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 Scelimena producta species group Composition and distribution. This group is composed of species that usually have wide vertex; toothed ventral margins of the hind femora; small metalateral tubercles (up to three pairs); continuous median carina of the pronotum; ventrolateral spines directed forwards. Members of this group are: Scelimena producta ( Serville, 1838 ) from Sumatra, Java, and Bali, Scelimena dammermanni Günther, 1938 stat. nov. from East Sumba Island, S. dentiumeris ( Hancock, 1907 ) from Borneo, S. pyrroma sp. nov. from Hainan, S. chinensis ( Hancock, 1915 ) from Vietnam , and S. celebica ( Bolívar, 1887 ) from Sulawesi. Here Scelimena dammermanni is considered as distinct species, not a subspecies of S. producta , because of the lack of teeth on the ventral margin of hind femora. Lack of the teeth is not present in any of S. producta specimens. Scelimena chinensis is also herewith assigned to this species group because of the wide vertex, toothed ventral margin of the hind femora, as well as presence of small metalateral tubercles on the lateral carina of the pronotum.