Wang Cheng-Bin, Perreau Michel, Růžička Jan, Nishikawa Masaaki
Department of Ecology, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, CZ-165 21 Praha 6, Czech Republic.
IUT Paris Diderot, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, case 7139, 5 rue Thomas Mann, F-75205 Paris cedex 13, France.
Zookeys. 2017 Nov 14(715):69-92. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.715.20497. eCollection 2017.
The species belonging to the genus Hellwig, 1795 (Coleoptera, Leiodidae, Cholevinae, Ptomaphagini) from eastern Asia are assigned to three species groups. Group has a single species: P. (s. str.) yasutoshii Nishikawa, 1993 from Taiwan, China. Group with three species: P. (s. str.) nepalensis Perreau, 1988 from Nepal and P. (s. str.) masumotoi Nishikawa, 2011 from Thailand are redescribed, and P. (s. str.) piccoloi Wang, Růžička, Nishikawa, Perreau & Hayashi, 2016 is recorded for the first time from China (Zhejiang). Group with seven species, including two newly described Chinese ones P. (s. str.) funiu from Henan, and P. (s. str.) haba from Yunnan, and five known species: P. (s. str.) chenggongi Wang, Nishikawa, Perreau, Růžička & Hayashi, 2016, P. (s. str.) hayashii Wang, Růžička, Perreau, Nishikawa & Park, 2016, P. (s. str.) kuntzeni Sokolowski, 1957 (distribution records from Myanmar excluded), P. (s. str.) sibiricus Jeannel, 1934 and P. (s. str.) tingtingtae Wang, Nishikawa, Perreau, Růžička & Hayashi, 2016. Specimens of other undescribed species of the group are also recorded, revealing a high diversity of this genus in eastern Asia, especially in central and north Sichuan, China, which essentially remains to be investigated. Relevant morphological characters of the examined species are illustrated with colour plates, and their known distributions are mapped. A key to species of from eastern Asia is provided.
1795年分类于赫尔维希属（鞘翅目，球蕈甲科，球蕈甲亚科，葬甲族）的东亚物种被归入三个物种组。A组有一个物种：1993年发现于中国台湾的亚东葬甲（狭义葬甲属）。重新描述了有三个物种的B组：1988年发现于尼泊尔的尼泊尔葬甲（狭义葬甲属）和2011年发现于泰国的益本葬甲（狭义葬甲属），并首次记录了2016年发现于中国浙江的皮氏葬甲（狭义葬甲属）。C组有七个物种，包括两个新描述的中国物种，河南的伏牛葬甲（狭义葬甲属）和云南的哈巴葬甲（狭义葬甲属），以及五个已知物种：2016年的程功葬甲（狭义葬甲属）、2016年的林氏葬甲（狭义葬甲属）、1957年的昆氏葬甲（狭义葬甲属）（不包括缅甸的分布记录）、1934年的西伯利亚葬甲（狭义葬甲属）和2016年的婷婷葬甲（狭义葬甲属）。还记录了该C组其他未描述物种的标本，揭示了该属在东亚，尤其是中国四川中部和北部的高度多样性，而这一地区基本上仍有待研究。用彩色图版展示了所检查物种的相关形态特征，并绘制了它们的已知分布图。提供了东亚葬甲属物种的检索表。
