3.2.19 Onitis subopacus Arrow, 1931 Onitis philemon Lansberge, 1875, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg., 18: 133 (BMNH (nec Fabricius 1801); Arrow, 1931, Fauna Brit. India, Lamell., 3: 395 (Junior homonym of Onitis philemon Fabricius, 1801). Onitis subopacus Arrow, 1931, Fauna Brit. India, Lamell., 3: 395 (BMNH) (n. name for Onitis philemon Lansberge, 1875 preoccupied). Materials examined: [AFCD] China, Hong Kong, Tai Mo Shan, 1♀, 2015.IX.17, coll. M.H. Leung; Unknown, 1♀, 2010.VII.02, coll. K.H. Cheung. [IZAS] China, Yunnan, Jingdong, 1200 m, 3♂ 6♀, 1957.III.15; Yunnan, Mengla, Jinping, 500 m, 2♂ 3♀, 1956. V.2, coll. Keren Huang; Yunnan, Cheli, 620m, 3♂ 4♀, 1957.IV.8, coll. Shuyong Wang; Yunnan, Damengla, 700 m, 3♂ 1♀, 1957.IV.10, coll. Fuji Pu. [BMNH] Ceylon, Haldummulle, Kalupahani, 1♂, 1904-171 (Type); India, 1916.?.?, 1♂, coll. Pusa; Bengal, Darjiling, Singla, 1500 ft., 1♀, 1930. VI. Distribution. China (Hong Kong, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan), Myanmar, India, Malaysia, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand. Remarks. The species is firstly recorded in Hong Kong, China.

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 page 246, DOI: 10.11865/zs.201830, http://zenodo.org/record/4617705