New and little-known species of Meligethes Stephens, 1830 from China (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) Author Audisio, Paolo Dipartimento di Biologia Animale e dell’Uomo, Università di Roma “ La Sapienza ”, viale dell’Università 32, I- 00185 Rome, Italy; e-mail: paolo. audisio @ uniroma 1. it Author Jelínek, Josef c / o Department of Entomology, National Museum, Kunratice 1, CZ- 148 00 Praha 4, Czech Republic; e-mail: entomologie @ volny. cz Author Cooter, Jonathan c / o Hope Entomological Collections, Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Parks Road, Oxford, OX 1 3 PW, England; e-mail: agathidium @ jcooter. freeserve. co. uk text Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 2005 2005-12-31 45 111 127 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.5174104 0374-1036 5174104 Check-list of Meligethes s. l. from China and neighbouring countries Species currently known for certain from China (including Taiwan) are in bold 1. M. abditus sp. nov. NE China 2. M. accentus Kirejtshuk, 1978 Middle Asia, Tadzhikistan 3. M. aeneus (Fabricius, 1775) Holarctic Region 4. M. affinis Jelínek, 1982 S China 5. M. ancestor Kirejtshuk, 1980 N China 6. M. angustitarsus (Kirejtshuk, 1977) Middle Asia 7. M. assamensis Kirejtshuk, 1980 N India , Assam 8. M. astacus Easton, 1957 Japan 9. M. atratus (Olivier, 1790) Europe, Siberia, Altai Mts. 10. M. audisioi Jelínek, 1997 China , Tibet 11. M. auricomus Rebmann, 1956 S China 12. M. auripilis Reitter, 1889 S China 13. M. bactrianus Jelínek, 1982 Middle Asia 14. M. binotatus Grouvelle, 1908 India 15. M. bocaki sp. nov. S China 16. M. bourdilloni Easton, 1968 Nepal 17. M. brevipilus Kirejtshuk, 1980 S China 18. M. brunnicornis Sturm, 1845 Europe, Middle Asia, Altai Mts. 19. M. castanescens Grouvelle, 1903 N India 20. M. chinensis Kirejtshuk, 1979 N China 21. M. chlorocupreus sp. nov. S China 22. M. cinereus Jelínek, 1978 Bhutan 23. M. circularis J. Sahlberg, 1903 E Siberia, Mongolia , N Korea , NE China 24. M. conjungens Grouvelle, 1910 China , Yunnan 25. M. coracinus Sturm, 1845 Europe, Siberia, Mongolia , Altai Mts. 26. M. cyaneus Easton, 1957 E China , Japan 27. M. denticulatus (Heer, 1841) Palaearctic Region 28. M. devillei Grouvelle, 1912 S Europe, Middle Asia, Altai Mts. 29. M. difficilis (Heer, 1841) Europe, Middle Asia, Siberia, Altai Mts. 30. M. difficiloides sp. nov. S China 31. M. dilutipes Easton, 1957 Middle Asia 32. M. diversus Schilsky, 1893 Turkey , Caucasus, Middle Asia 33. M. ferrugineus Reitter, 1873 N India 34. M. flavicollis Reitter, 1873 E Siberia, Japan , E China , N Korea 35. M. flavimanus Stephens, 1830 Palaearctic Region 36. M. gagathinus Erichson, 1845 Europe,W Siberia, Altai Mts. 37. M. griseus Jelínek, 1978 Bhutan 38. M. gurjevae Kirejtshuk, 1984 Mongolia 39. M. hammondi Kirejtshuk, 1980 N China 40. M. haroldi Reitter, 1877 Japan , E Siberia 41. M. himalayaensis Kirejtshuk, 1980 N India 42. M. hoffmanni Reitter, 1871 S Palaearctic Region 43. M. initialis Kirejtshuk, 1979 China 44. M. intermedius Kirejtshuk, 1979 Middle Asia, Kazakhstan 45. M. intermixtus Kirejtshuk, 1979 Middle Asia, Kyrgyzstan 46. M. kasparyani Kirejtshuk, 1984 SE Siberia, NE China 47. M. klapperichi Easton, 1957 Middle Asia 48. M. kvaki Kirejtshuk, 1977 Middle Asia 49. M. lloydi Easton, 1968 Nepal 50. M. lutra Solsky, 1876 Middle Asia 51. M. maurus Sturm, 1845 Europe, W Siberia, Altai Mts. 52. M. melleus Grouvelle, 1908 N Burma 53. M. mikado Reitter, 1884 Japan , E Siberia, NE China , N Korea 54. M. mirator Kirejtshuk, 1979 Russian Far East 55. M. mixtus Grouvelle, 1908 India 56. M. morosus Erichson, 1845 Europe, Siberia, Japan , N China 57. M. mus Reitter, 1884 Japan 58. M. nakanei Easton, 1957 E Siberia, Japan , N China 59. M. nepalensis Easton, 1968 Nepal 60. M. nigrescens Stephens, 1830 Palaearctic Region 61. M. nitidicollis Reitter, 1873 Japan , E Siberia 62. M. ochropus Sturm, 1845 Europe, Siberia 63. M. pamirensis Kirejtshuk, 1979 Middle Asia, Tadzhikistan 64. M. pectoralis Rebmann, 1956 SE China 65. M. pedicularius (Gyllenhal, 1808) Europe, Siberia, Altai Mts. 66. M. persicus Faldermann, 1837 Europe, Siberia, N China 67. M. pharetra Easton, 1957 Middle Asia 68. M. placidus Easton, 1957 E Siberia, Mongolia , N Korea , Japan 69. M. potanini Kirejtshuk, 1979 N China 70. M. praetermissus Easton, 1957 Japan , E Siberia, E China 71. M. primoriensis Kirejtshuk, 1987 SE Siberia 72. M. privus Kirejtshuk, 1977 Middle Asia,? Anatolia 73. M. rebmanni Easton, 1957 Middle Asia 74. M. reitteri Schilsky, 1894 Europe, W Siberia, Altai Mts. 75. M. rosenhaueri Reitter, 1871 E Europe, Middle Asia 76. M. rubricollis Grouvelle, 1903 N India 77. M. rufithorax Grouvelle, 1894 N India 78. M. schilskyi Reitter, 1896 Middle Asia 79. M. semenovi Kirejtshuk, 1979 SE Siberia, E China 80. M. serripes (Gyllenhal, 1872) Europe, Siberia, Altai Mts. 81. M. shimoyamai Hisamatsu, 1964 Japan 82. M. shirakii Hisamatsu, 1956 S Japan , E China 83. M. shirozui Hisamatsu, 1965 Taiwan 84. M. simillimus Kirejtshuk, 1984 Russian Far East, NE China 85. M. strejceki Jelínek, 1982 Middle Asia 86. M. subater Kirejtshuk, 1980 N China 87. M. submetallicus Sainte-Claire Deville, 1908 S Europe, Middle Asia 88. M. subrugosus (Gyllenhal, 1808) Europe, Siberia, N China , Japan 89. M. subtristis Easton, 1957 Middle Asia 90. M. sulcatus C. Brisout de Barneville, 1863 Europe, Siberia, Altai Mts. 91. M. tatjanae Kirejtshuk, 1982 Middle Asia 92. M. tilmani Easton, 1968 Nepal , Tibet 93. M. torquatus Jelínek, 1997 Taiwan 94. M. transmissus Kirejtshuk, 1988 China 95. M. vietnamensis Kirejtshuk, 1979 Vietnam 96. M. violaceus Reitter, 1873 E China , Japan 97. M. viridescens (Fabricius, 1787) Europe, N Africa, W Siberia, Altai Mts. 98. M. vulpes Solsky, 1876 Middle Asia, S China 99. M. wagneri Rebmann, 1956 S China