Mimela xanthorrhoea Ohaus, 1902

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Mimela xanthorrhoea Ohaus, 1902

Mimela xanthorrhoea Ohaus, 1902: 52 [original description, type locality: Tonkin, Mau-son Berge]; Ohaus 1918: 132 [catalogued, Mimela (s. str.)]; Ohaus 1943: 73 [key, Mimela (s. str.), xanthorrhoea -group]; Machatschke 1952: 334, fig. 5 [prosternal process figured]; Paulian 1959: 112 [redescription]; Machatschke 1972: 181 [catalogued, splendens -group]; Lin 1993: 48, fig. 33 (in text), pl. V, fig. 40, pl. XIV, fig. 32, pl. XX, fig. 24 [redescription, epipleurica -group, recorded from China: Guangdong and Guangxi]; Zorn 2006: 270 [catalogued]; Krajčik 2007: 89 [catalogued]; Zorn & Bezděk 2016: 348 [catalogued].

Type material examined. None. The identification is based on the original description and Lin (1993).

Additional material examined (18♂♂, 4♀♀). CHINA: Fujian : 5♂♂, 1♀ ( ZMPC), Longyan City, Dachi County, Jiuliyang 845m, 2019.V.14 light trap Yu-Chen Zheng leg. ; Guangdong: 3♂♂ ( ZMPC), Guangdong Nanling Nature Reserve 2016-V-29-31 ; 1♀ ( ZMPC), Guangdong Nanling Nature Reserve 2017-V-31 Yan-Rong Lu leg. ; 2♂♂ ( ZMPC), Huizhou City, Mt. Nankunshan, Tiantangding , N23°38′ E113°51′ 519m 2018.VI.12–14, Ming-Zhi Zhao leg. ; 1♂ ( ZMPC), Huizhou City, Mt. Nankunshan , 2018.V.19, Si-Yao Huang leg. ; 1♀ ( ZMPC), Shimengtai Nature Reserve 2017-VI-7 ; Guangxi: 2♂♂ ( CCPC, ZMPC), Wuming, Damingshan 1150m, 2016, V-20 mixed forest, daytime Y.-Q. Lu Leg .; 1♂ ( CCPC), Jinxiu, Dayaoshan, Zhang’ertun 600m, 2018, V-03, J.-T. Zhao Leg . VIETNAM: 1♂ ( CZPC), Tonkin Montes Mauson April Mai 2-3000’, H. Fruhstorfer / Collectie C. & O. Vogt Acq. 1960 ; 1♀ ( CENAK), Montes Mauson, Tonkin 2-3000’, IV, V. H. Rolle, Berlin, S.W. 11. / Le Moult vend. Via Reinbek Eing. Nr 1, 1957 ; 3♂♂ ( CENAK), Tonkin Than-Moi Juni-Juli H. Fruhstorfer / Le Moult vend. Via Reinbek Eing. Nr 1, 1957 .

Remarks. Originally described from Mt. Mauson in North Vietnam, this species was also reported from Guangdong and Guangxi Provinces in South China ( Lin 1993).The examined material suggests a wider distributional range in China and Vietnam.

Distribution. China: Fujian *, Guangdong, Guangxi; Vietnam: Lang Son, Bac Giang *.