Propomacrus bimucronatus bimucronatus Pallas, 1781

Lee, Seunghyun, Hwang, Seulmaro, Lee, Minhyeuk, Seung, Jinbae, Choi, Woong & Bai, Ming, 2024, DNA barcoding reveals a taxonomic fraud: Note on validity of Propomacrus muramotoae (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae), ZooKeys 1206, pp. 181-190 : 181-190

Propomacrus bimucronatus bimucronatus Pallas, 1781

Scarabaeus bimucronatus Pallas, 1781: 13 .

Propomacrus arbaces Newman, 1837: 256 .

Propomacrus muramotoae Fujioka, 2007: 99. (syn. nov.)

Material examined.

Turkey • 1 male, 2 females; Mersin province 1500 m nr. Köseçobanli village dead in old pollarded oaks; 2017; Serder Göktepe leg.; BMNH {E} 2018-74 ; Natural History Museum London (NHM hereafter) • 1 male; Smyrna; NHM • 1 male; Asia Minor; 1910; G. a. Tellalian; NHM • 1 female; Asia Minor; NHM • 1 male, 2 females; Fry coll.; As Min Smyrne ; 1905-100; NHM • 1 female; Besika Bay ; G. C. C. Champion; 1927-409; NHM • 3 males, 1 female; Smyrne; 1906; Chinese Academy of Sciences • 2 males, 2 females; Hatay ; Jun. 2007; private collection of Woong Choi . Syria • 2 females; Syria; 80.53; NHM • 1 female; Aleppo , Syria; G Lewis; 1915-38; NHM .

Additional material with falsified labels.

Nepal 1 female; Khandbari, Dharan Prov.; 5 Jun. 2008; LUOGUOHUA leg.; private collection of Seulmaro Hwang; China 1 male, 1 female; Madi (Medog) county, Linzhi (Nyingchi), Xizang; 29 ° 29 ' N, 95 ° 30 ' E; alt. c. 600 m; 7–15 Jul. 2014; Wu Weimin leg.; private collection of Seulmaro Hwang.