3.2.8 Microcopris propinquus (Felsche, 1910)

Copris propinquus Felsche, 1910, Deut. Ent. Zeitschr.: 347 (SMTD).

Microcopris propinquus Balthasar, 1963, Monogr. Scarab. Aphod. Palaearkt. Orient. Reg., 1: 377.

Copris minutissimus Kryzhanovskij & Medvedev, 1966, Ent. Obozr., 45: 392; Kabakov & Napolov, 1999, Latv. Ent., 37: 68. (removal from Syn.); Kabakov & Shokhin, 2014, Cau. Ent. Bull., 10(1): 49 (Syn.).

Material examined. [AFCD] China, Hong Kong, Mau Ping, 1ong, 2015.III.23, coll. C.Y. Luk & M.H. Leung ; Mui Tsz Lam, 1♂, 2015.VIII.18, coll. C.Y. Luk ; Chek Keng, 2♂, 2016.II.17, coll. M.H. Leung ; Cheung Sheung, 2♂ 5♀, 2016.XII.6, coll. M.H. Leung.

[ IZAS] China, Zhejiang, West Mt. Tianmushan, Sanmuping, 1♂, 1998.VII.21, coll. Wu Hong.

[BMNH] China, Szechuan, Chungking, 1♂, 1931-358; China, Szechuan, Kinfushan, 1♀ , IV-V-29, coll. H. Becker; China, nr Nong-po, Da-laen-saen, 1♂, Walker Coll., 93-18; nr Entrance Is Chusah Arch, 1♂ , Walker Coll, 93-18; China, Foochow, 1♀, M.S. Yang Coll., 1937-38; China, 1♀ .

[ MNHN] China, Formosa, Hoozan, 1♂, coll. H. Sauter.

[NMPC] China, Szetschwan, Omisien, Exp. Stotsmer, 1♂; China, Szechuan, Nitou Tatsienlu, 3♂ 2♀ ; China, Szechuan, Yulig Sud, Tatsienlu, 1♂ ; China, Formosa, Kuram, 1♂, 1927. V.11, coll. K. Kamiya.

Distribution. China (Hong Kong, Fujian, Sichuan, Taiwan, Zhejiang, Yunnan), Laos.

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