Platysodes madoni Bourgoin, 1923

Qiu, Jian-Yue & Xu, Hao, 2020, Further notes on the flower chafer genus Platysodes Westwood, 1873 (Coleoptera Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae) with description of a new species from Himalaya, Zootaxa 4890 (2), pp. 192-200 : 198

Platysodes madoni Bourgoin, 1923

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New material examined (3♁♁, 6♀♀). VIETNAM: 1♀ ( BMNH), Hoa-Binh ( Tonkin ), (A. de Cooman), Coll. J. Clermont // Bourgoin Coll. B. M. 1938-252; 1♀ ( MNHN), Tonkin // Platysodes madoni Bourg., R.Paulian det.; 1 ♁, 1♀ ( MNHN), TONKIN, Lac Thô , HOA BINH, A.DE COOMAN // MUSÉUM PARIS, 1931, A. de COOMAN; 1 ♁, 1♀ ( MNHN), Tonkin occ., Rég. De Hoa Binh, R.P.A. de Cooman, 1918; 1♁ ( MNHN), Tuyen-Quang , ( Tonkin ) Rau // MUSÉUM PARIS, (Coll. Ph. Francois), Coll. L. Bedel 1922; 1♀ ( MNHN), HUE Annam // MUSÉUM PARIS, E. Lemoult, 1918 // Platysodes madoni Bourg., R.Paulian det .; 1♀ ( MNHN), Tuyen-Quang // MUSÉUM PARIS, 1958, Coll. M. Pic.

Distribution. China: Guangdong, Guizhou, Guangxi, Yunnan; Vietnam; Laos; Malaysia. More information on distribution can be found in Qiu et al. (2015).

Remarks. On 6th February 2019, an incomplete remain of Platysodes madoni was found at Panxi of the Mount Fanjingshan, northeastern Guizhou, China (Kai-Chen Ou-Yang, personal communication, August 2020). This record extends the distributional range of this species northward ( Fig. 28 ).

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FIGURE 28. Known distribution of Platysodes Westwood, 1873 species (inset photograph shows the dead specimen of P. ma- doni Bourgoin, 1923 found at Mount Fanjingshan, Guizhou, China, provided by Ka-Chen Ou-Yang). Distribution data take from Qiu et al. (2015) and specimens examined in the present work.