (subspecific status confirmed by Denis Keith, personal communication, 2021), Mimela nigritarsis Lin, 1990 . It is most probable that those material was mislabeled by an insect dealer. The record of M. dehaani in Cambodia is thus omitted here.

Distribution. Bhutan; China: Anhui *, Fujian, Guangdong *, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan; India: Assam, Sikkim; Laos *: Xieng Khouang; Thailand *: Chiang Mai, Nan; Vietnam: Lam Dong, Lao Cai, Vinh Phuc.