3.2.11 Paragymnopleurus melanarius (Harold, 1867) Gymnopleurus melanarius Harold, 1867, Col. Hefte, 1: 76 (MNHN). Gymnopleurus aethiops Sharp, 1875a, Col. Hefte, 13: 34 (MNHN); Boucomont & Gillet (nec Motschulsky), 1921, Faune ent. Indoch. Fr., 4: 3 (Syn.). Gymnopleurus ruficornis Boucomont & Gillet (nec Motschulsky), 1921, Faune ent. Indoch. Fr., 4: 3. Paragymnopleurus melanarius Janssens, 1940, Mém. Mus. R. Hist. Nat. Belg., 16(2): 16, 18. Material examined. [IZAS] China, Jiangxi, Nanchang, 1♀, 1978. V.11, coll. Youwei Zhang; Guangxi, Napo Beidou, 550 m, 2♂, 2000. VI.22, coll. Wenzhu Li; Guangxi, Guilin, Yanshan, 2♂, 1953. VI.25, coll. unknown. [BMNH] China, Formosa, Horisha, 1♂, 1918.V–VIII, coll. H. Kawamura; Kanara, S. India, 1♀, Andrewes, Beouest, B. M. Coll., 1922-221; China, Foochow, 2♂ 1♀, 1936.VII.10–14, coll. M.S. Yang; China, Foochow, 2♂, 1936. VI, coll. M.S. Yang; Ceylon, Kandy, 1♂, 1910.IV.7, coll. E.E. Green; Ceylon, Balangoda, 1♀, 1882.III.13–16, coll. G. Lewis; Thailand, Metah, 7♂ 1♀, coll. J.D. Hedley, B. M. 1954-571; Burma, N. Chin Hills., 1♂, 94-4; Vitenam, Tonkin, Hoa-Binh., A. de Cooman, B. M. 1934-95; Ceylon, 1♂, Fry Coll., 1905-100. Distribution. China (Hong Kong, Fujian, Guangxi, Jiangxi, Shanghai, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan), India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam.

Published as part of Cheung, Kahong, Bai, Ming, Leung, Manhin, Lee, Yingming, Chan, Kinfung & Yang, Xingke, 2018, Scarabaeinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from Hong Kong, pp. 233-267 in Zoological Systematics 43 (3) on pages 242-243, DOI: 10.11865/zs.201830, http://zenodo.org/record/4617705