Review of the Chinese species of the genus Scelimena Serville, 1838 (Tetrigidae Scelimeninae: Scelimenini) Author Lao, Chuangyu 0000-0003-3711-3992 College of Life Science & Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 430074 Wuhan, PR China; & 754617241 @ qq. com, https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 3711 - 3992; Author Kasalo, Niko 0000-0002-3139-6349 University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Division of Zoology, Evolution Lab, Rooseveltov trg 6, HR- 10000 Zagreb, Croatia; & niko. kasalo 5 @ gmail. com, https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 3139 - 6349; Author Gao, Fan 0000-0001-8105-1261 Nanjing University, Jiangsu, China; & fangao @ smail. nju. edu. cn, https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 8105 - 1261; Author Deng, Weian 0000-0002-8023-2498 Key Laboratory of Ecology of Rare and Endangered Species and Environmental Protection (Guangxi Normal University), Ministry of Education, Guilin, Guangxi 541006, China; & Guangxi Key Laboratory of Rare and Endangered Animal Ecology, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, Guangxi 541006, China; & dengweian 5899 @ 163. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8023 - 2498; Author Skejo, Josip 0000-0002-2554-4499 University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Division of Zoology, Evolution Lab, Rooseveltov trg 6, HR- 10000 Zagreb, Croatia; & skejo. josip @ gmail. com, https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 2554 - 4499; text Zootaxa 2022 2022-10-31 5200 4 321 343 journal article 178568 10.11646/zootaxa.5200.4.2 8bf40461-c826-4145-9e31-2411278bf402 1175-5326 7270638 9DD172B3-3A46-4FAD-BE51-004E288D98A1 1. Scelimena melli Günther, 1938 ( Figs. 3 , 4 , 5 ) Scelimena mellii Günther, 1938 ( type locality PR CHINA ); Zheng, 2005 ; Deng, 2016 ; Ding et al., 2017 , Zha et al., 2017 . Scelimena brevispina Cao et Zheng, 2011 (type locality PR CHINA : Sichuan (Emei Shan), holotype ♀ , deposited in the Institute of Zoology , Shaanxi Normal University , Shaanxi , PR China ; examined); syn. nov. Eufalconoides guizhouensis Zheng et Shi, 2006 (type locality PR CHINA : Guizhou : Chishui, holotype ♀ nymph and paratype ♀ nymph, deposited in the Institute of Zoology , Shaanxi Normal University , Shaanxi , PR China ; examined); syn. nov. Scelimena wulingshana Zheng, 1993 (type locality PR CHINA : Hubei : Lichuan, holotype ♂ , deposited in the Institute of Zoology, Shaanxi Normal University, Shaanxi , PR China; examined); Zheng, 2005 ; syn. nov. Type locality: Guangdong [originally ‘Canton’] ( Günther 1938 ). Type material examined. Holotype ♀ , deposited in the Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde , Dresden , Germany , digitalized in OSF ( Cigliano et al. 2022 ). Justification of the synonymies. Scelimena guizhouensis / Eufalonoides guizhouensis from Guizhou represents a nymph of Scelimena melli ( Fig. 5 ), which is evident from the widened hind tibiae and tarsi, as well as elevated pronotal projections. Scelimena brevispina ( Fig. 4a ) from Sichuan represents a synonym of S. melli , the same as it in all the characters except for the shorter spines. Shortened spines fit the known variability of the species. After the examination of Scelimena wulingshana , i.e., the specimen from Sichuan that was identified by Zhemin Zheng (shown in Fig. 4b ) from Hubei and Sichuan , it is also clear that this specimen represents S. melli and it even has asymmetry in the direction of lateral spines. Namely, the right spine is directed forwards, while the left one is directed outward.