Dasyvalgus similis Miyake, 1985

Kaneko, Naoki & Wada, Kaoru, 2020, Catalogue of the type material of Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) deposited in the Research Institute of Evolutionary Biology, Tokyo, Japan, ZooKeys 958, pp. 35-89 : 35

Dasyvalgus similis Miyake

Dasyvalgus similis Miyake, 1985: 8-9.

Note.

The following paratypes are deposited in RIEB (ex coll. Y. Miyake):

Paratypes.

3 exs.: 1 ♂ '蓬来= hôrai / 20, 21 VIII 1968 / H. MAKIHARA // Paratype’. 1 ♂ 'FUNCHIIFO / FORMOSA / 1. VI. 1970 / Y. KIYOYAMA // Paratype // Paratype / Dasyvalgus / similis , Y. MIYAKE / 1985 '. 1 ♂ 'FUNCHIIFO / FORMOSA / 1. VI. 1970 / Y. KIYOYAMA // Paratype’.

Current status.

Senior objective synonym of Dasyvalgus taiwanus Miyake, 1991. Miyake in Miyake et al. (1991) proposed Dasyvalgus taiwanus as a replacement name for Dasyvalgus similis Miyake, 1985, a junior primary homonym of Dasyvalgus similis Moser, 1908.

Remark.

In addition to the paratypes mentioned above, the following specimens labeled as paratypes are not designated in the original description: 1 ex. 'LIUKUEI / FORMOSA / 3. X. 1970 / Y. KIYOYAMA // 16 // Paratype // Paratype / Dasyvalgus / similis Y. MIYAKE, 1985'. 1 ex. 'NANSHANCHI / FORMOSA / 27. VI. 1971 / Y. MAEDA // Paratype // Paratype / Dasyvalgus / similis Y. MIYAKE, 1985'. 1 ex. '紅水坑= hongshuikeng / Liukuei / 11. V. 1978 / Chen. W. // Paratype’. 1 ♂ '紅水坑= hongshuikeng / Liukuei / 11. V. 1978 / Chen. W. // Paratype’. 1 ex. '紅水坑= hongshuikeng / Liukuei / 11. V. 1978 / W. Chen // Paratype // Paratype / Dasyvalgus / similis Y. MIYAKE, 1985'. 1 ex. ‘Paratype’.