Hycleus phaleratus (Pallas, 1781) Elytral

Pan, Zhao & Ren, Guodong, 2018, Taxonomic revision of the subfamily Meloinae (Coleoptera: Meloidae) from Xizang, China, with description of a new species, Zoological Systematics 43 (1), pp. 66-88 : 80

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Hycleus phaleratus phaleratus ( Pallas, 1782) ( Fig. 20 View Figures 13–25 )

Meloe phalerata Pallas, 1782: 78 . Type locality: “orae cisgangeticae Indiae ” ( India). Type depository: ZIN, but destroyed by fire. Mylabris sidae Fabricius, 1798: 120 . Type locality: “Cap. Bon. Spei.” ( South Africa, wrong record). Type depository: ZMUC .

Synonymized by after Billberg, 1813: 7. Mylabris patruelis Sturm, 1843: 172 . Type locality: “ Cap. bon. Sp. ” ( South Africa, wrong record) . Type depository: ZSM. Synonymized by Gemminger & Harold, 1870: 2140. Mylabris moquiniana Ferrer, 1859: 540 . Type locality: “ China ” . Type depository: unknown. Synonymized by Gemminger & Harold, 1870:

2140. Mylabris phalerata: Gemminger & Harold, 1870: 2140 . Zonabris phalerata: Heyden, 1886: 287 . Mylabris (Euzonabris) phalerata: Kuzin, 1954: 358 . Mylabris (Euzonabris) phalerata ab. irigator Kaszab, 1960: 259. Type locality: “ Yunnan: Kingtung ” ( China) . Type depository: IZCAS. Hycleus phaleratus phaleratus: Bologna, 2008: 387 .

Material examined from Xizang. None.

Distribution. China: Xizang ( Bologna, 2008; Pan et al., 2011) (Mêdog ( Tan, 1981, 1988; Wang et al., 2003), Zayü ( Tan, 1981, 1988; Wang et al., 2003)), Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian, Jiangxi, Henan, Hubei, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Taiwan; Thailand; India; Nepal; Sri Lanka; Indonesia; Pakistan.

Remarks. This species was firstly recorded in Xizang by Tan (1981), and the following reports are all based on her record ( Tan, 1988; Wang et al., 2003; Bologna, 2008; Pan et al., 2011). No material was examined. As the Hycleus phaleratus group species are very similar in each other on elytral pattern (details see Pan et al., 2014), we doubt the validity of its distribution in Xizang. However, the hypothesis can not be confirmed until a futher study of Prof. Tan’s work.