A new record of Oniticellus cinctus (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) from Borneo

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by  Kon, Masahiro

Elytra,Tokyo,36(2):290,November22,2008
A New Recordof Omtzce uscfnctus (Coleoptera,
Scarabaeidae) fromBorneo
MasahiroKON1),TeruoOcHI2),MasahiroOHARA3),AkiraUEDA4)andSriHARTINI5)
1)SchoolofEnvironmentalScience,TheUniversityofShigaPrefecture,
Hassaka-cho2500,Hikone,522-8533Japan
2)Kofudai5-21-6,Toyono-cho,Toyono-gun,Osaka,563-0104Japan
3)TheHokkaidoUniversityMuseum,HokkaidoUniversity,Sapporo,060-0810Japan
4)HokkaidoResearchCenter,ForestryandForestProductsResearchInstitute,
Toyohira,Sapporo,062-8516Japan
5)ZoologyDivision,ResearchCenterforBiology,LIPI,Bogor,Indonesia
WehavebeenconductingresearchesonthedungbeetleassemblagesinEastKalimantan,
Indonesia. Inthecourseofourresearches,wecollectedOnitice11uscinctus(FABRIcIUs). Thisis
thefirstrecordofthisspeciesfromBorneo.
Weherewithreportthecollectiondata. WereferredtoBALTHAsAR(1963) for theknown
distributionofthisspecies.
Oniticeliuscmctus(FABRIcIUs)
ScarabaeuscinctusFABR1clUs,1775,Syst.Ent.,30.
Specimensexamined. 1 ,1早,SungaiWain,Balikpapan,KalimantanTimur,Indonesia,27-
XII-2006,A.UEDAleg;1ex.,KaryaMerdekaRT09,Samboja,KutaiKartanegara,Kalimantan
Timur,Indonesia,18-XI-2007,M.0HARAleg;1ex.,KanponTimur,Balikpapan,Kalimantan
Timur,Indonesia,18-XI-2007,M.0HARAleg.
Distribution.SouthChina,NorthIndia,Myanmar,Vietnam,Laos,Thailand,MalayPenin-
sula,Java,Borneo(newrecord).
Thisstudy was supported in part bya Grant-in-Aid from theJapanSociety for the
PromotionofScience(No.17405011)andagrantfromtheMinistryoftheEnvironmentofJapan
(EnvironmentalResearchbyNationalResearchInstituteofGovernmentMinistries&Agencies
2004,EvaluationandForecastingoftheCDM-PlantationinfluencesonBiodiversity).
Reference
BALTHASAR, V.,1963. MonographicderScarabaeidaeundAphodiidaederpalaearktischenunci oriental_
ischenRegion,2.1-628.Tschechos1owakischeAkademiederWissenschaften,Prag.