Taxonomy and natural history of the myrmecophilous genus Clinterocera Motschulsky, 1858 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae) from China and adjacent regions: definition of species group and revision of the C. discipennis species group Author Qiu, Jian-Yue Author Xu, Hao text Zootaxa 2016 4127 1 81 104 journal article 38759 10.11646/zootaxa.4127.1.4 797d978f-8112-41fc-a0dd-11a7a89a8a50 1175-5326 265702 66B1FA32-28B6-4CF5-95D7-6DE777B2C233 The Clinterocera scabrosa species group Body small, usually shorter than 17 mm , black or dark gray; elytra flat, usually with white or beige tomentum on disc and/or lateral portion; terminal spiracle slightly convex; pygidium rounded; tarsi short and slender; apical tooth of inferior ridge of protibia large in male, small in female. In northern China , these species are easily collected under stones near ant nests and from inside ant nests, but are difficult to find in south China forests. Most species are distributed in China , reported from Liaoning, Jilin, Beijing, Tianjin , Shandong, Jiangsu, Shanxi, Henan, Hubei, Sichuan, Chongqing, Yunnan ( Liu 1932 ; Chang & Shao 1980 ; Su & Gu 1986 ; Chen et al. 1990 ; Liu et al. 1997 ; Ma 1997 ; Wang et al. 1999 ; Zhang 1999 ; Ren et al. 2009 ; Krajčik 2011 ; Li et al. 2015 ); also found in neighboring Russia (Far East), Korea Peninsula, and northeast India ( Arrow 1910 ; Niijima & Kinoshita 1923 ; Medvedev 1964 ; Sabatinelli 1984 ; Kalinina 1989 ; Sakai & Nagai 1998 ; Kim 2001 ).