Platylomalus oceanitis (Marseul, 1855) (Figs. 83���95) Marseul, 1855: 110 (Type locality: Philippines; orig. comb.: Paromalus oceanitis); Lewis, 1915: 56 (Kotosho); Cooman, 1937: 118 (notes, figures); Th��rond, 1970: 336 (Platylomalus); Mazur, 1975: 439 (Taiwan); 1984: 135 (catalogue); 1997: 183 (catalogue); Vienna, 1983: 475. Synonymy: Paromalus ceylanicus: Marseul, 1870: 95; Cooman, 1937: 122 (synonymized). Paromalus biarculus Marseul, 1870: 96 (part.); Cooman, 1937: 121 (synonymized). Paromalus vermiculatus Lewis, 1892 b: 33; Cooman, 1937: 122 (synonymized). Material examined. VIETNAM: 3 females, Tonkin, Hoa-Binh, 1935, de Cooman coll.; 3 males, Tonkin, Hoa-Binh, 1935, de Cooman coll.; PHILIPPINES: Palawan: 1 ex., Sanjuan, Aborlan, 1987. II. 9, C. K. Starr coll. (S. Mazur det. 1995); Leyte: 1 ex., Visca N Baybay, 1991.II, forest, 100���200 m, Schawaller et al. coll. (S. Mazur det. 1995); CHINA: Taiwan: 1 female, Kotosho (Taitung Hsien), T. Shiraki coll. (Y. Miwa det.); 2 females, Kotosho (Y. Miwa det.). Distribution. China (Taiwan); Thailand, Laos, Burma, Vietnam, India, Philippines, Indonesia (Java, Sumatra), Sri Lanka, New Guinea, Australia.
Published as part of Zhang, Ye-Jun & Zhou, Hong-Zhang, 2007, Taxonomy of the tribe Paromalini Reitter (Coleoptera: Histeridae, Dendrophilinae) from China, pp. 1-40 in Zootaxa 1544 on page 18, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.177968
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