A systematic review of the genus Bolbelasmus Boucomont (Coleoptera, Geotrupidae, Bolboceratinae) from Indochina and surrounding areas Author Li, Chun-Lin The Experimental Forest, National Taiwan University, Chushan, Nantou County 557, Taiwan Author Wang, Chuan-Chan Department of Life Science, Fu Jen Catholic University, Hsinchuang, New Taipei City 24205, Taiwan gwennywang@gmail.com text ZooKeys 2024 2024-02-14 1191 287 305 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1191.114021 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1191.114021 1313-2970-1191-287 F412786C54D1408D8BC7D630A05F086F 5911E5DEBF3E5E249F39C0323B591149 Bolbelasmus nativus nativus Krikken, 1977 Bolbelasmus nativus Krikken, 1977: 287. Original combination (type locality: Heito (presently Pingtung), Taiwan); Nikolajev, Kral and Bezdӗk 2016: 33 (catalog, in nominate subgenus Bolbelasmus Bolbelasmus ). B. n. ishigakiensis ssp. Masumoto, 1984. Bolbelasmus ishigakiensis Masumoto, 1984: 73. Original combination (type locality: Ishigaki island, Okinawa, Japan); Kral , Loebl and Nikolajev 2006: 83 (catalog, subgenus Bolbelasmus Kolbeus ); Ochi and Masumoto 2005 : 244 (as subspecies of B. nativus ); Nikolajev, Kral and Bezdӗk 2016: 33 (catalog, subgenus Bolbelasmus Kolbeus ). Distribution. Taiwan (southern areas and Lanyu island); Japan (Iriomote, Ishigaki and Tarama islands, Okinawa Prefecture). Remarks. Bolbelasmus nativus was originally described based on a single male from Taiwan. Ochi and Masumoto (2005) treated the population distributed on a few small islands near Taiwan as a subspecies, B. nativus ishigakiensis .