Contribution to the knowledge of the subfamily Scarabaeinae (Coleoptera) from China with nomenclatural notes

Abstract

Information about 160 species of the subfamily Scarabaeinae in China is given in the paper. New taxa are described: Onthophagus (Indachorius) pumilus Kabakov, sp. n., Onthophagus (Paraphanaeomorphus) jeannelianus shokhini Kabakov, subsp. n., Onthophagus (s. lato) amycoides Kabakov, sp. n., Tiniocellus averyanovi Kabakov, sp. n. New synonymy is established: Copris (Microcopris) propinquus Felsche, 1910 = Copris minutissimus Kryzhanovskij et Medvedev, 1966, syn. n., Onthophagus (Paraphanaeomorphus) carinensis Boucomont, 1914 = Onthophagus (s. str.) missor Balthasar, 1938, syn. n., synonymy of subgenera Onthophagus Latreille, 1802: Matashia Matsumara, 1938 = Phanaeomorphus Balthasar, 1963, syn. n. = Strandius Balthasar, 1963, syn. n.

Keywords

• Coleoptera
• Scarabaeinae
• new species and subspecies
• new synonymy
• new records
• new combinations
• checklist
• China