Check List of the Oriental Popillia
List of the Asian Species of the Genus Popillia (2009/01/20)
**acuta NEWMAN(1838) (BI)
= nasuta NEWMAN(1838) (BI)
**adamas NEWMAN(1838) +ARROW(1913) (BI)+
**amabilis ARROW(1913) (BI)
**andamanica KRAATZ(1892) +ARROW(1913) (BI)+ Andamans
**angulicornis FAIRMAIRE(1893) (FI)
**anomaloides KRAATZ(1892) (FI)+(CH)+
**ardoini FREY(1971) +FREY(1971) Laos
**barbellata LIN(1988) (CH)
**bhutanensis FREY(1975) +FREY(1975) Bhutan
**bhutanica SABATINELLI(1993)+SABATINELLI(1993) Bhutan
**biguttata WIEDEMAN(1821) Sundaland
**birmanica ARROW(1913) +ARROW(1913) (BI)+(FI)+
**brancuccii SABATINELLI(1993)+SABATINELLI(1993) Bhutan
**brunnicollis KRAATZ(1897)
= bacchusi SABATINELLI(1984)+SABATINELLI(1984) Myanmar
**cerchnopyga LIN(1981) (CH)+
**cerinimaculata LIN(1980) (CH)+
**chlorion NEWMAN(1838)(nec REITTER) (BI)
**clypealis OHAUS(1897) (BI)
**comma NIIJIMA & KINOSHITA(1923) Japan
**complanata NEWMAN(1838) +ARROW(1913) (BI)
**cribricollis OHAUS(1938) +OHAUS(1938) (FI)+(CH)+
**cupricollis HOPE(1831) +SABATINELLI(1994)
(BI) (CH)+
= hirta LIN(****) (CH)+
= cupricollis (sensu LIN,1981) >> maclellandi
**curtipennis LIN(1980) (CH)+
**cyanea HOPE(1831) (BI) (FI)+(CH)+
**dajaka OHAUS(1938) Sundaland
**daliensis LIN(1980) (CH)+
**difficilis NEWMAN(1838) (BI)
**dilutipennis FAIRMAIRE(1888) (FI)+ Taiwan
= formosana ARROW(1913) +ARROW(1913) (CH)+
= quelpartiana OHAUS(1924) +OHAUS(1924) Korea
**discalis WALKER(1859) +ARROW(1913) (BI)+
= viridipennis KRAATZ(1892)
= pulchripes ARROW(1913) +ARROW(1913)
**eximia ARROW(1913) +ARROW(1913) (BI)+
**fallaciosa FAIRMAIRE(1889) (FI)+(CH)+
**feae KRAATZ(1892) (BI) (FI)+
+SABATINELLI(1985)
feae (sensu PAULIAN) >> semiaenea
**felix ARROW(1913) +ARROW(1913) (BI)+
**ferreroi SABATINELLI(1992) +SABATINELLI(1992) Thailand
**fimbripes LIN(1988) (CH)+
**flavofasciata KRAATZ(1892) (BI) (FI)+(CH)+
**flavosellata FAIRMAIRE(1886) (FI)+(CH)+
= atrocoerulea BATES(1888) +STEBNICKA(1980)
= inconstans FAIRMAIRE(1889) (FI)+
= viridicollis KRAATZ(1892) (see SABATINELLI,1993)
**flexuosa LIN(1988) (CH)+
**fukiensis MACHATSCHKE(1955) (CH)+
**gedongensis LIN(1988) (CH)
**gemma NEWMAN(1839) (BI)
+SABATINELLI(1994)
**genevievai SABATINELLI(1994) +SABATINELLI(1994) Tonkin
**girardi SABATINELLI(1994) +SABATINELLI(1994) India
**hainanensis LIN(1988) (CH)+
**hirtipyga LIN(****) (CH)+
**histeroides GYLLENHAL(1817) (FI)+(CH)+
= caerulea BOHEMAN(1858) (BI) (FI)+
= discipennis FAIRMAIRE(1886)
**imitans FREY(1972) +FREY(1972) Indochina
**impressipyga OHAUS(1897) (BI)
**insularis LEWIS(1895) (CH)+ Japan
**iwasei MIYAKE(1996) +MIYAKE(1996) Sulawesi
**japonica NEWMAN(1838) +STEBNICKA(1980) (CH)+ Japan
**kanarensis ARROW(1917) (BI)
**laevicollis !! KRAATZ(1892) (BI) (new name required, see SABATINELLI,1993)
**laevis BURMEISTER(1855) (BI)
= clara ARROW(1913) (BI)
**laeviscutula LIN(1980) (CH)+
**laevistriata ARROW(1913) (BI)
**lasiopyga LIN(1987) Sikkim
**latimaculata NOMURA(1970) (CH)+ Taiwan
**leptotarsa LIN(1891) (CH)+
**lewisi ARROW(1913) Japan
**limbatipennis LIN(1988) (CH)
**lineata KRAATZ(1892)
= laotina OHAUS(1930) +OHAUS(1930) (FI)
+FREY(1972)
**linpingi SABATINELLI(1994) +SABATINELLI(1994) Nepal
**livida LIN(1988) (CH)+ Taiwan
**lucida NEWMAN(1838) +ARROW(1913) (BI)
**macgregori OHAUS(1910) Sundaland
**maclellandi HOPE(1845) (BI) (CH)+
+SABATINELLI(1994)
**madrasicola MACHATSCHKE(19**)
= propinqua ARROW(1913) +ARROW(1913) (BI)+
**marginicollis HOPE(1831) (BI)+(FI)+(CH)+
+ARROW(1913)
+SABATINELLI(1985)
**melanoloma LIN(1988) (CH)
**metallicollis FAIRMAIRE(1887) (CH)+
**migliaccioi SABATINELLI(1996) +SABATINELLI(1996) Sundaland
**miniatipennis FAIRMAIRE(1889) China
**minuta HOPE(1831) (BI) (CH)
**mongolica ARROW(1913) +ARROW(1913) (FI)+(CH)+ Taiwan
**morettoi SABATINELLI(1996) +SABATINELLI(1996) Myanmar
**mutans NEWMAN(1838) (FI)+(CH)+ Taiwan
= indigonacea MOTSCHULSKY(1853) +STEBNICKA(1980)
**nagaii SABATINELLI(1996) +SABATINELLI(1996) Myanmar
**nitida HOPE(1831) (BI) (CH)+
+SABATINELLI(1994)
**nottrotti KRAATZ(1892) (BI)
**oviformis LIN(1988) (CH)+
**parvula BURMEISTER +OHAUS(1924) Sundaland
**patkaina ARROW(1917) (BI)
**patricia ARROW(1917) (BI)
=bothynoma OHAUS(1938) +OHAUS(1938) (CH)+
**petrarcai SABATINELLI(1994) +SABATINELLI(1994) Bhutan
**piattellai SABATINELLI(1994) +SABATINELLI(1994) Nepal
**pilicollis KRAATZ(1892) (BI)
**pilicrus OHAUS(1914) +OHAUS(1914) (FI)+
**pilifera LIN(1988) (CH)
**pilosa ARROW(1913) (BI)
**plagicollis KRAATZ(1897) (CH)
**pui LIN(1988) (CH)+
**pulchra ARROW(1913) (BI)
**pulchripes ARROW(1913) +ARROW(1913) (BI)+
**puncticollis KRAATZ(1897) (BI)
**pustulata FAIRMAIRE(1887) (FI)+(CH)+
**quadriguttata FABRICIUS(1787) +STEBNICKA(1980) (FI)+(CH)+
**ricchiardii SABATINELLI (1996)+SABATINELLI(1996) S.Vietnam
**rotundata LIN(1988) (CH)+
**rubescens LIN(1981) (CH)+
**rubripes LIN(1981) (CH)+
**sabatinellii LIN(2003) China SW
**sammensis LIN(1980) (CH)+
**sandyx NEWMAN(1838) +OHAUS(1924) Sundaland
=foveolata SHARP(1881)
=borneensis KRAATZ(1897)
=kinabarensis OHAUS(1897)
**sauteri OHAUS(1916) +Ohaus(1916) (CH)+ Taiwan
**scabricollis LIN(1988)
**schizonycha ARROW(1913) +ARROW(1913) (BI)+
**semiaenea KRAATZ(1892) (FI)+(CH)+
= feae (sensu PAULIAN,1958)
= tesari SABATINELLI(1984) +SABATINELLI(1985)
**semicuprea KRAATZ(1892)
**shillongensis SABATINELLI(1994) +SABATINELLI(1994) Assam
**sichuanensis LIN(1988) (CH)+
**sikkimensis LIN(1987)
= unicolor FREY(1975) +FREY(1975)
**simlana ARROW(1913) (BI)
**splendidicollis FAIRMAIRE(1886) China valid ?
**strumifera LIN(1981) (CH)+
**subquadrata KRAATZ(1892) (BI) (CH)+
**sulcata REDTENBACHER(1848) (BI) (CH)+
**sumatrensis KRAATZ(1892) Sundaland
**suturalis LIN(1980) (CH)+
**taiwana ARROW(1913) +ARROW(1913) (CH)+ Taiwan
**testaceipennis KRAATZ(1892) (BI)
**timoriensis OHAUS(1905) Lesser Sunda (Timor)
(undescribed sp. in Sumbawa)
**transversa LIN(1988) (CH)+
**uhligi SABATINELLI(1996) +SABATINELLI(1996) S.Vietnam
**variabilis KRAATZ(1892) Philippines
**varicollis LIN(1988) (CH)+
**varicolor OHAUS(1924) Philippines
**vignai SABATINELLI(1994) +SABATINELLI(1994) Bhutan
**viridula KRAATZ(1892) (CH)+
**wittmeri FREY(1975) +FREY(1975)
**zerchei SABATINELLI(1994) +SABATINELLI(1994) Bhutan
** indicated valid name
+ indicated that male genitalia figured
(BI) = ARROW, British India
(FI) = PAULIAN, French Indochina
(CH) = LIN, Popillia of China
* "Popillia niijimai MACHATSCHKE" was incorrectly named for Polyphylla formosanus NIIJIMA & KINOSHITA,
because in the original description, NIIJIMA & KINOSHITA's formosanus was described as a member
of the genus Polyphylla (subfam. Melolonthinae).
* Please see my excel file on Rutelinae on the synonymy, distribution etc.
* Philippine and Sulawesi species of the genus Popillia are incomplete in this list, because the
species belonging to the genera Popillia, Malaia and Pseudomalaia must be revised.
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