Platylomalus tonkinensis ( Cooman, 1937 )

Zhang, Ye-Jun & Zhou, Hong-Zhang, 2007, Taxonomy of the tribe Paromalini Reitter (Coleoptera: Histeridae, Dendrophilinae) from China, Zootaxa 1544, pp. 1-40 : 22

Platylomalus tonkinensis ( Cooman, 1937) , new for China

(Figs. 112–122)

Cooman, 1937: 151 (Type locality: Vietnam: Hoa-Binh; orig. comb.: Paromalus tonkinensis ); Vienna, 1983: 475 ( Platylomalus ); Mazur, 1984: 136 (catalogue); 1991: 6; 1997; 184 (catalogue); Löbl & Smetana, 2004: 75 (catalogue).

Material examined. CHINA: Taiwan: 1 male, 1 female, Mt. Ari Tairyn [?], 1938. VI.14, S. Miyamoto coll.; 1 male, 1 female, Kuraru (= Kueitsuchi, Pingtung Hsien), 1932. VIII.21–26, Y. Miwa coll.; Yunnan: 1 female, Xishuangbanna, west of Mengla, 720 m, dead wood, 2004. II.16, Jie Wu coll.; 1 male, Xishuangbanna, Mengla protected area, 730 m, dead wood, 2004. II.15, Jie Wu coll.; 1 male, Xishuangbanna, west of Menglun, 560 m, dead wood, 2004. II.9, Jie Wu coll.

Remarks. This species resembles Pl. tcibodae ( Marseul, 1879) , but in Pl. tonkinensis the pronotum lacks wrinkles in the area behind eyes and the protibia has five denticles at its outer margin.

Distribution. China (Yunnan, Taiwan); Vietnam, Nepal, Indonesia (Bali).