Adoretus ( Adoretus ) limbatus Blanchard, 1851

Adoretus ( Adoretus) limbatus Blanchard, 1851 View in CoL

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Adoretus limbatus BLANCHARD, 1851: 233 View in CoL [original description].

Adoretus ( Adoretus) plagiatus BURMEISTER, 1855: 531 View in CoL [synonymized by OHAUS, 1914a: 491]. Adoretus ( Adoretus) flavovittatus NONFRIED, 1891: 362 View in CoL [synonymized by OHAUS, 1914a: 491]. Adoretus ( Adoretus) castaneus NONFRIED, 1891: 363 View in CoL [synonymized by OHAUS, 1914a: 491].

Adoretus ( Adoretus) plagiatus View in CoL – SHARP, 1891: 51 [list].

Adoretus ( Adoretus) limbatus View in CoL – OHAUS, 1914a: 491 [placed in Adoretus ( Adoretus) View in CoL , listed; Adoretus ( Adoretus) plagiatus Burmeister, 1855 View in CoL new synonymy; Adoretus ( Adoretus) flavovittatus Nonfried, 1891 View in CoL new synonymy; Adoretus ( Adoretus) castaneus Nonfried, 1891 View in CoL new synonymy]. — OHAUS, 1918: 188 [catalogue]. — MACHATSCHKE, 1965: 93 [catalogue]. — MACHATSCHKE, 1972: 331 [catalogue]. — KRAJCIK, 2008: 14 [catalogue]. — ZORN & BEZDĚK, 2016: 318 [catalogue]. — GHOSH et al., 2020: 251 [listed from Haryana State, India]. Adoretus limbatus View in CoL – ARROW, 1917: 298 [key], 305 – 306 [redescription], plate 1, fig. 11 [habitus].

TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED. Syntype ♂: [ A. limbatus, Cat. Mus., Bengale, M. Duvaucel ] [Bengale, Duvaucel] [Collection générale] [Museum Paris, Bengale, Duvaucel] [ SYNTYPE] [ SYNTYPE Adoretus limbatus Blanchard, 1851 ] ( MNHN).

ADDITIONAL MATERIAL EXAMINED. India: 1♂, 1♀: Madras, Berhampur ( MFNB); 1♀: Cawnpore, 24.i.04, C. S. Betton, 1906-189 ( BMNH); 1♂: Cachin Hills, H. L. Stanton, 97-195 ( BMNH); 1♀: Bengal ( BMNH); 1♂, 1♀: Sikkim, Darjiling ( MFNB) .

Myanmar: 1♂: Shenmaga , 8.vi.1885, Fea ( MFNB) ; 1♂, 1♀: Toungoo ( BMNH) .

Thailand: 1♀ : Siam, 1930, W. R . S. Ladell / Klong Rang Sit, vii.1930 ( BMNH) .

DISTRIBUTION. Known from India (Bengal, India = type locality), Myanmar and Thailand ( ARROW, 1917). A record of the species from Kashmir in KRÁL & SMETANA (2006) seems to be based on a copy error from the catalogues of MACHATSCHKE (1965, 1972) in which the species following A. (A.) limbatus is indeed from Kashmir.

REMARKS. Adoretus castaneus Nonfried, 1891 was described from Borneo ( NONFRIED, 1891), and its identity and status as a synonym of A. ( A.) limbatus needs to be reviewed.