Onitis subopacus Arrow, 1931

Cheung, Kahong, Bai, Ming, Leung, Manhin, Lee, Yingming, Chan, Kinfung & Yang, Xingke, 2018, Scarabaeinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from Hong Kong, Zoological Systematics 43 (3), pp. 233-267 : 246

3.2.19 Onitis subopacus Arrow, 1931

Onitis philemon Lansberge, 1875 , Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg., 18: 133 (BMNH (nec Fabricius 1801); Arrow, 1931, Fauna Brit. India, Lamell., 3: 395 (Junior homonym of Onitis philemon Fabricius, 1801 ).

Onitis subopacus Arrow, 1931 , Fauna Brit. India, Lamell., 3: 395 (BMNH) (n. name for Onitis philemon Lansberge, 1875 preoccupied).

Materials examined: [ AFCD] China, Hong Kong, Tai Mo Shan, 1♀, 2015.IX.17, coll. M.H. Leung ; Unknown , 1♀, 2010.VII.02, coll. K.H. Cheung.

[ IZAS] China, Yunnan, Jingdong , 1200 m, 3♂ 6♀, 1957.III.15 ; Yunnan, Mengla, Jinping , 500 m, 2♂ 3♀, 1956. V.2, coll. Keren Huang; Yunnan, Cheli , 620m, 3♂ 4♀, 1957.IV.8, coll. Shuyong Wang ; Yunnan, Damengla , 700 m, 3♂ 1♀, 1957.IV.10, coll. Fuji Pu.

[ BMNH] Ceylon, Haldummulle , Kalupahani, 1♂, 1904-171 (Type) ; India, 1916.?.?, 1♂, coll. Pusa; Bengal, Darjiling, Singla, 1500 ft., 1♀, 1930. VI .

Distribution. China ( Hong Kong, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan), Myanmar, India, Malaysia, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand.

Remarks. The species is firstly recorded in Hong Kong, China.