Ceratophyus sinicus Zunino 1973
Creators: name: Král, David
name: Jákl, Stanislav
name: Lu, Yuanyuan
name: Bai, Ming
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Geotrupidae
Ceratophyus
Ceratophyus sinicus

description: Ceratophyus sinicus Zunino, 1973 [中华角粪金龟]
Ceratophyus sinicus Zunino, 1973: 17, figs 4, 5, 6B (original description); Medvedev & Nikolajev 1974: 121 (distribution, key); Hillert & Král 2013: 183 (distribution).
Ceratophyus polyceros: Ren et al. 2019: 155 (distribution).
Type locality. “ Pékin [Beijing]”.
Published records. Medvedev & Nikolajev (1974): “ Peking [= Beijing]” (Beijing); “Alashan desert, Amdo and Kanssu [= Gansu]”, all with no locality specified; Hillert & Král (2013): Ertala, Haibu env., Wulan [= approx. Xireg] (Qinghai); Shanxi and Xinjiang, both with no locality specified; Ren et al. (2019): Mahuang, Pengyang Shan, Taole and Yanchi (Ningxia) (all as Ceratophyus polyceros (Pallas, 1771). See gazetteer (Table 1) and map (Fig. 19).
Material examined (76 specimens). China, Gansu: 1 ♂ (NMPC), Heshui, 1.v.1996; Hebei: 2 ♀♀ (IZAS), Chongli, Changdi, 23.v.1981, Shibo Tian lgt.; 1 ♀ (HBUM), Weichang Xian, Chazi Linchang, 7.viii.1998, Zhe Li lgt., HBU(E)082401; 1 ♂ (HBUM), Weichang, Yudaokou Xiang, 13.-18.vi.2004, Chao Gao lgt., HBU(E)082577; 1 ♀ (HBUM), Guyuan Xian, Laozhanggou Linchang, 24.-26.vii.1998, Ming Bai lgt. HBU(E)082578; Inner Mongolia: 1 ♂ (IZAS), Xilinhot, Shuiku, 27.vii.1971; 1 ♂ (IZAS), Xilinhot, 29.vii.1971; 1 ♀ (IZAS), Juu Uda Meng [= Chifeng], Hexigten Qi, 29.viii.1974; 1 ♂ (IZAS), Alxa Meng, Alxa Zuoqi, 12.vi.1986, Q11698; 1 ♂ 1 ♀ (IZAS), Ulanqab Meng, Qahar Youyi Qianqi, 28.viii.1986, Jie Xing lgt., Q11694 [♂], Q11697[♀]; 1 ♀ (IZAS), Jirem Meng [= Tongliao], Holingola, 6.vii.1987, Shan Bao lgt., Q42893; 1 ♂ (IZAS), Ih Ju Meng, Qianqi [= Ordos, Otog Qianqi], 7.viii.1987, Jun Kang lgt., Q42894; 1 ♂ (IZAS), Xilin Gol Meng, Xi Ujimqin Qi, 11.viii.1987, Jiang Mei lgt., Q42884; 1 ♀ (IZAS), Jirem Meng, Hure Qi, 20.viii.1987, Bingwen Gong lgt., Q42892; 1 ♂ (IZAS), Hexigten Qi, Jingpeng, 10.vii.1990, Youwei Zhang lgt.; 3 ♀♀ (HBUM), Duolun Xian, 29.vi.1994, Ren lgt. HBU(E)082581-583; 1 ♀ (IZAS), Alxa Meng, Alxa Zuoqi, Toudaoshazi, Host plant: Hedysarum scoparium, 13.viii.2011, Xin Zhao lgt. 1 ♂ 2 ♀♀ (HBUM), Ordos, Otog Qianqi, Sanduandi Xiang, 31.v.2013, Yu Zhao & Xinglong Bai lgt.; 1 ♂, 1 ♀ (CAUC), Ih Ju Meng [= Ordos], 1972, CAUCF000002, CAUCF000003; 1♀ (CAUC), Inner Mongolia, 1978, Jia Ren lgt., CAUCF000001; Ningxia: 1 ♂ 1 ♀ (HBUM), Yanchi Xian, vi.1986, Ren lgt. HBU(E)082584 [♀], HBU(E)082585 [♂]; 1 ♀ (HBUM), Yanchi Xian, Mahuashan, viii.1986, Ren lgt. HBU(E)082586; 3 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀ (HBUM), Taole Xian, 24.viii.1987; Qinghai: 1 ♂ (NMPC), Ertala env., 3800 m, 22.-23.vii.1992, J. Kaláb lgt.; 1 ♂, 1 ♀ (NMPC), Wulan, 3500–4000 m, 1.–6.vii.1995, A. Wrzecionko lgt.; 1 ♂, 1 ♀ (NMPC), 7 km NE of Ulan [= ap- prox. Xireg], 3020 m, 36°57.6’N 098°30.6’E, 7.vii. 2005, individually in sheep excr., sand dune [Ch 13], J. Hájek, D. Král & J. Růžička lgt.; 13 ♂♂, 13 ♀♀ (NMPC), Haibu env., 3190–3270 m, 36°48.4-49.8’N 100°45.4-49.7’E, 13.–15.vii., 2005, individually under excr. of Procapra przewalskii, sand dune close to the bank of the Qinghai Hu lake [Ch 18], J. Hájek, D. Král & J. Růžička lgt.; Shaanxi: 1 ♂, 1 ♀ (IZAS), Yulin, 1978, Oenyao Zhu lgt.; Shanxi: 1 ♂ (NMPC), “Shansi [= Shanxi], Showchow [= Shuozhou]”, iv.1934; 1 ♂ (IZAS), Tianzhenm, 1979; 1 ♂ (IZAS), Yanggao, 13.v.1985; Xinjiang: 1 ♂ (NMPC), “Nordwestl. China, Chingkiang [= Xinjiang], Col. Reitter ”. Not located: 1 ♂ (IZAS), “Sinhouotchieng | Ordos S.E., 8.vii.1932, Licent lgt.”.
Additional material examined. Mongolia, Dornogovi: 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀ (NMPC), 1 ♂ (JSCP), Zaamyn Uud—rail- way station, 5.viii.1990, at light, D. Král & V. Kubáň lgt.
Distribution. China (Beijing, Gansu, Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Qinghai and Xinjiang), see gazetteer (Table 1) and map (Fig. 19) and Mongolia (Dornogovi) (Zunino 1973; Medvedev & Nikolajev 1974; Hillert & Král 2013; Ren et al. 2019). First province records from Hebei, Ningxia and Shaanxi (China).
Note. The species Ceratophyus polyceros is recorded in “The fauna of the beetles from Ningxia, China ” (Ren et al. 2019). From the material recorded in this monograph we have examined the following specimens deposited in HBUM: two specimens from Yanchi (Ningxia), one specimen from Mahuang Shan, Yanchi (Ningxia), and five specimens from Taole (Ningxia). These specimens clearly belong to the species C. sinicus. Only one specimen from Pengyang (Ningxia) has not been found, but from the zoogeographical point of view it should be C. sinicus also.
description: Published as part of Král, David, Jákl, Stanislav, Lu, Yuanyuan & Bai, Ming, 2020, The genus Ceratophyus Fischer von Waldheim, 1824 (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae) in China, along with description of a new species, pp. 339-349 in Zootaxa 4747 (2) on pages 344-345, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4747.2.6, http://zenodo.org/record/3694896