Distributional records of carrion beetles (Coleoptera: Silphidae) from China, Part II

Abstract: Records of 52 species of Silphidae, collected mostly by Czech and German entomologists in China during 1990–2002, are presented. First distributional records from China are provided for Aclypea turkestanica (Ballion, 1871), Nicrophorus humator (Gleditsch, 1767), N. reichardti Kieseritzky, 1930, N. satanas Reitter, 1893, N. sepultor Charpentier, 1825 (all from Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region), and Diamesus osculans (Vigors, 1825) (from Chongqing municipality). First distributional records from the respective Chinese provinces, regions and municipalities are provided for Aclypea daurica (Gebler, 1832) (Hubei and Shaanxi provinces), Necrodes littoralis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Beijing municipality; Fujian, Gansu, Heilongjiang, Jiangxi and Shaanxi provinces), Necrodes nigricornis Harold, 1875 (Heilongjiang and Hubei provinces), Nicrophorus antennatus (Reitter, 1884) (Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region), N. argutor Jakovlev, 1890 (Nei Mongol autonomous region), N. basalis Faldermann, 1835 (Beijing municipality), N. concolor Kraatz, 1877 (Guangdong, Liaoning and Shaanxi provinces), N. dauricus Motschulsky, 1860 (Jilin province), N. investigator Zetterstedt, 1824 (Hebei, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi and Sichuan provinces; Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region), N. japonicus Harold, 1877 (Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjin municipalities; Fujian, Heilongjiang, Hebei, Hubei, Jilin, Liaoning and Shandong provinces), N. maculifrons Kraatz, 1877 (Shanghai municipality; Fujian, Gansu and Jiangsu provinces), N. morio Gebler, 1817 (Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region; Gansu and Hebei provinces), N. nepalensis Hope, 1831 (Nei Mongol and Guangxi autonomous regions; Anhui, Guangdong, Hainan, Hunan, Jiangsu and Jiangxi provinces), N. quadripunctatus Kraatz, 1877 (Jiangxi province), N. smefarka Háva, Schneider et Růžička, 1999 (Hubei and Shaanxi provinces), Phosphuga atrata atrata (Linnaeus, 1758) (Beijing municipality; Nei Mongol and Xinjiang Uygur autonomous regions; Hebei, Heilongjiang, Qinghai and Shaanxi provinces), Ptomascopus morio Kraatz, 1877 (Shaanxi province), P. plagiatus (Ménétries, 1854) (Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjin municipalities; Nei Mongol autonomous region; Fujian, Gansu, Hubei and Liaoning provinces), Silpha carinata Herbst, 1783 (Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region), S. perforata Gebler, 1832 (Beijing municipality; Nei Mongol autonomous region; Hebei, Heilongjiang and Shanxi provinces), S. qinlinga Schawaller, 1996 (Hubei province), Thanatophilus dentigerus (Semenov, 1891) (Xizang autonomous region), T. latericarinatus Motschulsky, 1860 (Heilongjiang province), T. roborowskyi Jakovlev, 1887 (Xizang autonomous region), T. rugosus Linnaeus, 1758 (Beijing municipality; Shaanxi province) and T. sinuatus (Fabricius, 1775) (Beijing municipality; Shaanxi province). Furthermore, Nicrophorus vestigator Herschel, 1807 is removed from the list of Chinese fauna, as the record of Růžička & Schneider (1996) was based on a misidentified specimen of N. dauricus.

Key words: Distribution, Coleoptera, Silphidae, China, Palaearctic region, Oriental reg