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 3. Scelimena nitidogranulosa Günther, 1938 Type locality. PR CHINA : Guangdong [originally ‘Canton’] (Guangzhou) ( Günther 1938 ) Type material examined. Photographs of ♀ HT ( Museum für Naturkunde , Berlin , Germany ) in OSF ( Cigliano et al. 2022 ) . Notes. Scelimena guangxiensis may be a synonym of S. nitidogranulosa . Unfortunately, the type specimen of S. nitidogranulosa is in very bad condition; for example, lateral spines are broken. The right spine is completely absent, while the left spine is hanging, but seems to be facing forwards. Thus, in the key, section 3B, we propose that it could in some specimens face forwards. We are thus not able to assess the true identity of S. nitidogranulosa at the moment. In the future, better photographs of the types should be taken, so a decent comparison with S. guangxiensis , its potential synonym could be conducted. Two species have very similar pronotal morphology and colouration and they might be conspecific. In that case, S. nitidogranulosa would have priority over S. guangxiensis . The misconception stating S. nitidogranulosa has a wide vertex (see for example Deng 2016 ) originated from Liang & Zheng's (1998) Fauna Sinica, where the specimen reported from Hainan as S. nitidogranulsa in fact represents Platygavialidium sinicum ( Fig. 9 ). This species is the species with the widest vertex within the genus Platygavialidium (more than 2 times wider than a compound eye) and thus cannot be misidentified as any Scelimena species.