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 bellula species group Composition and distribution. This species group, unique in lack of all the pronotal projections except for the FL2 and VL, currently includes five species, inhabiting NE India , Indochina, and southern PR China : (1) S. bellula Storozhenko et Dawwrueng, 2015 from Thailand ; (2) S. rosacea ( Hancock, 1915 ) from India and Myanmar ; (3) S. nitidogranulosa from southern China ( Guangdong ); (4) S. guangxiensis assigned to this species group herewith, from southern PR China ( Guangxi ) and Vietnam (erroneously reported as Scelimena rosacea by Muhammad et al., 2018 ); and (5) S. melli widespread in southern and eastern PR China .