Platylomalus oceanitis ( Marseul, 1855 )

Zhang, Ye-Jun & Zhou, Hong-Zhang, 2007, Taxonomy of the tribe Paromalini Reitter (Coleoptera: Histeridae, Dendrophilinae) from China, Zootaxa 1544, pp. 1-40 : 18

Platylomalus oceanitis ( Marseul, 1855)

(Figs. 83–95)

Marseul, 1855: 110 (Type locality: Philippines; orig. comb.: Paromalus oceanitis ); Lewis, 1915: 56 (Kotosho); Cooman, 1937: 118 (notes, figures); Thérond, 1970: 336 ( Platylomalus ); Mazur, 1975: 439 ( Taiwan); 1984: 135 (catalogue); 1997: 183 (catalogue); Vienna, 1983: 475.

Synonymy: Paromalus ceylanicus: Marseul, 1870: 95 ; Cooman, 1937: 122 (synonymized).

Paromalus biarculus Marseul, 1870: 96 (part.); Cooman, 1937: 121 (synonymized).

Paromalus vermiculatus Lewis, 1892b: 33 ; Cooman, 1937: 122 (synonymized).

Material examined. VIETNAM: 3 females, Tonkin, Hoa-Binh, 1935, de Cooman coll.; 3 males, Tonkin, Hoa-Binh, 1935, de Cooman coll.; PHILIPPINES: Palawan: 1 ex., Sanjuan, Aborlan, 1987. II.9, C. K. Starr coll. (S. Mazur det. 1995); Leyte: 1 ex., Visca N Baybay, 1991.II, forest, 100–200 m, Schawaller et al. coll. (S. Mazur det. 1995); CHINA: Taiwan: 1 female, Kotosho (Taitung Hsien), T. Shiraki coll. (Y. Miwa det.); 2 females, Kotosho (Y. Miwa det.).

Distribution. China ( Taiwan); Thailand, Laos, Burma, Vietnam, India, Philippines, Indonesia (Java, Sumatra), Sri Lanka, New Guinea, Australia.