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Romattalus flavojubatus Tong & Yang, sp. nov. (Figs 1–3) Chinese name: WDZIfiffm http://zoobank.org/ urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub: 42272B76-5C79-4361-807F-B94AE4D2E619 Diagnosis. This species is similar to R. dudkoi, but can be distinguished from the latter by having pronotum with yellow hairs on lateral sides (Figs 1a, 1c), and aedeagus approximately parallel sided for basal 2/ 3 in ventral view, then slightly narrowing to blunt apex (Fig. 3c). In R. dudkoi, pronotum with brown and yellow hairs on lateral sides, and aedeagus approximately parallel sided for basal 1/ 2 in ventral view, then distinctly swollen, widest at basal 3/4 (Fig. 4a). Description. Male. Length of body 3.7 mm, width at widest part of elytra 1.5 mm and at the base of elytra 1.1 mm. Head yellow with frons and interocular area black, mouthparts yellow. Antennae yellow to dark brown, antennomeres 1–4 yellow with dark spots on dorsal side, remaining part mostly dark brown. Pronotum yellow. Elytra black with blue metallic lustre and yellow elytral bases and humeral angles. Scutellar shield yellow to black. Fore legs yellow with brown tibia and tarsi, middle legs yellow with dark stripes on upperside femora and black tibia and tarsi, hind leg mostly black (Fig. 1a). Prosternum and mesoventrite yellow. Metaventrite black. Abdomen mostly yellow. Vesicles and thoracic mesepimera yellow. Body sparsely covered with yellow adpressed pubescence. Sculptures evenly punctuated, stronger on elytra than other parts. Head wider than pronotum. Frons flat, interocular area slightly impressed. Clypeus distinct. Antennae filiform reaching middle of the elytra; antennomere 1 elongate, slightly widened and subconical; 2 shortened and rectangular; 3–4 shortened and subcylindrical; 5–11 cylindrical and almost equal in length. Pronotum subquadrate, anterior and posterior margins straight; basal side is slightly elevated; anterior angles strongly impressed and possessing a compact tuft of long yellow hairs on lateral sides of pronotum. Scutellar shield trapezoid and transverse, almost hidden by pronotum, slightly thickened and elevated. Elytra subparallel, widened behind the base and evenly rounded at apices, base of elytra distinctly wider than pronotum. Humeri distinct, slightly protruding. Disc distinctly impressed just below scutellum and strongly convex posteriorly. Elytral apices evenly rounded. Hind wings normally developed. Legs slender. Hind femora reaching elytral apices. All tibiae thin and straight.All tarsi with 5 tarsomeres; tarsomere 2 of the fore tarsi simple, lacking special comb; tarsomere 5 longest and tarsomere 4 shortest in all legs. Claws thin and curved, with membrane at base and long setae in the middle. Metathorax simple, lacking appendages. Pygidium (apical tergite) short and transverse, with triangular emargination on distal side (Fig. 3a); ultimate abdominal ventrite (apical sternite) bilobed, strong and elongate, each lobe with stretched narrow apex curved inward (Fig. 3b). Tegmen short and wide; aedeagus short and stout, approximately parallel sided for basal 2/ 3 in ventral view, then slightly narrowing to blunt apex; endophallus with a strong spine in the middle (Figs 3c–d). Female. Length of body 3.9 mm, width at widest part of elytra 1.6 mm and at the base of elytra 1.1 mm. Similar to male species except for pronotum lacking hairs on lateral sides (Fig. 1b). Pygidium sub-trapezoid with apical margin emarginate (Fig. 3a). Ultimate abdominal ventrite divided, with long spiculum ventrale (Fig. 3b). Ovipositor elongate and membranous (Fig. 3c). Material examined. Holotype: China: Xizang: ♁, Nyalam County, 28.VII.2005, Aimin Shi leg (MHBU). Paratype: China: Xizang: 1♀, same data as holotype. Distribution. China (Xizang). Etymology. The specific epithet flavojubatus derives from the Latin words “ flavus ” (= yellow) and “ jubatus ” (= long pendent hairs), refers to its yellow hairs on lateral sides of pronotum.

Genus Romattalus Tshernyshev, 2021 Chinese name: Ififfmoi Romattalus Tshernyshev, 2021: 491. Type species: Romattalus dudkoi Tshernyshev, 2021, by original designation. Diagnosis. Medium-sized beetles, about 4 mm in length. Body yellow to black with blue metallic lustre (Figs 1a–b). Male sexually dimorphic characters present on pronotum possessing tufts of long pendent yellow hairs on lateral sides (Figs 1a, 1c). Tarsomere 2 of the fore tarsi lacking special comb. Antennae long and slender. Elytra lacking special structures. Ultimate abdominal ventrite (apical sternite) elongate and divided (Fig. 2b). Distribution. Himalaya region: China (Xizang), Nepal., Published as part of Tong, Junbo, Tshernyshev, Sergei E., Liu, Haoyu & Yang, Yuxia, 2022, A contribution to the genus Romattalus Tshernyshev, 2021 (Coleoptera, Malachiidae), pp. 585-590 in Zootaxa 5222 (6) on page 586, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5222.6.5, http://zenodo.org/record/7477429, {"references":["Tshernyshev, S. E. (2021) New and little-known soft-winged flower beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Malachiidae) from the Nepal Himalayas. Biodiversitat und Naturausstattung im Himalaya, VII, 485 - 499. https: // doi. org / 10.5852 / ejt. 2022.817.1763"]}

Sasajiscymnus aureus Tong & Wang sp. nov. (Figs 21, 66) Chinese name: ḢÑḧ瓢• Diagnosis. This species is similar to S. seboshii (Ohta, 1929) in the characters of male genitalia, but can be distinguished from the later by the elytra entirely yellow, and the parameres about 1/3 as long as penis guide (Figs 21a–b, 21g). In S. seboshii, elytra are black with yellow apices and humeral angles, and a large yellowish brown spot presenting in the middle part, parameres are about 2/5 as long as penis guide (Figs 34a–b, 34g) Description. TL: 1.55–2.08 mm, TW: 1.23–1.50 mm, TH: 0.85–1.01 mm. Body oval, moderately convex, surfaces covered with short pubescence (Figs 21a–c). Body uniformly yellow, except ventral surfaces yellow to black. Interocular distance distinctly greater than eye width in frontal view. Abdominal postcoxal lines incomplete, not recurved toward the base of ventrite (Fig. 21d). Male genitalia: Penis stout, penis capsule with stout outer arm and long inner one, apex of penis constricted with membranous appendage (Figs 21e–f). Penis guide with prominent keel at base in lateral view, then tapering towards pointed apex; parameres about 1/3 as long as penis guide, with a tuft of long setae at apex; penis guide widest at base in ventral view, apex with a small protuberance (Figs 21g –h). Female genitalia: Coxites elongate, triangular; styli well developed with terminal setae; spermatheca distinctly curved, with basal ramus and elongate nodulus. Type material. Holotype: China: Xizang: ♂, Hanmi, Muotuo County, 800–2100 m, 5–8.X.2011, Huo LZ leg (SCAU). Paratypes (SCAU): China: Xizang: 2♂ 1♀, Same data as holotype. 1♂ 1♀, Yarang Village, Muotuo County, 768–1030 m, 24.X.2007, Wang XM leg; 1♀, Houshan, Muotuo County, 1200 m, 28.X.2007, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Hanmi, Muotuo County, 2100 m, 13.X.2009, Wang XM leg; 1♀, Yihaoqiao, Hanmi, Muotuo County, 14.X.2009, Wang XM leg. Distribution. China (Xizang). Etymology. The specific epithet aureus derives from the Latin word “aureus” and refers to the aureate pronotum and elytra.

Sasajiscymnus longus Tong & Wang sp. nov. (Figs 24, 69) Chinese name: Ḵ叶ḧ瓢• Diagnosis. This species is similar to S. quinquepunctatus (Weise, 1923) in the characters of male genitalia, but can be distinguished from the later by the more elongate penis guide and parameres about 1/2 as long as penis guide (Figs 24g –h). In S. quinquepunctatus, penis guide is shorter and parameres are about 3/4 as long as penis guide (Figs 2n–o). Description. TL: 2.10–2.59 mm, TW: 1.46–1.80 mm, TH: 1.03–1.28 mm. Body oval, moderately convex, surfaces covered with short pubescence (Figs 24a–c). Head yellow with interocular distance distinctly greater than eye width in frontal view. Pronotum yellow. Scutellar shield black. Elytra black with yellow apices. Ventral surfaces yellow to black. Legs yellow. Abdominal postcoxal lines incomplete, not recurved toward the base of ventrite (Fig. 24d). Male genitalia: Penis stout, penis capsule with stout outer arm and long inner one, apex of penis distinctly expanded with membranous appendage (Figs 24e–f). Penis guide with prominent keel at base in lateral view, then tapering towards pointed apex; parameres conspicuously inflated, about 1/2 as long as penis guide, with a tuft of long setae at apex; penis guide approximately parallel sided for basal 1/ 2 in ventral view, then gradually narrowing to blunt apex (Figs 24g –h). Female genitalia: Coxites elongate, triangular; styli well developed with terminal setae; spermatheca distinctly curved, with basal ramus and elongate nodulus. Type material. Holotype: China: Xizang: ♂, Cibagou National Nature Reserve, 1615 m, 26.IX.2011, Huo LZ leg (SCAU). Paratypes (SCAU): China: Xizang: 1♂, Same data as holotype; 1♂ 1♀, Cibagou National Nature Reserve, 2000 m, 13.X.2007, Wang XM leg. Henan: 1♂, Baotianman National Nature Reserve, 6.VII.2009, Wang XM leg. Yunnan: 1♂ 3♀, Caiyanghe National Forest Park, 4. V.2009, Wang XM leg; 2♂ 3♀, Maku Village, Gongshan County, 1600 m, 1.VIII.2010, Wang XM leg; 2♂, Qinglandan, Maku Village, Gongshan County, 4–7.VIII.2010, Wang XM leg. Distribution. China (Henan, Yunnan, Xizang). Etymology. The specific epithet longus derives from the Latin word“longus” and refers to the elongate penis guide., Published as part of TONG, JUNBO, CHEN, XIAOSHENG, ZHANG, XIAONING, HUO, LIZHI, WU, GANG, PENG, ZHENGQIANG & WANG, XINGMIN, 2022, A review of the genus Sasajiscymnus Vandenberg, 2004 from China (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae), pp. 1-104 in Zootaxa 5207 (1) on page 35, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5207.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7328080, {"references":["Weise, J. (1923) Sauter's H. Formosan-Ausbeute: Coccinellidae. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte, 89, 182 - 188."]}

Sasajiscymnus obliquus Tong & Wang sp. nov. (Figs 30, 70) Chinese name: ḦṄḧ瓢• Diagnosis. This species can be distinguished from other species of Sasajiscymnus by the pointed apex of penis with membranous appendage, and elytra with characteristic pattern (Figs 30a–b, 30f). Description. TL: 1.58–2.17 mm, TW: 1.17–1.61 mm, TH: 0.82–1.14 mm. Body oval, moderately convex, surfaces covered with short pubescence (Figs 30a–c). Head yellow with interocular distance distinctly greater than eye width in frontal view. Pronotum yellow. Scutellar shield yellowish brown. Elytron with characteristic yellow and black pattern as show in Figure 30a. Ventral surfaces yellow to black. Legs yellow. Abdominal postcoxal lines incomplete, not recurved toward the base of ventrite (Fig. 30d). Male genitalia: Penis stout, penis capsule with stout outer arm and long inner one, apex of penis constricted with membranous appendage (Figs 30e–f). Penis guide with prominent keel at base in lateral view, then tapering towards pointed apex; parameres about 2/5 as long as penis guide, with a tuft of long setae at apex; penis guide widest at base in ventral view, then gradually narrowing to blunt apex (Figs 30g –h). Female genitalia: Coxites elongate, triangular; styli well developed with terminal setae; spermatheca distinctly curved, with basal ramus and elongate nodulus. Type material. Holotype: China: Xizang: ♂, Chayu County, 2320 m, 12.X.2007, Wang XM leg (SCAU). Paratypes (SCAU): China: Xizang: 7♂11♀, Same data as holotype; 7♂6♀, Cibagou National Nature Reserve, 2000 m, 13.X.2007, Wang XM leg; 1♂1♀, Xiachayu Town, Chaiyu County, 1800 m, 14.X.2007, Wang XM leg; 3♂ 1♀, North Downtown of Chaiyu County, 2300 m, 18.X.2007, Wang XM leg; 1♂ 6♀, Cibagou National Nature Reserve, 1615 m, 26.IX.2011, Huo LZ leg; 1♂, Shangchayu Town–Xiachayu Town, Chayu County, 1650 m, 27.IX.2011, Huo LZ leg; 1♀, Chayu County, 2400 m, 29.IX.2011, Huo LZ leg. Distribution. China (Xizang). Etymology. The specific epithet obliquus derives from the Latin word “obliquus” and refers to the oblique marks on the elytra., Published as part of TONG, JUNBO, CHEN, XIAOSHENG, ZHANG, XIAONING, HUO, LIZHI, WU, GANG, PENG, ZHENGQIANG & WANG, XINGMIN, 2022, A review of the genus Sasajiscymnus Vandenberg, 2004 from China (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae), pp. 1-104 in Zootaxa 5207 (1) on pages 45-46, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5207.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7328080

Sasajiscymnus tumidus Tong & Wang sp. nov. (Figs 1d, 3l, 3p, 56, 77) Chinese name: D叶ḧ瓢• Diagnosis. This is a very distinctive species of Sasajiscymnus characterized by the dark brown head, stout penis without outer arm, and the penis guide with apical 1/3 expanded (Figs 56a–c, 56g). Description. TL: 2.20–2.33 mm, TW: 1.68–1.79 mm, TH: 0.97–1.05 mm. Body oval, moderately convex, surfaces covered with short pubescence (Figs 56a–c). Head dark brown with interocular distance distinctly greater than eye width in frontal view. Pronotum yellowish brown with a black spot at base. Scutellar shield black. Elytra black with brown apices. Ventral surfaces yellowish brown to black. Legs yellowish brown to black. Abdominal postcoxal lines incomplete, recurved toward the base of ventrite (Fig. 56d). Male genitalia: Penis stout, penis capsule with long inner arm but without outer one, apex of penis pointed (Fig. 56e). Penis guide expanded apically in lateral view; parameres about 1/3 as long as penis guide, with a tuft of long setae at apex; penis guide distinctly swollen near apex in ventral view, blunt apically (Figs 56f–g). Female genitalia: Coxites shortened; styli absent; spermatheca worm-like, without clear ramus or nodulus (Figs 3l, 3p). Type material. Holotype: China: Taiwan: ♂, Beiheng Highway, Yilan County, 300–1500 m, 1.XI.2012, Wang XM leg (SCAU). Paratype: China, Taiwan: 1♀, Same data as holotype (SCAU). Distribution. China (Taiwan). Etymology. The specific epithet tumidus derives from the Latin word “tumidus” and refers to the expanded penis guide., Published as part of TONG, JUNBO, CHEN, XIAOSHENG, ZHANG, XIAONING, HUO, LIZHI, WU, GANG, PENG, ZHENGQIANG & WANG, XINGMIN, 2022, A review of the genus Sasajiscymnus Vandenberg, 2004 from China (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae), pp. 1-104 in Zootaxa 5207 (1) on pages 81-82, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5207.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7328080

Sasajiscymnus cultratus Tong & Wang sp. nov. (Figs 7, 64) Chinese name: Ľ叶ḧ瓢• Diagnosis. This species is similar to S. sylvaticus (Lewis, 1896), but can be distinguished from the later by yellow pronotum, black scutellar shield, and parameres about 1/3 as long as penis guide (Figs 7a–c, 7g). In S. sylvaticus, pronotum is yellowish brown, scutellar shield is dark brown, and parameres are about 3/4 as long as penis guide (Figs 8a–c, 8g). Description. TL: 1.54–2.05 mm, TW: 1.21–1.54 mm, TH: 0.77–0.91 mm. Body oval, moderately convex, surfaces covered with short pubescence (Figs 7a–c). Head yellow with interocular distance distinctly greater than eye width in frontal view. Pronotum yellow. Scutellar shield black. Elytra black with yellow apices. Ventral surfaces yellow to black. Legs yellow. Abdominal postcoxal lines incomplete, recurved toward the base of ventrite (Fig. 7d). Male genitalia: Penis long and slender, penis capsule with short outer arm and curved inner one, apex of penis pointed (Figs 7e–f). Penis guide triangular in lateral view with pointed apex; parameres about 1/3 as long as penis guide, with a tuft of long setae at apex; penis guide widest at base in ventral view, tapering towards pointed apex (Figs 7g –h). Female genitalia: Coxites distinctly elongate, triangular; styli strongly reduced and hardly visible; spermatheca distinctly curved, with basal ramus and nodulus. Type material. Holotype: China: Guangxi: ♂, Gaozhai, Mao’ershan National Nature Reserve, 20.X.2004, Wang XM leg (SCAU). Paratypes (SCAU): China: Guangxi: 5♂ 3♀, Shili Canyon, Mao’ershan National Nature Reserve, 19.X.2004, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Pinglong Mountains, Shiwandashan National Nature Reserve, 8.XI.2004, Wang XM leg. Hunan: 1♂, Mangshan National Nature Reserve, 3.X.2004, Ren SX leg. Guangdong: 2♂, Nankunshan National Forest Park, 21.X.2004, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Qinshuigu, Nanling National Nature Reserve, 21.IX.2005, Wang XM leg. Distribution. China (Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi). Etymology. The specific epithet cultratus derives from the Latin word “cultratus” and refers to the cultrated penis guide., Published as part of TONG, JUNBO, CHEN, XIAOSHENG, ZHANG, XIAONING, HUO, LIZHI, WU, GANG, PENG, ZHENGQIANG & WANG, XINGMIN, 2022, A review of the genus Sasajiscymnus Vandenberg, 2004 from China (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae), pp. 1-104 in Zootaxa 5207 (1) on pages 13-14, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5207.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7328080, {"references":["Lewis, G. (1896) On the Coccinellidae of Japan. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 6, 17 (97), 22 - 41. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222939608680319"]}

Sasajiscymnus jenai Kitano, 2012 (Fig. 64) Chinese name: 仁爱ḧ瓢• Sasajiscymnus jenai Kitano, 2012: 226 (type locality: Jenai, Nantou, Taiwan, China)— Iqbal et al. 2020: 384. Diagnosis. This species is similar to S. nakanei (Araki, 1963), but can be distinguished from the later by parameres about 1/2 as long as penis guide (Kitano 2012). In S. anmashanus, parameres are about 3/4 as long as penis guide (Fig. 6g). Material examined. None. Distribution. China (Taiwan)., Published as part of TONG, JUNBO, CHEN, XIAOSHENG, ZHANG, XIAONING, HUO, LIZHI, WU, GANG, PENG, ZHENGQIANG & WANG, XINGMIN, 2022, A review of the genus Sasajiscymnus Vandenberg, 2004 from China (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae), pp. 1-104 in Zootaxa 5207 (1) on page 19, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5207.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7328080, {"references":["Kitano, T. (2012) Five new species of Scymnini (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) from East Asia. Elytra, 2 (2), 221 - 229.","Iqbal, Z., Nasir, M. F. & Bodlah, I. (2020) A new species of Sasajiscymnus Vandenberg (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Pakistan. Zootaxa, 4759 (3), 379 - 390. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4759.3.4","Araki, M. (1963) Descriptions of four new species of the genus Scymnus from Japan (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). The Scientific Reports of Kyoto Prefectural University. Natural science and living science, 3 (5), 251 - 255."]}

Sasajiscymnus seboshii (Ohta, 1929) (Figs 34, 71) Chinese name: AEṄḧ瓢• Scymnus hareja seboshii Ohta, 1929: 11 (type locality: Togakushi, Nagano, Japan).— Korschefsky 1931: 127; Miwa & Yoshida 1935: 38; Mader 1955: 940. Scymnus (Scymnus) seboshii: Miyatake 1958: 253.— Kamiya 1961: 296; Nakane 1963: 208. Pseudoscymnus seboshii: Chapin 1962: 51.— Sasaji 1971: 101; Kovář 2007: 582. Sasajiscymnus seboshii: Yu 2011: 117 — Iqbal et al. 2020: 387. Diagnosis. This species is similar to S. aureus sp. nov. in structures of the male genitalia, but can be distinguished from the later by the black elytra with a large yellowish brown heart-shaped marking in the middle part, and the parameres about 2/5 as long as penis guide (Figs 34a–b, 34j). In S. aureus, elytra are predominantly yellow with some black spots, and the parameres are about 1/3 as long as penis guide (Figs 21a–b, 21g). Description. TL: 1.53–2.28 mm, TW: 1.14–1.87 mm, TH: 0.76–1.12 mm. Body oval, moderately convex, surfaces covered with short pubescence (Figs 34a–f). Head yellow to yellowish brown, with interocular distance distinctly greater than eye width in frontal view. Pronotum yellow. Scutellar shield brown. Elytra black with yellow apices and humeral angles, and a large yellowish brown spot presenting in the middle part; sometimes median macula extends to lateral margins of elytra. Ventral surfaces yellow to black. Legs yellow. Abdominal postcoxal lines incomplete, not recurved toward the base of ventrite (Fig. 34g). Male genitalia: Penis stout, penis capsule with stout outer arm and long inner one, apex of penis constricted with membranous appendage (Figs 34h–i). Penis guide with prominent keel at base in lateral view, then tapering towards pointed apex; parameres about 2/5 as long as penis guide, with a tuft of long setae at apex; penis guide widest at base in ventral view, then gradually narrowing to pointed apex (Figs 34j–k). Female genitalia: Coxites elongate, triangular; styli well developed with terminal setae; spermatheca distinctly curved, with basal ramus and elongate nodulus. Material examined. China: Anhui: 1♂ 1♀, Hengdu Town, Shitai County, 230 m, 20.IX.2010, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Yaoluoping National Nature Reserve, 600–800 m, 30.IX.2010, Wang XM leg; 2♂, Chuanling, Yaoluoping National Nature Reserve, 800 m, 2.X.2010, Wang XM leg. Fujian: 1♂ 1♀, Jiangxikou, Tongmu Village, Wuyishan National Nature Reserve, 1130 m, 19.IX.2012, Huo LZ leg. Hubei: 1♀, Guanmen Mountains, Shennongjia National Nature Reserve, 1260 m, 18.VII.2007, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Banqiao, Shennongjia National Nature Reserve, 1170 m, 21–24.VII.2007, Wang XM leg. Guangxi: 2♂, Jiuniutang, Mao’ershan National Nature Reserve, 18.X.2004, Wang XM leg; 1♀, Shili Canyon, Mao’ershan National Nature Reserve, 19.X.2004, Wang XM leg. Shaanxi: 1♂ 1♀, Daguping Village, Foping National Nature Reserve, 1170 m, 21.VII.2009, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Xihe, Daguping Village, Foping National Nature Reserve, 1100 m, 22.VII.2009, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Fengyu Forest Farm, 1500 m, 28.VII.2009, Wang XM leg. Gansu: 5♂ 3♀, Maijishan National Forest Park, Maiji District, Tianshui City, 1500 m, 10.VIII.2008, Wang XM leg. Distribution. China (Anhui, Fujian, Hubei, Shaanxi, Gansu, Taiwan); Japan. Remarks. This species varies in elytral patterns. Some specimens from Shaanxi, Gansu and Hubei have predominantly pale yellow elytra, with black markings reducing to small spots or narrow lines near humeral calli., Published as part of TONG, JUNBO, CHEN, XIAOSHENG, ZHANG, XIAONING, HUO, LIZHI, WU, GANG, PENG, ZHENGQIANG & WANG, XINGMIN, 2022, A review of the genus Sasajiscymnus Vandenberg, 2004 from China (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae), pp. 1-104 in Zootaxa 5207 (1) on pages 49-50, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5207.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7328080, {"references":["Ohta, Y. (1929) Scymninen Japans. Insecta Matsumurana, 4 (1 - 2), 1 - 16.","Korschefsky, R. (1931) Coleopterorum Catalogus. Pars 118. Coccinellidae I. Junk, Berlin, 224 pp.","Mader, L. (1955) Evidenz der palaarktischen Coccinellidae und ihrer aberrationen in Wort und Bild. Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey, 6, 764 - 1035.","Miyatake, M. (1958) Notes on Scymnus (s. str.) hareja Weise as a predator of scale insects, with taxonomical notes on its allied species (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae). Japanese Journal of Applied Entomology and Zoology, 2, 251 - 257. https: // doi. org / 10.1303 / jjaez. 2.251","Kamiya, H. (1961) A revision of the tribe Scymnini from Japan and the Loochoos (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae): Part 1. Genera Clitostethus, Stethorus and Scymnus (except subgenus Pullus). Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture Kyushu University, 11 (3), 275 - 301. https: // doi. org / 10.5109 / 22688","Nakane, T. (1963) Iconographia insectorum japonicorum: colore naturali edita. Vol. II Coleoptera. Hokuryukan, Tokyo, 443 pp.","Chapin, E. A. (1962) Pseudoscymnus, a new genus of Asiatic Scymnini (Coleoptera: Coccinellidea). Psyche, 69 (1), 50 - 51. https: // doi. org / 10.1155 / 1962 / 51302","Sasaji H. (1971) Fauna Japonica: Coccinellidae (Insecta: Coleoptera). Academic Press of Japan, Tokyo, 340 pp.","Kovar, I. (2007) Family Coccinellidae Latreille, 1807. In: Lobl, I. & Smetana, A. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 4. Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, pp. 568 - 631.","Yu, G. Y. (2011) The Coccinellidae of Taiwan. Chemical Industry Press, Beijing, 198 pp. [in Chinese with English summary]","Iqbal, Z., Nasir, M. F. & Bodlah, I. (2020) A new species of Sasajiscymnus Vandenberg (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Pakistan. Zootaxa, 4759 (3), 379 - 390. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4759.3.4"]}

Sasajiscymnus maculatus Tong & Wang sp. nov. (Figs 33, 67) Chinese name: ỜṄḧ瓢• Diagnosis. This species is similar to S. aureus sp. nov., but can be distinguished from the later by the elytra with black spots and penis guide approximately parallel sided for basal 1/ 2 in ventral view (Figs 33a–c, 33h). In S. aureus, elytra are entirely yellow and the penis guide is widest at base (Figs 21a–c, 21h). Description. TL: 1.92–2.29 mm, TW: 1.39–1.71 mm, TH: 0.72–0.84 mm. Body oval, moderately convex, surfaces covered with short pubescence (Figs 33a–c). Head yellow with interocular distance distinctly greater than eye width in frontal view. Pronotum and scutellar shield yellow. Elytra yellow and each elytron usually with three black spots: basal spot situated at near humeral calli (sometimes reduced); second spot situated on suture, semicircular and small (sometimes absent); posterior spot situated at apical part of elytron (sometimes absent). Ventral surfaces yellow to black. Legs yellow. Abdominal postcoxal lines incomplete, not recurved toward the base of ventrite (Fig. 33d). Male genitalia: Penis stout, penis capsule with stout outer arm and long inner one, apex of penis constricted with distinct membranous appendage (Figs 33e–f). Penis guide with prominent keel at base in lateral view, then tapering towards pointed apex; parameres about 1/3 as long as penis guide, with a tuft of long setae at apex; penis guide approximately parallel sided for basal 1/ 2 in ventral view, then gradually narrowing to pointed apex (Figs 33g –h). Female genitalia: Coxites elongate, triangular; styli well developed with terminal setae; spermatheca distinctly curved, with basal ramus and elongate nodulus. Type material. Holotype: China: Xizang: ♂, North Downtown of Chaiyu County, 2300 m, 18.X.2007, Wang XM leg (SCAU). Paratypes (SCAU): China: Xizang: 2♂ 4♀ Same data as holotype; 1♂, Xiachayu Town, Chaiyu County, 1800 m, 14.X.2007, Wang XM leg; 1♀, 52K–65K of Zhamo Highroad, Motuo County, 2800–3500 m, 13.X.2011, Huo LZ leg. Distribution. China (Xizang). Etymology. The specific epithet maculatus derives from the Latin word “maculatus” meaning spotted, and refers to the elytra with black spots., Published as part of TONG, JUNBO, CHEN, XIAOSHENG, ZHANG, XIAONING, HUO, LIZHI, WU, GANG, PENG, ZHENGQIANG & WANG, XINGMIN, 2022, A review of the genus Sasajiscymnus Vandenberg, 2004 from China (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae), pp. 1-104 in Zootaxa 5207 (1) on pages 48-49, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5207.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7328080

Sasajiscymnus tainanensis (Ohta, 1929) (Fig. 65) Chinese name: 台南ḧ瓢• Pullus tainanensis Ohta, 1929: 7 (type locality: Tainan, Taiwan, China).— Miwa 1931: 89. Scymnus (Pullus) tainanensis: Korschefsky 1931: 145.—Miwa & Yoshida 1935: 40; Mader 1955: 961. Pseudoscymnus tainanensis: Pang & Gordon 1986: 157.— Kovář 2007: 582. Sasajiscymnus tainanensis: Kitano 2010: 171.— Yu 2011: 125; Iqbal et al. 2020: 388. Clitostethus nagasakiensis: Kamiya 1961: 280. Pseudoscymnus nagasakiensis: Kamiya 1966: 79.— Sasaji 1971: 111; Yang & Wu 1972: 120; Yu 1995 a: 129; Pang et al. 2004: 88; Kovář 2007: 582. Synonymized by Yu, 2011: 125. Diagnosis. This species is similar to S. anmashanus (Yang, 1971), but can be distinguished from the later by parameres about 3/4 as long as penis guide. In S. anmashanus, parameres are about 1/2 as long as penis guide (Fig. 6g). Material examined. None. Distribution. China (Taiwan); Japan., Published as part of TONG, JUNBO, CHEN, XIAOSHENG, ZHANG, XIAONING, HUO, LIZHI, WU, GANG, PENG, ZHENGQIANG & WANG, XINGMIN, 2022, A review of the genus Sasajiscymnus Vandenberg, 2004 from China (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae), pp. 1-104 in Zootaxa 5207 (1) on page 11, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5207.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7328080, {"references":["Ohta, Y. (1929) Scymninen Japans. Insecta Matsumurana, 4 (1 - 2), 1 - 16.","Miwa, Y. (1931) A systematic catalogue of Formosan Coleoptera. Report of the Department of Agriculture, Government Research Institute of Formosa, Taihoku, 55, 1 - 359.","Korschefsky, R. (1931) Coleopterorum Catalogus. Pars 118. Coccinellidae I. Junk, Berlin, 224 pp.","Mader, L. (1955) Evidenz der palaarktischen Coccinellidae und ihrer aberrationen in Wort und Bild. Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey, 6, 764 - 1035.","Pang, X. F. & Gordon, R. D. (1986) The Scymnini (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of China. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 40 (2), 157 - 199.","Kovar, I. (2007) Family Coccinellidae Latreille, 1807. In: Lobl, I. & Smetana, A. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 4. Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, pp. 568 - 631.","Kitano, T. (2010) Notes on Pullus akonis Ohta and Pullus tainanensis Ohta (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae). Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology, 16 (1), 169 - 172.","Yu, G. Y. (2011) The Coccinellidae of Taiwan. Chemical Industry Press, Beijing, 198 pp. [in Chinese with English summary]","Iqbal, Z., Nasir, M. F. & Bodlah, I. (2020) A new species of Sasajiscymnus Vandenberg (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Pakistan. Zootaxa, 4759 (3), 379 - 390. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4759.3.4","Kamiya, H. (1961) A revision of the tribe Scymnini from Japan and the Loochoos (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae): Part 1. Genera Clitostethus, Stethorus and Scymnus (except subgenus Pullus). Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture Kyushu University, 11 (3), 275 - 301. https: // doi. org / 10.5109 / 22688","Kamiya, H. (1966) On the Coccinellidae attacking the scale insects and mites in Japan and the Ryukyus. Mushi, 39 (7), 65 - 93.","Sasaji H. (1971) Fauna Japonica: Coccinellidae (Insecta: Coleoptera). Academic Press of Japan, Tokyo, 340 pp.","Yang, C. T. & Wu, R. H. (1972) Notes on some Coccinellidae of Taiwan. Journal of Agriculture and Forestry, 21, 115 - 128. https: // doi. org / 10.2337 / diab. 21.2.128 b","Yu, G. Y. (1995 b) Coccinellid beetles from Fujian, China, preserved in the Zoologische Staatssammlung Munchen, Germany. Spixiana, 18 (2), 145 - 150.","Pang, H., Ren, S. X., Zeng, T. & Pang, X. F. (2004) Biodiversity and their utilization of Coccinellidae in China. Science and Technology Press of Guangdong, Guangzhou. 168 pp. [in Chinese]","Yang, C. T. (1971) Notes on the species of genus Pseudoscymnus from Taiwan. Journal of Agriculture and Forestry, 20: 85 - 96."]}

Sasajiscymnus disselasmatus (Pang & Huang, 1986) (Figs 44, 67) Chinese name: RṘḧ瓢• Pseudoscymnus disselasmatus Pang & Huang, 1986: 65 (type locality: Nanjing, Fujian, China).— Yu 1995b: 146; Pang et al. 2004: 87; Kovář 2007: 582. Sasajiscymnus disselasmatus: Iqbal et al. 2020: 383. Diagnosis. This species is closely similar to S. sagittalis sp. nov., but can be distinguished from the later by the black scutellar shield and the apex of penis with distinct membranous appendage on inner side (Figs 44a, 44g). In S. sagittalis, Scutellar shield is yellowish brown and the apex of penis is conspicuously swollen with membranous appendage on both sides (Figs 41a, 41f). Description. TL: 1.68–2.26 mm, TW: 1.23–1.66 mm, TH: 0.68–0.86 mm. Body oval, moderately convex, surfaces covered with short pubescence (Figs 44a–c). Head yellow with interocular distance distinctly greater than eye width in frontal view. Pronotum yellow. Scutellar shield black. Elytra black with yellow apices. Ventral surfaces yellow to black. Legs yellow. Abdominal postcoxal lines incomplete, slightly recurved toward the base of ventrite (Fig. 44e). Male genitalia: Penis stout, penis capsule with stout outer arm and long inner one, apex of penis with distinct membranous appendage (Figs 44f–g). Penis guide with prominent keel at base in lateral view, then tapering towards apex; parameres about 2/3 as long as penis guide, with a tuft of long setae at apex; penis guide widest at base in ventral view, then gradually narrowing to blunt apex (Figs 44g –h). Female genitalia: Unknow. Material examined. Holotype: China: Fujian: ♂, Nanjing County, 7.III.1980, Liu SJ leg (SCAU). Other material (SCAU). China: Guangdong: 1♂, Shixing County, 8.VII.1989, Pang XF leg; 1♂, Yangqiu Mountains, Shimentai National Nature Reserve, 6.X.2004, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Shimen, Shimentai National Nature Reserve, 29.X.2004, Wang XM leg. Distribution. China (Fujian, Guangdong). Remarks. Yu et al. (1993) reported S. disselasmatus from Chebaling National Nature Reserve. Compared with the holotype, specimen examined by Yu et al. (1993) has penis guide widest near the base and not expanded penis apex, hence we considered it as a misidentification of S. lancetapicalis., Published as part of TONG, JUNBO, CHEN, XIAOSHENG, ZHANG, XIAONING, HUO, LIZHI, WU, GANG, PENG, ZHENGQIANG & WANG, XINGMIN, 2022, A review of the genus Sasajiscymnus Vandenberg, 2004 from China (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae), pp. 1-104 in Zootaxa 5207 (1) on pages 63-64, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5207.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7328080, {"references":["Pang, X. F. & Huang, B. K. (1986) Six new species of Scymnus and four new species of Pseudoscymnus from Fujian (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Scymnini). Journal of Wuyi Science, 6, 61 - 73. [in Chinese with English summary]","Yu, G. Y. (1995 b) Coccinellid beetles from Fujian, China, preserved in the Zoologische Staatssammlung Munchen, Germany. Spixiana, 18 (2), 145 - 150.","Pang, H., Ren, S. X., Zeng, T. & Pang, X. F. (2004) Biodiversity and their utilization of Coccinellidae in China. Science and Technology Press of Guangdong, Guangzhou. 168 pp. [in Chinese]","Kovar, I. (2007) Family Coccinellidae Latreille, 1807. In: Lobl, I. & Smetana, A. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 4. Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, pp. 568 - 631.","Iqbal, Z., Nasir, M. F. & Bodlah, I. (2020) A new species of Sasajiscymnus Vandenberg (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Pakistan. Zootaxa, 4759 (3), 379 - 390. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4759.3.4","Yu, G. Y., Pang, H. & Pang, X. F. (1993) Coccinellidae collected from Chebaling National Nature Reserve. In: Xu, Y. (Ed.), Collected papers for investigation in National Chebaling Nature Reserve. Science and Technology press of Guangdong, Guangzhou, pp. 467 - 505. [in Chinese]"]}

Sasajiscymnus anmashanus (Yang, 1971) (Figs 6, 63) Chinese name: ḆḤ山ḧ瓢• Pseudoscymnus anmashanus Yang, 1971: 88 (type locality: Anma Mountains, Taichung, Taiwan, China).— Yu 1995 a: 129; Pang et al. 2004: 86; Kovář 2007: 582. Sasajiscymnus anmashanus: Yu 2011: 123.— Iqbal et al. 2020: 383. Diagnosis. This species closely resembles S. acutus Tong & Wang sp. nov., but can be distinguished from the later by the apically rounded penis guide in ventral view, and black antennae and maxillary palpi (Figs 6c, 6h). In S. acutus, penis guide is apically pointed in ventral view, antennae and maxillary palpi are yellowish brown (Figs 5c, 5h). Description. TL: 1.83–2.27 mm, TW: 1.30–1.67 mm, TH: 0.84–1.05 mm. Body oval, moderately convex, surfaces covered with short pubescence (Figs 6a–c). Body uniformly black. Interocular distance slightly greater than eye width in frontal view. Dorsal pubescence forming distinct wavy patterns on elytra. Abdominal postcoxal lines incomplete, recurved toward the base of ventrite (Fig. 6d). Male genitalia: Penis slender, penis capsule with short outer arm and long inner one, apex of penis pointed (Figs 6e–f). Penis guide triangular in lateral view with pointed apex; parameres about 1/2 as long as penis guide, with a tuft of long setae at apex; penis guide widest at base in ventral view, tapering towards blunt apex (Figs 6g –h). Female genitalia: Coxites triangular; styli strongly reduced and hardly visible; spermatheca worm-like, with basal ramus and nodulus. Material examined. Holotype: China: Taiwan: ♂, Anma Mountains, Taichung City, 2200 m, 21.VII.1971, Yang CT leg (NCHU). Other material (SCAU). China: Taiwan: 1♀, Ali Mountains, Chiayi County, 1800 m, 22.X.2012, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Ali Mountains, Chiayi County, 2200–2500 m, 23.X.2012, Wang XM leg. Distribution. China (Taiwan)., Published as part of TONG, JUNBO, CHEN, XIAOSHENG, ZHANG, XIAONING, HUO, LIZHI, WU, GANG, PENG, ZHENGQIANG & WANG, XINGMIN, 2022, A review of the genus Sasajiscymnus Vandenberg, 2004 from China (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae), pp. 1-104 in Zootaxa 5207 (1) on pages 12-13, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5207.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7328080, {"references":["Yang, C. T. (1971) Notes on the species of genus Pseudoscymnus from Taiwan. Journal of Agriculture and Forestry, 20: 85 - 96.","Yu, G. Y. (1995 b) Coccinellid beetles from Fujian, China, preserved in the Zoologische Staatssammlung Munchen, Germany. Spixiana, 18 (2), 145 - 150.","Pang, H., Ren, S. X., Zeng, T. & Pang, X. F. (2004) Biodiversity and their utilization of Coccinellidae in China. Science and Technology Press of Guangdong, Guangzhou. 168 pp. [in Chinese]","Kovar, I. (2007) Family Coccinellidae Latreille, 1807. In: Lobl, I. & Smetana, A. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 4. Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, pp. 568 - 631.","Yu, G. Y. (2011) The Coccinellidae of Taiwan. Chemical Industry Press, Beijing, 198 pp. [in Chinese with English summary]","Iqbal, Z., Nasir, M. F. & Bodlah, I. (2020) A new species of Sasajiscymnus Vandenberg (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Pakistan. Zootaxa, 4759 (3), 379 - 390. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4759.3.4"]}

Sasajiscymnus parenthesis (Weise, 1923) (Figs 1k, 23) Chinese name: 弧Ṅḧ瓢• Nephus parenthesis Weise, 1923: 187 (type locality: Taiwan, China). Pseudoscymnus montanus: Yang 1971: 91.— Pang et al. 2004: 88; Kovář 2007: 582. Synonymized by Yu, 2011: 128. Sasajiscymnus parenthesis: Yu 2011: 128 — Iqbal et al. 2020: 386. Diagnosis. This species is similar to S. quinquepunctatus (Weise, 1923) in the characters of male genitalia, but can be distinguished from the later by parameres slightly shorter than penis guide (Fig. 23g). In S. quinquepunctatus, parameres are about 3/4 as long as penis guide (Fig. 2n). Description. TL: 1.76–2.44 mm, TW: 1.34–1.86 mm, TH: 0.79–1.08 mm. Body oval, moderately convex, surfaces covered with short pubescence (Figs 23a–c). Head yellow with interocular distance distinctly greater than eye width in frontal view. Pronotum yellow. Scutellar shield black. Elytra yellowish brown with parenthesis-shaped black markings. Ventral surfaces yellow to black. Legs yellow. Abdominal postcoxal lines incomplete, slightly recurved toward the base of ventrite (Fig. 23d). Male genitalia: Penis stout, penis capsule with stout outer arm and long inner one, apex of penis distinctly expanded with membranous appendage (Figs 23e–f). Penis guide with prominent keel at base in lateral view, then tapering towards pointed apex; parameres conspicuously inflated, slightly shorter than penis guide, with a tuft of long setae at apex; penis guide approximately parallel sided for basal 1/ 3 in ventral view, then gradually narrowing to apex (Figs 23g –h). Female genitalia: Coxites elongate, triangular; styli well developed with terminal setae; spermatheca distinctly curved, with basal ramus and elongate nodulus. Material examined. China: Taiwan: 1♂ 1♀, Aowanda, Jenai Town, Nantou County, 1280 m, 21.X.2012, Wang XM leg; 1♀, Ali Mountains, Chiayi County, 1800 m, 22.X.2012, Wang XM leg; 1♂ 2♀, Dabang Village, Alishan Mountains, Chiayi County, 960–1600 m, 24.X.2012, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Tengjhih, Kaohsiung City, 370–1450 m, 25.X.2012, Wang XM leg; 2♀, Maolin District, Kaohsiung City, 365–515 m, 26.X.2012, Wang XM leg; 1♂ 4♀, Jhihben, Taitung City, 230 m, 28.X.2012, Wang XM leg; 2♂, Nanheng, Chihshang Town, Taitung County, 679 m, 29.X.2012, Wang XM leg; 1♂ 2♀, Taroko National Park, Hualien County, 200–912 m, 30.X.2012, Wang XM leg; 1♀, Beiheng Highway, Yilan County, 300–1500 m, 1.XI.2012, Wang XM leg. Distribution. China (Taiwan)., Published as part of TONG, JUNBO, CHEN, XIAOSHENG, ZHANG, XIAONING, HUO, LIZHI, WU, GANG, PENG, ZHENGQIANG & WANG, XINGMIN, 2022, A review of the genus Sasajiscymnus Vandenberg, 2004 from China (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae), pp. 1-104 in Zootaxa 5207 (1) on pages 34-35, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5207.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7328080, {"references":["Weise, J. (1923) Sauter's H. Formosan-Ausbeute: Coccinellidae. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte, 89, 182 - 188.","Yang, C. T. (1971) Notes on the species of genus Pseudoscymnus from Taiwan. Journal of Agriculture and Forestry, 20: 85 - 96.","Pang, H., Ren, S. X., Zeng, T. & Pang, X. F. (2004) Biodiversity and their utilization of Coccinellidae in China. Science and Technology Press of Guangdong, Guangzhou. 168 pp. [in Chinese]","Kovar, I. (2007) Family Coccinellidae Latreille, 1807. In: Lobl, I. & Smetana, A. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 4. Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, pp. 568 - 631.","Yu, G. Y. (2011) The Coccinellidae of Taiwan. Chemical Industry Press, Beijing, 198 pp. [in Chinese with English summary]","Iqbal, Z., Nasir, M. F. & Bodlah, I. (2020) A new species of Sasajiscymnus Vandenberg (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Pakistan. Zootaxa, 4759 (3), 379 - 390. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4759.3.4"]}

Sasajiscymnus hareja species group The Sasajiscymnus hareja species group is characterized by the stout penis with large penis capsule, apex of penis with membranous appendage, penis guide robust with prominent keel at base, interocular distance distinctly greater than eye width in frontal view, coxites elongate and triangular, styli well developed with terminal setae, and spermathecal with elongate nodulus. 34 species of hareja group are recorded from China, including 12 new species and 1 newly recorded species. Key to the species of hareja group within the genus Sasajiscymnus Vandenberg, 2004 1. Parameres distinct..................................................................................... 2 - Parameres inconspicuous (Figs 13f–g)......................................... Sasajiscymnus gibbosus (Yu, 1997) 2. Central part of penis smooth without small protuberances..................................................... 3 - Central part of penis with several small protuberances (Fig. 14e)............... Sasajiscymnus shixingiensis (Pang, 1993) 3. Penis uniform without constricted part..................................................................... 4 - Penis strongly constricted near distal 1/3 (Fig. 15e)..................... Sasajiscymnus striatus Tong & Wang sp. nov. 4. Penis with a large protuberance on inner side............................................................... 5 - Penis with smooth inner side............................................................................ 6 5. Pronotum entirely yellow (Fig. 16c); parameres about 1/3 as long as penis guide (Fig. 16g)...................................................................................... Sasajiscymnus wuliangshan Tong & Wang sp. nov. - Pronotum black with yellow margins (Fig. 17c); parameres about 3/5 as long as penis guide (Fig. 17g).................................................................................. Sasajiscymnus ocelliferus (Canepari, 1997) 6. Elytron black with an eye-spotted pattern.................................................................. 7 - Elytron without an eye-spotted pattern..................................................................... 8 7. Yellow area of the eye spot extending to the apex of elytra (Figs 18a–b).......... Sasajiscymnus orbiculatus (Yang, 1971) - Yellow area of the eye spot not extending to the apex of elytra (Figs 19a–b)........... Sasajiscymnus ocellatus (Yu, 2000) 8. Ground color of elytra uniformly yellow or brown........................................................... 9 - Ground color of elytra black with yellow marking or yellow with black marking.................................. 11 9. Ventral surfaces yellow to black......................................................................... 10 - Ventral surfaces yellow without any contrasting markings (Figs 20a–c)..... Sasajiscymnus paltatus (Pang & Huang, 1986) 10. Elytra uniformly yellow (Fig. 21a).................................... Sasajiscymnus aureus Tong & Wang sp. nov. - Elytra uniformly brown (Fig. 22a)............................................ Sasajiscymnus fuscus (Yang, 1971) 11. Parameres distinctly dilated in lateral view, with widest part about twice of basal width............................. 12 - Parameres slightly dilated or not........................................................................ 14 12. Parameres shorter than 3/4 length of penis guide............................................................ 13 - Parameres slightly shorter than penis guide (Fig. 23g)....................... Sasajiscymnus parenthesis (Weise, 1923) 13. Parameres are about 1/2 as long as penis guide (Fig. 24g)................. Sasajiscymnus longus Tong & Wang sp. nov. - Parameres are about 3/4 as long as penis guide (Fig. 2n)................ Sasajiscymnus quinquepunctatus (Weise, 1923) 14. Parameres longer than 1/4 length of penis guide............................................................ 15 - Parameres about 1/4 as long as penis guide (Fig. 26j).................. Sasajiscymnus heijia (Yu & Montgomery, 2000) 15. Penis guide widest at base or near the base in ventral view.................................................... 16 - Penis guide widest at 1/2 length in ventral view (Fig. 27h).................. Sasajiscymnus latus Tong & Wang sp. nov. 16. Parameres distinctly shorter than 1/2 length of penis guide.................................................... 17 - Parameres as long as or much longer than 1/2 length of penis guide............................................. 24 17. Scutellar shield yellow to yellowish brown................................................................ 18 - Scutellar shield black (Fig. 28a).............................................. Sasajiscymnus curvatus (Yu, 1999) 18. Humeral angles black................................................................................. 19 - Humeral angles yellow to yellowish brown................................................................ 21 19. Elytra black with yellow apices, and a large yellow spot presenting in the middle part.............................. 20 - Elytra black with yellowish brown apices, sometimes with two brown spots close to suture (Fig. 29a)............................................................................. Sasajiscymnus ancistroides (Pang & Huang, 1986) 20. Middle part of elytra with yellow spot extending to the lateral margins (Figs 30a–b).............................................................................................. Sasajiscymnus obliquus Tong & Wang sp. nov. - Middle part of elytra with yellow spot not extending to the lateral margins (Figs 31a–b).......................................................................................... Sasajiscymnus niganulus Tong & Wang sp. nov. 21. Elytral base entirely yellow............................................................................ 22 - Elytral base mostly black.............................................................................. 23 22. Elytral outer margin black in the middle............................ Sasajiscymnus fulvihumerus (Yang & Wu, 1972) - Elytral outer margin entirely yellow (Figs 33a–b)..................... Sasajiscymnus maculatus Tong & Wang sp. nov. 23. Elytra black with yellow apices and humeral angles, and a large yellowish brown spot presenting in the middle part (Figs 34a–b)................................................................. Sasajiscymnus seboshii (Ohta, 1929) - Elytra black with yellowish brown apices and humeral angles (Figs 35a–b)......... Sasajiscymnus truncatulus (Yu, 1997) 24. Penis with a deep terminal emargination.................................................................. 25 - Penis without emarginations............................................................................ 26 25. Elytra black with yellowish brown apices............................. Sasajiscymnus lamellatus (Yang & Wu, 1972) - Elytra black with yellow to yellowish brown markings (Figs 37a–b)....... Sasajiscymnus variabilis Tong & Wang sp. nov. 26. Apex of penis guide pointed in ventral view............................................................... 27 - Apex of penis guide blunt in ventral view................................................................. 29 27. Elytral base mostly black.............................................................................. 28 - Elytral base entirely yellow (Figs 38a–b)............................. Sasajiscymnus seminigrinus (Yu & Pang, 1993) 28. Scutellar shield black (Fig. 39a); parameres short and stout (Fig. 39g)................. Sasajiscymnus bivalvis (Yu, 1997) - Scutellar shield yellowish brown (Fig. 40a); parameres long and slender (Fig. 40g). Sasajiscymnus flexus Tong & Wang sp. nov. 29. Apex of penis expanded............................................................................... 30 - Apex of penis not expanded............................................................................ 31 30. Penis guide long; apex of penis with distinct membranous appendage (Fig. 41f).................................................................................................. Sasajiscymnus sagittalis Tong & Wang sp. nov. - Penis guide short; apex of penis with inconspicuous membranous appendage (Fig. 42f)............................................................................................ Sasajiscymnus robustus Tong & Wang sp. nov. 31. Apex of penis with membranous appendage on both sides (Fig. 43f).. Sasajiscymnus lancetapicalis (Pang & Gordon, 1986) - Apex of penis with membranous appendage on lateral side (Fig. 44f).. Sasajiscymnus disselasmatus (Pang & Huang, 1986) Remarks. Sasajiscymnus hareja (Weise, 1879) and Sasajiscymnus changi (Yang, 1971) were not included in the above key since no specimens of these species were available for us., Published as part of TONG, JUNBO, CHEN, XIAOSHENG, ZHANG, XIAONING, HUO, LIZHI, WU, GANG, PENG, ZHENGQIANG & WANG, XINGMIN, 2022, A review of the genus Sasajiscymnus Vandenberg, 2004 from China (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae), pp. 1-104 in Zootaxa 5207 (1) on pages 21-22, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5207.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7328080, {"references":["Vandenberg, N. J. (2004) Homonymy in the Coccinellidae (Coleoptera), or something fishy about Pseudoscymnus Chapin. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 106 (2), 483 - 484.","Pang, H. (1993) A new species of Pseudoscymnus (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Acta Entomologica Sinica, 36 (4), 493 - 494. [in Chinese with English summary]","Canepari, C. (1997) Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) from the Nepal Himalayas. 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Sasajiscymnus sagittalis Tong & Wang sp. nov. (Figs 41, 69) Chinese name: Ûūḧ瓢• Diagnosis. This species is most similar to S. lancetapicalis (Pang & Gordon, 1986), but can be distinguished from the later by the apically expanded penis (Fig. 41e). In S. lancetapicalis, penis is not expanded at apex (Fig. 43e). Description. TL: 1.64–2.23 mm, TW: 1.17–1.64 mm, TH: 0.64–0.92 mm. Body oval, moderately convex, surfaces covered with short pubescence (Figs 41a–c). Head yellowish brown with interocular distance distinctly greater than eye width in frontal view. Pronotum yellowish brown. Scutellar shield brown to black. Elytra black with yellowish brown apices. Ventral surfaces yellowish brown to black. Legs yellowish brown. Abdominal postcoxal lines incomplete, slightly recurved toward the base of ventrite (Fig. 41d). Male genitalia: Penis stout, penis capsule with stout outer arm and long inner one, apex of penis expanded with distinct membranous appendage (Figs 41e–f). Penis guide with prominent keel at base in lateral view, then tapering towards apex; parameres about 2/3 as long as penis guide, with a tuft of long setae at apex; penis guide in ventral view widest near the base, then gradually narrowing to apex (Figs 41g –h). Female genitalia: Coxites elongate, triangular; styli well developed with terminal setae; spermatheca distinctly curved, with basal ramus and elongate nodulus. Type material. Holotype: China: Guangxi: ♂, Hongqi Forest Farm, Shiwandashan National Nature Reserve, 26.VII.2005, Wang XM leg (SCAU). Paratypes (SCAU): China: Guangxi: 4♂ 3♀, Same data as holotype; 5♂, Hillside, Mao’ershan National Nature Reserve, 17.X.2004, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Jiuniutang, Mao’ershan National Nature Reserve, 18.X.2004, Wang XM leg; 81♂ 74♀, Shili Canyon, Mao’ershan National Nature Reserve, 19.X.2004, Wang XM leg; 9♂ 8♀, GaoZhai, Mao’ershan National Nature Reserve, 20.X.2004, Wang XM leg; 13♂ 2♀, Pinglong Mountains, Shiwandashan National Nature Reserve, 6–8.XI.2004, Wang XM leg; 22♂ 2♀, Hongqi Forest Farm, Shiwandashan National Nature Reserve, 9–11.XI.2004, Wang XM leg; 11♂, Pinglong Mountains, Shiwandashan National Nature Reserve, 28. VII.2005, Wang XM leg. Jiangxi: 6♀, Jingzhu Mountains, Jinggangshan National Nature Reserve, 22.IX.2004, Wang XM leg; 2♂ 7♀, Longtan, Jinggangshan National Nature Reserve, 24.IX.2004, Wang XM leg; 1♀, Hexilong, Jinggangshan National Nature Reserve, 26.IX.2004, Wang XM leg. Hunan: 2♂ 3♀, Shennonggu National Forest Park, 1100 m, 7.X.2010, Wang XM leg; 3♂ 5♀, Shennonggu National Forest Park, 650–800 m, 9.X.2010, Wang XM leg. Guangdong: 2♂ 3♀, Xidianzhan, Nanling National Nature Reserve, 1.X.2004, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Qinshuigu, Nanling National Nature Reserve, 30.IX.2004, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Nankunshan 1♀, Xiaoqikong Town, Libo County, 18. VIII.2006, Wang XM leg; 2♂ 1♀, Wangmo County, 21. VIII.2006, Wang XM leg; 1♂ 1♀, Wudong Village– Maoping, Leigongshan National Nature Reserve, 1350 m, 6.X.2008, Wang XM leg; 10♂ 10♀, Dongtang, Maolan National Nature Reserve, 730 m, 15–18.X.2008, Wang XM leg; 1♀, Weng’ang, Maolan National Nature Reserve, 750 m, 20–23.X.2008, Wang XM leg. Yunnan: 1♂, Mengla County, 23. VIII. 2005, Wang XM leg; 3♂ 10♀, Lafu Village, Menglian County, 1130 m, 7. V.2008, Wang XM leg; 3♂, Banlao Town, Cangyuan County, 1100 m, 16. V.2008, Wang XM leg; 8♂ 5♀, Dadugang Town, Jinghong City, 1050 m, 5. V.2009, Wang XM leg; 1♂ 6♀, Jinuoshan Town, Jinghong City, 6. V.2009, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Longmen Village, Shangyong Town, Mengla County, 1027 m, 9. V.2009, Wang XM leg. Distribution. China (Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Guizhou, Yunnan). Etymology. The specific epithet sagittalis derives from the Latin word “sagittalis” and refers to its sagittal apex of penis., Published as part of TONG, JUNBO, CHEN, XIAOSHENG, ZHANG, XIAONING, HUO, LIZHI, WU, GANG, PENG, ZHENGQIANG & WANG, XINGMIN, 2022, A review of the genus Sasajiscymnus Vandenberg, 2004 from China (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae), pp. 1-104 in Zootaxa 5207 (1) on pages 59-60, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5207.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7328080, {"references":["Pang, X. F. & Gordon, R. D. (1986) The Scymnini (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of China. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 40 (2), 157 - 199."]}

Sasajiscymnus pseudoamplus Tong & Wang sp. nov. (Figs 48, 75) Chinese name: fflkḧ瓢• Diagnosis. This species closely resembles S. amplus (Yang & Wu, 1972), but can be distinguished from the later by its penis guide approximately parallel sided for basal 1/ 2 in ventral view (Fig. 48g). In S. amplus, penis guide is widest at base in ventral view (Fig. 47g). Description. TL: 2.60–3.56 mm, TW: 1.95–2.70 mm, TH: 1.27–1.48 mm. Body oval, moderately convex, surfaces covered with short pubescence (Figs 48a–c). Head yellowish brown, with interocular distance distinctly greater than eye width in frontal view. Pronotum yellowish brown with a large black spot at base. Scutellar shield black. Elytra black with yellowish brown apices. Ventral surfaces yellowish brown to black. Legs yellowish brown. Abdominal postcoxal lines incomplete, recurved toward the base of ventrite (Fig. 48d). Male genitalia: Penis long and slender, penis capsule with inconspicuous outer arm and long inner one, apex of penis pointed (Figs 48e–f). Penis guide long and slender in lateral view, arcuate and gradually narrowing to pointed apex; parameres about 1/8 as long as penis guide, with a tuft of long setae at apex; Penis guide approximately parallel sided for basal 1/2 in ventral view, then gradually narrowing to blunt apex (Figs 48g–h). Female genitalia: Coxites shaped board plates; styli absent; spermatheca worm-like, with basal ramus and nodulus. Type material. Holotype: China: Guizhou: ♂, Luodian County, 20.VIII.2006, Wang XM leg (SCAU). Paratypes (SCAU): China: Guizhou: 4♂ 1♀, Same data as holotype; 4♂ 1♀, Huangguoshu Waterfalls Scenic Area, 15.VIII.1990, Tian MY leg; 1♀, Weng’ang, Maolan National Nature Reserve, 800 m, 15.VIII.2006, Wang XM leg; 1♂ 2♀, Wuyan Bridge, Maolan National Nature Reserve, 17.VIII.2006, Wang XM leg; 7♂ 19♀, Luodian County, 19.VIII.2006, Wang XM leg; 19♂ 9♀, Xianheping Nature Reserve, 14–15.IX.2006, Wang XM leg; 1♂ 3♀, Dongtang, Maolan National Nature Reserve, 730 m, 15–18.X.2008, Wang XM leg; 1♀, Sancha River, Maolan National Nature Reserve, 750 m, 19.X.2008, Wang XM leg. Hainan: 1♀, Baihua Mountains, Qiongzhong County, VIII.1995, Peng ZQ leg; 1♀, Wufenchang, Limushan National Forest Park, IX.1995, Peng ZQ leg; 1♀, Qixianling Hot Springs National Forest Park, 7. V.2005, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Diaoluoshan National Nature Reserve, 8. V.2005, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Limushan National Forest Park, 23.VII.2006, Wang XM leg; 1♀, Yinggezui, Yinggeling National Nature Reserve, 16.IV.2019, Wang XM leg. Yunnan: 1♂, Malipo County, 17.VIII.2005, Wang XM leg; 5♂ 2♀, Fengqing County, 27.VIII.2005, Wang XM leg; 1♀, Mang City, 28.VIII.2005, Wang XM leg; 1♀, Mangbing, Yingjiang City, 29.VIII.2005, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Gaoligongshan National Nature Reserve, 19.IX.2006, Wang XM leg; 5♀, Dadugang Town, Jinghong City, 950 m, 26.IV.2008, Wang XM leg; 4♂ 4♀, Menglun Town, Mengla County, 1160 m, 29.IV.2008, Wang XM leg; 2♀, Banlao Town, Cangyuan County, 1100 m, 16.V.2008, Wang XM leg; 10♂2♀, Caiyanghe National Forest Park, 4.V.2009, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Dadugang Town, Jinghong City, 1050 m, 5.V.2009, Wang XM leg; 1♀, Jinuoshan Town, Jinghong City, 6. V.2009, Wang XM leg; 2♂ 2♀, Aini Village, Jinghong City, 11. V.2009, Wang XM leg; 2♂ 1♀, Meng’a Town, Menghai County, 1170 m, 12. V.2009, Wang XM leg. Distribution. China (Hainan, Guizhou, Yunnan). Etymology. The specific epithet pseudoamplus refers to the similarity between the new species and S. amplus., Published as part of TONG, JUNBO, CHEN, XIAOSHENG, ZHANG, XIAONING, HUO, LIZHI, WU, GANG, PENG, ZHENGQIANG & WANG, XINGMIN, 2022, A review of the genus Sasajiscymnus Vandenberg, 2004 from China (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae), pp. 1-104 in Zootaxa 5207 (1) on pages 69-71, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5207.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7328080, {"references":["Yang, C. T. & Wu, R. H. (1972) Notes on some Coccinellidae of Taiwan. Journal of Agriculture and Forestry, 21, 115 - 128. https: // doi. org / 10.2337 / diab. 21.2.128 b"]}

Sasajiscymnus hamatus (Yu & Pang, 1993) comb. nov. (Figs 51, 76) Chinese name: Ẇ状ḧ瓢• Pseudoscymnus hamatus Yu et al., 1993: 472 (type locality: Chebaling National Nature Reserve, Guangdong, China).— Pang et al. 2004: 87; Kovář 2007: 582. Diagnosis. This species is similar to S. kuriharai Kitano, 2012 in structures of the male genitalia, but can be distinguished from the later by its pronotum yellowish brown, sometimes with a black spot at base (Figs 51a–b). In S. kuriharai, pronotum is black with anterior margin narrowly yellowish brown (Figs 52a–b). Description. TL: 1.56–2.09 mm, TW: 1.17–1.54 mm, TH: 0.71–0.93 mm. Body oval, moderately convex, surfaces covered with short pubescence (Figs 51a–c). Head yellowish brown, with interocular distance distinctly closer than eye width in frontal view. Pronotum yellowish brown, sometimes with a black spot at base. Scutellar shield black. Elytra black with brown apices. Ventral surfaces yellowish brown to black. Legs yellowish brown. Abdominal postcoxal lines incomplete, recurved toward the base of ventrite (Fig. 51d). Male genitalia: Penis slender, penis capsule with long inner arm but without outer one, apex of penis pointed (Figs 51e–f). Penis guide apically hook-shaped in lateral view; parameres about 1/4 as long as penis guide, with a tuft of long setae at apex; penis guide approximately parallel sided for basal 5/ 6 in ventral view, then gradually narrowing to blunt apex (Figs 51g –h). Female genitalia: Coxites shortened; styli absent; spermatheca worm-like, with basal ramus and nodulus. Type material. Holotype: China: Guangdong: ♂, Chebaling National Nature Reserve, 23.IV.1991, Yu GY leg (SCAU). Other material (SCAU). China: Guangdong: 2♂, Nankunshan National Forest Park, 21.X.2004, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Qinshuigu, Nanling National Nature Reserve, 21.IX.2005, Wang XM leg. Hainan: 1♂, Diaoluoshan National Nature Reserve, 8. V.2005, Wang XM leg; 2♂, Diaoluoshan National Nature Reserve, 25. VII.2006, Wang XM leg. Yunnan: 1♂, Menglun Town, Mengla County, 21. VIII.2005, Wang XM leg; 2♂, Botanic Garden, Jinghong City, 22. VIII.2005, Wang XM leg; 1♂ 1♀, Menghan Town, Jinghong City, 24. VIII.2005, Wang XM leg; 4♂ 1♀, National highway 213 route, Mengla County, 12–13.X.2006, Wang XM leg; 1♂ 1♀, Dadugang Town, Jinghong City, 1050 m, 5. V.2009, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Yaoqv Town, Mengla County, 700 m, 7–8. V.2009, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Nanping, Mengman Town, Mengla County, 745 m, 10. V.2009, Wang XM leg; 4♂ 4♀, Meng’a Town, Menghai County, 1170 m, 12. V.2009, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Bapo Village, Gongshan County, 1400 m, 28. VII.2010, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Qinglandan, Maku Village, Gongshan County, 4. VIII.2010, Wang XM leg; 3♂, Aini Village, Jinghong City, 700 m, 13. VIII.2013, Chen XS leg; 1♂, Yexianggu, Xishuangbanna National Nature Reserve, 780 m, 23.IV.2019, Deng LC leg. Xizang: 1♂, Hanmi, Muotuo County, 800–2100 m, 5–8.X.2011, Huo LZ leg. Distribution. China (Guangdong, Hainan, Yunnan, Xizang). Remarks. Several individuals have complete abdominal postcoxal lines., Published as part of TONG, JUNBO, CHEN, XIAOSHENG, ZHANG, XIAONING, HUO, LIZHI, WU, GANG, PENG, ZHENGQIANG & WANG, XINGMIN, 2022, A review of the genus Sasajiscymnus Vandenberg, 2004 from China (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae), pp. 1-104 in Zootaxa 5207 (1) on pages 74-75, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5207.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7328080, {"references":["Yu, G. Y., Pang, H. & Pang, X. F. (1993) Coccinellidae collected from Chebaling National Nature Reserve. In: Xu, Y. (Ed.), Collected papers for investigation in National Chebaling Nature Reserve. Science and Technology press of Guangdong, Guangzhou, pp. 467 - 505. [in Chinese]","Pang, H., Ren, S. X., Zeng, T. & Pang, X. F. (2004) Biodiversity and their utilization of Coccinellidae in China. Science and Technology Press of Guangdong, Guangzhou. 168 pp. [in Chinese]","Kovar, I. (2007) Family Coccinellidae Latreille, 1807. In: Lobl, I. & Smetana, A. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 4. Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, pp. 568 - 631.","Kitano, T. (2012) Five new species of Scymnini (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) from East Asia. Elytra, 2 (2), 221 - 229."]}

Sasajiscymnus robustus Tong & Wang sp. nov. (Figs 42, 71) Chinese name: ffi瓣ḧ瓢• Diagnosis. This species is similar to S. bivalvis (Yu, 1997) in body colouration, but can be distinguished from the later by more robust penis guide, and parameres about 2/3 as long as penis guide (Figs 42g –h) In S. bivalvis, penis guide is more slender, parameres are about 1/2 as long as penis guide (Figs 39g –h). Description. TL: 1.64–2.56 mm, TW: 1.38–1.97 mm, TH: 0.98–1.47 mm. Body oval, moderately convex, surfaces covered with short pubescence (Figs 42a–c). Head yellowish brown with interocular distance distinctly greater than eye width in frontal view. Pronotum yellowish brown. Scutellar shield black. Elytra black with yellowish brown apices. Ventral surfaces yellowish brown to black. Legs yellowish brown. Abdominal postcoxal lines incomplete, recurved toward the base of ventrite (Fig. 42d). Male genitalia: Penis stout, penis capsule with stout outer arm and long inner one, apex of penis distinctly expanded with membranous appendage (Figs 42e–f). Penis guide with prominent keel at base in lateral view, then tapering towards pointed apex; parameres about 2/3 as long as penis guide, with a tuft of long setae at apex; penis guide approximately parallel sided for basal 1/ 3 in ventral view, apically rounded (Figs 42g –h). Female genitalia: Coxites elongate, triangular; styli well developed with terminal setae; spermatheca distinctly curved, with basal ramus and elongate nodulus. Type material. Holotype: China: Guangdong: ♂, Nanling National Nature Reserve, [24°54'59"N 113°2'4"E], 880 m, 17.XI.2017, Huo LZ leg (SCAU). Paratypes (SCAU): China: Guangdong: 1♂, Qinshuigu, Nanling National Nature Reserve, 30.IX.2004, Wang XM leg; 3♂ 1♀, Yangqiu Mountains, Shimentai National Nature Reserve, 6.X.2004, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Wulangzhang, Shimentai National Nature Reserve, 8.X.2004, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Nankunshan National Forest Park, 21.X.2004, Wang XM leg; 8♂ 11♀, Huangdong, Shimentai National Nature Reserve, 30.X.2004, Wang XM leg; 9♂ 10♀, Huangdong, Shimentai National Nature Reserve, 31.X.2004, Wang XM leg; 4♂, Chebaling National Nature Reserve, 22–23.VIII.2019, Wang XM leg. Fujian: 1♂, Guaxi Village, Fu’an City, 260 m, 21.IX.2012, Huo LZ leg. Jiangxi: 1♂, Garden Spot, Xunwu County, 4.X.1981, collector unknown. Hunan: 1♂, Mangshan National Nature Reserve, 3.X.2004, Ren SX leg. Guangxi: 1♂, Hillside, Mao’ershan National Nature Reserve, 17.X.2004, Wang XM leg; 3♂, Shili Canyon, Mao’ershan National Nature Reserve, 19.X.2004, Wang XM leg. Chongqing: 1♂, Wuxi County, 2.VII.1989, Ren SX leg. Distribution. China (Fujian, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Chongqing). Etymology. The specific epithet robustus derives from the Latin word “robustus” and refers to the rubust penis guide and parameres.

Sasajiscymnus changi (Yang, 1971) (Fig. 67) Chinese name: 张氏ḧ瓢• Pseudoscymnus changi Yang, 1971: 92 (type locality: Huey-suen Forestry, Nantou, Taiwan, China).— Pang et al. 2004: 87; Kovář 2007: 582. Sasajiscymnus changi: Yu 2011: 118 — Iqbal et al. 2020: 383., Published as part of TONG, JUNBO, CHEN, XIAOSHENG, ZHANG, XIAONING, HUO, LIZHI, WU, GANG, PENG, ZHENGQIANG & WANG, XINGMIN, 2022, A review of the genus Sasajiscymnus Vandenberg, 2004 from China (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae), pp. 1-104 in Zootaxa 5207 (1) on page 64, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5207.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7328080, {"references":["Yang, C. T. (1971) Notes on the species of genus Pseudoscymnus from Taiwan. Journal of Agriculture and Forestry, 20: 85 - 96.","Pang, H., Ren, S. X., Zeng, T. & Pang, X. F. (2004) Biodiversity and their utilization of Coccinellidae in China. Science and Technology Press of Guangdong, Guangzhou. 168 pp. [in Chinese]","Kovar, I. (2007) Family Coccinellidae Latreille, 1807. In: Lobl, I. & Smetana, A. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 4. Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, pp. 568 - 631.","Yu, G. Y. (2011) The Coccinellidae of Taiwan. Chemical Industry Press, Beijing, 198 pp. [in Chinese with English summary]","Iqbal, Z., Nasir, M. F. & Bodlah, I. (2020) A new species of Sasajiscymnus Vandenberg (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Pakistan. Zootaxa, 4759 (3), 379 - 390. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4759.3.4"]}

Sasajiscymnus nepalicus (Miyatake, 1985) (Figs 53, 80) Chinese name: 尼泊尔ḧ瓢• Pseudoscymnus nepalicus Miyatake, 1985: 7 (type locality: Swinket, Nepal).— Canepari 1997: 8; Poorani 2002: 351; Kovář 2007: 582. Sasajiscymnus nepalicus: Iqbal et al. 2020: 385. Diagnosis. This species is similar to S. flavostictus sp. nov. in structures of the male genitalia, but can be distinguished from the later by its elytra black with yellowish brown apex, and abdominal postcoxal lines recurved toward the base of ventrite (Figs 53a–b, 53d). In S. flavostictus, elytra are black with two yellow spots and abdominal postcoxal lines are not recurved toward the base of ventrite (Figs 49a–b, 49d). Description. TL: 1.49–2.11 mm, TW: 1.14–1.57 mm, TH: 0.69–0.94 mm. Body oval, moderately convex, surfaces covered with short pubescence (Figs 53a–c). Head black with antennae and mouthparts yellow, with interocular distance slightly greater than eye width in frontal view. Pronotum black with anterior margin narrowly yellowish brown. Scutellar shield black. Elytra black with yellowish brown apices. Ventral surfaces black. Legs yellow. Abdominal postcoxal lines almost complete (Fig. 53d). Male genitalia: Penis slender, penis capsule with long inner arm but without outer one, apex of penis pointed (Fig. 53e). Penis guide apically hook-shaped in lateral view; parameres about 1/5 as long as penis guide, with a tuft of long setae at apex; penis guide widest at base in ventral view, tapering towards blunt apex (Figs 53f–g). Female genitalia: Coxites shortened; styli absent; spermatheca worm-like, with basal ramus and nodulus. Material examined. China: Guangxi: 3♂ 2♀, Pinglong Mountains, Shiwandashan National Nature Reserve, 6–8.XI.2004, Wang XM leg; 2♂, Hongqi Forest Farm, Shiwandashan National Nature Reserve, 9–11.XI.2004, Wang XM leg; 4♂ 2♀, Pinglong Mountains, Shiwandashan National Nature Reserve, 28.VII.2005, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Tongling Canyon, Jingxi City, 5.VIII.2005, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Hillside, Mao’ershan National Nature Reserve, 17.X.2004, Wang XM leg. Hainan: 1♂, Wuzhishan National Nature Reserve, 1.XI.1997, Peng ZQ leg; 1♀, Yinggeling National Nature Reserve, 23.XI.1997, Peng ZQ leg; 10♂ 6♀, Limushan National Forest Park, 22.VII.2006, Wang XM leg; 1♂ 1♀, Wuzhishan National Nature Reserve, 24.VII.2006, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Hongkan, Yinggeling National Nature Reserve, 700 m, 17.IV.2019, Wang XM leg. Yunnan: 4♂ 4♀, Nansan, Zhenkang County, 28.X.2000, Peng ZQ leg; 1♂, Mengpeng Town, Mengla County, 23.IV.2002, Peng ZQ leg; 1♂, Funing County, 16.VIII.2005, Wang XM leg; 1♀, Maguan County, 18.VIII.2005, Wang XM leg; 3♂, Hekou County – Pingbian County, 2005.8.19, Wang XM leg; 1♂ 2♀, Gongxin Village, Menglian County, 1500 m, 19.VIII.2005, Wang XM leg; 1♀, Menglun Town, Mengla County, 21.VIII.2005, Wang XM leg; 1♀, Ruili City, 27.VIII.2005, Wang XM leg; 1♂, National highway 213 route, Mengla County, 12–13.X.2006, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Xiaowei Mountains, Hekou County, 23.IV.2008, Wang XM leg; 4♀, Dadugang Town, Jinghong City, 950 m, 26.IV.2008, Wang XM leg; 1♀, Menglun Town – Mengla County, 1160 m, 29.IV.2008, Wang XM leg; 3♂ 6♀, Sangyong Village–Longmen Village, Mengla County, 1. V.2008, Wang XM leg; 1♂ 2♀, Lafu Village, Menglian County, 1130 m, 7. V.2008, Wang XM leg; 2♀, Longtan, Ximeng County, 900 m, 9–10. V.2008, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Banlao Town, Cangyuan County, 1100 m, 16. V.2008, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Tongbiguan Town, Yingjiang County, 1000m, 22–23. V.2008, Wang XM leg; 1♂ 1♀, Caiyanghe National Forest Park, 4. V.2009, Wang XM leg; 1♀, Dadugang Town, Jinghong City, 1050 m, 5. V.2009, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Jinuoshan Town, Jinghong City, 6. V.2009, Wang XM leg; 2♂ 2♀, Yaoqv Town, Mengla County, 700 m, 7–8. V.2009, Wang XM leg; 1♂ 1♀, Longmen Village, Shangyong Town, Mengla County, 1027 m, 9. V.2009, Wang XM leg; 2♂, Aini Village, Jinghong City, 11. V.2009, Wang XM leg; 1♀, Jiangcheng County, 1150 m, 15. V.2009, Wang XM leg; 1♀, Yingpan Town, Jingping County, 1487 m, 5.VIII.2013, Chen XS leg; 1♀, Jinuoshan Town, 992 m, 10.VIII.2013, Chen XS leg; 2♂ 2♀, Bulangshan Town, Menghai County, 1188 m, 12.VIII.2013, Chen XS leg. Xizang: 1♂, Yarang Village, Muotuo County, 768–1030 m, 24.X.2007, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Beibeng Town, Muotuo County, 600–768 m, 25.X.2007, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Zhamo Highroad 113K, Bomi County, 835 m, 30–31.X.2007, Wang XM leg. Distribution. China (Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan, Xizang); Nepal. Remarks. This species is recorded from China for the first time. The specimens perfectly match the descriptions and illustrations of Miyatake (1985)., Published as part of TONG, JUNBO, CHEN, XIAOSHENG, ZHANG, XIAONING, HUO, LIZHI, WU, GANG, PENG, ZHENGQIANG & WANG, XINGMIN, 2022, A review of the genus Sasajiscymnus Vandenberg, 2004 from China (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae), pp. 1-104 in Zootaxa 5207 (1) on pages 77-78, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5207.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7328080, {"references":["Miyatake, M. (1985) Coccinellidae collected by the Hokkaido University expedition to Nepal Himalaya, 1968 (Coleoptera). Insecta Matsumurana, 30, 1 - 33.","Canepari, C. (1997) Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) from the Nepal Himalayas. Stuttgarter Beitrage zur Naturkunde, Serie A (Biologie), 565 (65), 1 - 65.","Poorani, J. (2002) An annotated checklist of the Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) (excluding Epilachninae) of the Indian subregion. Oriental Insects, 36 (1), 307 - 383. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00305316.2002.10417335","Kovar, I. (2007) Family Coccinellidae Latreille, 1807. In: Lobl, I. & Smetana, A. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 4. Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, pp. 568 - 631.","Iqbal, Z., Nasir, M. F. & Bodlah, I. (2020) A new species of Sasajiscymnus Vandenberg (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Pakistan. Zootaxa, 4759 (3), 379 - 390. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4759.3.4"]}

Sasajiscymnus lewisi (Kamiya, 1961) (Figs 61, 77) Chinese name: Ħ氏ḧ瓢• Clitostethus lewisi Kamiya, 1961: 279 (type locality: Kompira Mountains, Nagasaki, Kyushu, Japan). Pseudoscymnus lewisi: Kamiya 1966: 79.— Sasaji 1971: 110; Hoàng 1982: 125; Pang et al. 2004: 87; Kovář 2007: 582. Clitostethus nakanei: Araki 1964: 39. Synonymized by Sasaji 1971: 110. Sasajiscymnus lewisi: Iqbal et al. 2020: 385. Diagnosis. This species is similar to S. applanatus sp. nov., but can be distinguished from the later by its parameres about 1/3 as long as penis guide, and penis guide approximately parallel sided for basal 2/ 3 in ventral view (Figs 61f–g). In S. applanatus, parameres are about 1/4 as long as penis guide. Penis guide is approximately parallel sided for basal 1/ 3 in ventral view, then slightly narrowing to blunt apex (Figs 60f–g). Description. TL: 1.51–1.78 mm, TW: 1.06–1.29 mm, TH: 0.58–0.72 mm. Body oval, moderately convex, surfaces covered with short pubescence (Figs 61a–c). Body uniformly black, except antennae, maxillary palpi, tibiae and tarsi yellowish brown. Interocular distance slightly greater than eye width in frontal view. Abdominal postcoxal lines incomplete, not recurved toward the base of ventrite (Fig. 61d). Male genitalia: Penis slender, penis capsule with long inner arm but without outer one, apex of penis pointed (Fig. 61e). Penis guide long and slender in lateral view, widest at base, gradually narrowing to pointed apex; parameres about 1/3 as long as penis guide, with a tuft of long setae at apex; penis guide approximately parallel sided for basal 2/ 3 in ventral view, then tapering towards blunt apex (Figs 61f–g). Female genitalia: Coxites shortened; styli absent; spermatheca worm-like, with basal ramus and nodulus. Material examined. China: Sichuan: 1♀, Mamize Nature Reserve, 2600 m, 19–20.IX.2007, Wang XM leg; 4♂ 4♀, Heizhugou National Nature Reserve, 1900 m, 22–23.IX.2007, Wang XM leg; 1♀, Liziping National Nature Reserve, 2000 m, 26–27.IX.2007, Wang XM leg. Yunnan: 1♂ 1♀, Xujiaba, Ailaoshan National Nature Reserve, 1– 3.X.2006, Wang XM leg; 3♂, Xujiaba, Ailaoshan National Nature Reserve, 2524 m, 17.VIII.2013, Chen XS leg. Distribution. China (Sichuan, Yunnan); Japan; Vietnam. Remarks. This species was recorded in Fujian, Henan, Hubei, Shaanxi and Taiwan by Yu (2011). However, it was described as “yellowish brown head in male and black head in female”, which is a unique characteristic of S. kuriharai. This characteristic is never reported in S. lewisi and not conforms our examined specimens. According to his description, these records are probably the misidentification of S. kuriharai. Thus, it is still questionable for the existence of this species in the above five provinces, and we tentatively exclude these provinces in the distribution range., Published as part of TONG, JUNBO, CHEN, XIAOSHENG, ZHANG, XIAONING, HUO, LIZHI, WU, GANG, PENG, ZHENGQIANG & WANG, XINGMIN, 2022, A review of the genus Sasajiscymnus Vandenberg, 2004 from China (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae), pp. 1-104 in Zootaxa 5207 (1) on pages 89-90, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5207.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7328080, {"references":["Kamiya, H. (1961) A revision of the tribe Scymnini from Japan and the Loochoos (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae): Part 1. Genera Clitostethus, Stethorus and Scymnus (except subgenus Pullus). Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture Kyushu University, 11 (3), 275 - 301. https: // doi. org / 10.5109 / 22688","Kamiya, H. (1966) On the Coccinellidae attacking the scale insects and mites in Japan and the Ryukyus. Mushi, 39 (7), 65 - 93.","Sasaji H. (1971) Fauna Japonica: Coccinellidae (Insecta: Coleoptera). Academic Press of Japan, Tokyo, 340 pp.","Hoang, D. N. (1982) Ladybeetles of Viet Nam (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Part 1. Nha xuat ban khoa hoc va kythuat, Hanoi, 211 pp.","Pang, H., Ren, S. X., Zeng, T. & Pang, X. F. (2004) Biodiversity and their utilization of Coccinellidae in China. Science and Technology Press of Guangdong, Guangzhou. 168 pp. [in Chinese]","Kovar, I. (2007) Family Coccinellidae Latreille, 1807. In: Lobl, I. & Smetana, A. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 4. Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, pp. 568 - 631.","Araki, M. (1964) Three new species of the lady beetles of the tribe Scymnini from Japan (Insecta, Coleoptera). The Scientific Reports of the Kyoto Prefectural University. Natural science, living science and welfare science, 15, 39 - 42.","Iqbal, Z., Nasir, M. F. & Bodlah, I. (2020) A new species of Sasajiscymnus Vandenberg (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Pakistan. Zootaxa, 4759 (3), 379 - 390. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4759.3.4","Yu, G. Y. (2011) The Coccinellidae of Taiwan. Chemical Industry Press, Beijing, 198 pp. [in Chinese with English summary]"]}

Sasajiscymnus ocelliferus (Canepari, 1997) (Figs 17, 68) Chinese name: ẸṄḧ瓢• Pseudoscymnus ocelliferus Canepari, 1997: 7 (type locality: Mai Pokhari, Ilam, Nepal).— Poorani 2002: 351; Kovář 2007: 582. Sasajiscymnus ocelliferus: Iqbal et al. 2020: 386. Diagnosis. This species is similar to S. wuliangshan sp. nov. in structures of the penis, but can be distinguished from the later by the pronotum black with lateral and anterior margin yellow, and parameres about 3/5 as long as penis guide (Figs 17a–c, 17g). In S. wuliangshan, pronotum is entirely black and parameres are about 1/3 as long as penis guide (Figs 16a–c, 16g). Description. TL: 1.62–2.32 mm, TW: 1.17–1.69 mm, TH: 0.63–0.87 mm. Body oval, moderately convex, surfaces covered with short pubescence (Figs 17a–c). Head yellowish brown to black, with interocular distance distinctly greater than eye width in frontal view. Pronotum black with lateral and anterior margin yellow. Scutellar shield brown. Elytra black with yellow apices, nd each elytron with an eye-spotted marking on medially extending to the suture. Ventral surfaces yellowish brown to black. Legs yellow. Abdominal postcoxal lines incomplete, slightly recurved toward the base of ventrite (Fig. 17d). Male genitalia: Penis stout with a large protuberance on inner side near distal 1/3, penis capsule with stout outer arm and long inner one, apex of penis distinctly expanded with membranous appendage (Figs 17e–f). Penis guide approximately parallel sided for basal 1/ 3 in lateral view, then gradually narrowing to pointed apex; parameres about 3/5 as long as penis guide, with a tuft of long setae at apex; penis guide stout in ventral view, widest at basal 1/3, with a small protuberance at apex (Figs 17g –h). Female genitalia: Coxites elongate, triangular; styli well developed with terminal setae; spermatheca distinctly curved, with basal ramus and elongate nodulus. Material examined. China: Xizang: 1♀, Zhangmu Town, Nielamu County, 2100 m, 25–26.IX.2009, Ren SX leg; 3♀, Zhangmu Town, Nielamu County, 2500 m, 27.IX.2009, Ren SX leg; 9♂ 6♀, Linzhi Town, Bayi District, Linzhi City, 2850 m, 20.X.2011, Huo LZ leg; 1♂, Lebu Town, Cuona County, 2400 m, 24.X.2011, Huo LZ leg; 1♀, Zhangmu Town, Nielamu County, 2200 m, 31.X–2.XI.2011, Wang XM leg. Distribution. China (Xizang); Nepal. Remarks. This species is recorded from China for the first time. The specimens were in perfect agree well with the descriptions and illustrations of Canepari (1997)., Published as part of TONG, JUNBO, CHEN, XIAOSHENG, ZHANG, XIAONING, HUO, LIZHI, WU, GANG, PENG, ZHENGQIANG & WANG, XINGMIN, 2022, A review of the genus Sasajiscymnus Vandenberg, 2004 from China (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae), pp. 1-104 in Zootaxa 5207 (1) on page 27, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5207.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7328080, {"references":["Canepari, C. (1997) Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) from the Nepal Himalayas. Stuttgarter Beitrage zur Naturkunde, Serie A (Biologie), 565 (65), 1 - 65.","Poorani, J. (2002) An annotated checklist of the Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) (excluding Epilachninae) of the Indian subregion. Oriental Insects, 36 (1), 307 - 383. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00305316.2002.10417335","Kovar, I. (2007) Family Coccinellidae Latreille, 1807. In: Lobl, I. & Smetana, A. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 4. Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, pp. 568 - 631.","Iqbal, Z., Nasir, M. F. & Bodlah, I. (2020) A new species of Sasajiscymnus Vandenberg (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Pakistan. Zootaxa, 4759 (3), 379 - 390. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4759.3.4"]}

Sasajiscymnus fuscus (Yang, 1971) (Figs 22, 66) Chinese name: 棕OEḧ瓢• Pseudoscymnus fuscus Yang, 1971: 87 (type locality: Anma Mountains, Taichung, Taiwan, China).— Yu 1995 a: 129; Pang et al. 2004: 87; Kovář 2007: 582. Sasajiscymnus fuscus: Yu 2011: 115 — Iqbal et al. 2020: 384. Diagnosis. This species can be easily recognized by its uniformly brown elytra (Fig. 22a). Description. TL: 2.05–2.51 mm, TW: 1.50–1.89 mm, TH: 0.99–1.12 mm. Body oval, moderately convex, surfaces covered with short pubescence (Figs 22a–d). Head yellow with interocular distance distinctly greater than eye width in frontal view. Pronotum yellow. Scutellar shield and elytra entirely brown. Ventral surfaces yellow to black. Legs yellow to yellowish brown. Abdominal postcoxal lines incomplete, not recurved toward the base of ventrite (Fig. 22e). Male genitalia: Penis stout, penis capsule with stout outer arm and long inner one, apex of penis slightly expanded with membranous appendage (Figs 22f–g). Penis guide with prominent keel at base in lateral view, then gradually narrowing to pointed apex; parameres about 1/4 as long as penis guide, with a tuft of long setae at apex; penis guide approximately parallel sided for basal 1/ 2 in ventral view, then gradually narrowing to apex (Fig. 22h). Female genitalia: Coxites elongate, triangular; styli well developed with terminal setae; spermatheca distinctly curved, with basal ramus and elongate nodulus. Material examined. Holotype: China: Taiwan: ♂, Anma Mountains, Taichung City, 2200 m, 21.VII.1971, Yang CT leg (NCHU). Paratypes: China: Taiwan: 5♂ 4♀, Same data as holotype (NCHU). Other material (SCAU). China: Taiwan: 3♀, Qingjing, Jenai Town, Nantou County, 720–2329 m, 20.X.2012, Wang XM leg; 2♀, Aowanda, Jenai Town, Nantou County, 1280 m, 21.X.2012, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Ali Mountains, Chiayi County, 1800 m, 22.X.2012, Wang XM leg; 1♂ 2♀, Ali Mountains, Chiayi County, 2200–2500 m, 23.X.2012, Wang XM leg; 2♂ 1♀, Dabang Village, Alishan Mountains, Chiayi County, 960–1600 m, 24.X.2012, Wang XM leg; 1♀, Maolin District, Kaohsiung City, 365–515 m, 26.X.2012, Wang XM leg. Distribution. China (Taiwan)., Published as part of TONG, JUNBO, CHEN, XIAOSHENG, ZHANG, XIAONING, HUO, LIZHI, WU, GANG, PENG, ZHENGQIANG & WANG, XINGMIN, 2022, A review of the genus Sasajiscymnus Vandenberg, 2004 from China (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae), pp. 1-104 in Zootaxa 5207 (1) on pages 33-34, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5207.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7328080, {"references":["Yang, C. T. (1971) Notes on the species of genus Pseudoscymnus from Taiwan. Journal of Agriculture and Forestry, 20: 85 - 96.","Yu, G. Y. (1995 b) Coccinellid beetles from Fujian, China, preserved in the Zoologische Staatssammlung Munchen, Germany. Spixiana, 18 (2), 145 - 150.","Pang, H., Ren, S. X., Zeng, T. & Pang, X. F. (2004) Biodiversity and their utilization of Coccinellidae in China. Science and Technology Press of Guangdong, Guangzhou. 168 pp. [in Chinese]","Kovar, I. (2007) Family Coccinellidae Latreille, 1807. In: Lobl, I. & Smetana, A. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 4. Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, pp. 568 - 631.","Yu, G. Y. (2011) The Coccinellidae of Taiwan. Chemical Industry Press, Beijing, 198 pp. [in Chinese with English summary]","Iqbal, Z., Nasir, M. F. & Bodlah, I. (2020) A new species of Sasajiscymnus Vandenberg (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Pakistan. Zootaxa, 4759 (3), 379 - 390. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4759.3.4"]}

Sasajiscymnus intricatus Tong & Wang sp. nov. (Figs 1c, 3j, 3n, 46, 75) Chinese name: Üūḧ瓢• Diagnosis. This species is similar to S. amplus (Yang & Wu, 1972), but can be distinguished from the later by its entirely yellowish brown elytra (Figs 46a–b). In S. amplus, elytra are black with yellowish brown apices (Figs 47a–b). Description. TL: 2.56–2.87 mm, TW: 1.99–2.29 mm, TH: 1.20–1.42 mm. Body oval, moderately convex, surfaces covered with short pubescence (Figs 46a–c). Body uniformly yellowish brown. Interocular distance distinctly greater than eye width in frontal view. Abdominal postcoxal lines incomplete, not recurved toward the base of ventrite (Fig. 46d). Male genitalia: Penis long and slender, penis capsule with inconspicuous outer arm and long inner one, apex of penis twisted and forming a knot (Figs 46e–f). Penis guide long and slender in lateral view, arcuate and gradually narrowing to pointed apex; parameres about 1/4 as long as penis guide, with a tuft of long setae at apex; penis guide approximately parallel sided for basal 2/ 3 in ventral view, then tapering towards blunt apex (Figs 46g –h). Female genitalia: Coxites shaped board plates; styli absent; spermatheca cylinder-shaped, with basal ramus and nodulus (Figs 3j, 3n). Type material. Holotype: China: Xizang: ♂, Shangchayu Town– Xiachayu Town, Chayu County, 1650 m, 27.IX.2011, Huo LZ leg (SCAU). Paratypes (SCAU): China: Xizang: 6♂ 6♀, Same data as holotype; 1♂, Cibagou National Nature Reserve, 2000 m, 13.X.2007, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Xiachayu Town, Chaiyu County, 1800 m, 14.X.2007, Wang XM leg. Anhui: 1♂, Guniujiang National Nature Reserve, 24.IX.2010, Wang XM leg. Fujian: 1♂, Tongmu Village, Wuyishan National Nature Reserve, 750 m, 17.IX.2012, Huo LZ leg. Yunnan: 1♂, Aini Village, Jinghong City, 11. V.2009, Wang XM leg; 1♀, Dajian Mountains, Daweishan National Nature Reserve, 2100 m, 22–23. V.2009, Wang XM leg. Distribution. China (Anhui, Fujian, Yunnan, Xizang). Etymology. The specific epithet intricatus derives from the Latin word “intricatus” and refers to the apically intricate penis., Published as part of TONG, JUNBO, CHEN, XIAOSHENG, ZHANG, XIAONING, HUO, LIZHI, WU, GANG, PENG, ZHENGQIANG & WANG, XINGMIN, 2022, A review of the genus Sasajiscymnus Vandenberg, 2004 from China (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae), pp. 1-104 in Zootaxa 5207 (1) on pages 67-68, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5207.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7328080, {"references":["Yang, C. T. & Wu, R. H. (1972) Notes on some Coccinellidae of Taiwan. Journal of Agriculture and Forestry, 21, 115 - 128. https: // doi. org / 10.2337 / diab. 21.2.128 b"]}

Sasajiscymnus fusinus Tong & Wang sp. nov. (Figs 4, 63) Chinese name: 梭叶ḧ瓢• Diagnosis. This species is similar to S. lishanicus sp. nov., but can be distinguished from the later by the uniformly black elytra, larger and more elongate body size, and parameres about 1/3 as long as penis guide (Figs 4a–b, 4f). In S. lishanicus, elytra are black with yellowish brown apices, body size is smaller and shorter, and parameres are about 1/2 as long as penis guide (Figs 11a–b, 4g). Description. TL: 1.13–2.10 mm, TW: 1.34–1.61 mm, TH: 0.97–1.06 mm. Body oval, moderately convex, surfaces covered with short pubescence (Figs 4a–c). Body uniformly black, except antennae, maxillary palpi and legs somewhat yellowish brown. Interocular distance distinctly greater than eye width in frontal view. Abdominal postcoxal lines incomplete, recurved toward the base of ventrite (Fig. 4d). Male genitalia: Penis long and slender, penis capsule with short outer arm and long inner one, apex of penis pointed (Fig. 4e). Penis guide triangular in lateral view with pointed apex; parameres about 1/3 as long as penis guide, with a tuft of long setae at apex; penis guide approximately widest at basal 1/ 3 in ventral view, bifurcated apically (Figs 4f–g). Female genitalia: Coxites triangular; styli strongly reduced and hardly visible; spermatheca worm-like, with basal ramus and nodulus. Type material. Holotype: China: Shanxi: ♂, Xiachuan Village, Lishan National Nature Reserve, 1545 m, 9.VII.2013, Huo LZ leg (SCAU). Paratypes (SCAU): China: Shanxi: 1♂, Same data as holotype. Henan: 2♂ 2♀, Baotianman National Nature Reserve, 6.VII.2009, Wang XM leg. Shaanxi: 1♀, Cuihuan Mountains, Chang’an District, Xi’an City, 1300 m, 30.VII.2009, Wang XM leg. Distribution. China (Shanxi, Henan, Shaanxi). Etymology. The specific epithet fusinus derives from the Latin word “fusinus” and refers to the fusiform penis guide., Published as part of TONG, JUNBO, CHEN, XIAOSHENG, ZHANG, XIAONING, HUO, LIZHI, WU, GANG, PENG, ZHENGQIANG & WANG, XINGMIN, 2022, A review of the genus Sasajiscymnus Vandenberg, 2004 from China (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae), pp. 1-104 in Zootaxa 5207 (1) on pages 9-10, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5207.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7328080

Sasajiscymnus kurohime (Miyatake, 1959) (Figs 3k, 3o, 58, 78) Chinese name: DZḧẋ毛瓢• Scymnus (Scymnus) kurohime Miyatake, 1959: 136 (type locality: Yogi, Okinawa, Japan).— Kamiya 1961: 297. Pseudoscymnus kurohime: Chapin 1962: 51.— Kamiya 1965a: 102; 1965b: 77; 1966: 85; Sasaji 1971: 108; 1988: 38; Yang 1971: 87; Hoàng 1978: 111; 1982: 126; Pang & Mao 1979: 51; Pang & Gordon 1986: 182; Kuznetsov & Ren 1991: 9; Yu et al. 1993: 468; Yu 1995 a: 129; Pang et al. 2004: 87; Kovář 2007: 582. Sasajiscymnus kurohime: Yu 2011: 126 — Iqbal et al. 2020: 384. Diagnosis. This species closely resembles S. dapae (Hoàng, 1978), but can be distinguished from the later by the penis guide pointed apically (Figs 58g –h). In S. dapae, penis guide is blunt apically (Figs 57h–i). Description. TL: 1.67–2.29 mm, TW: 1.26–1.71 mm, TH: 0.69–0.99 mm. Body oval, moderately convex, surfaces covered with short pubescence (Figs 58a–c). Head black with antennae and mouthparts yellowish brown, interocular distance distinctly greater than eye width in frontal view. Pronotum black with anterior margin narrowly yellowish brown. Scutellar shield black. Elytra black with brown apices. Ventral surfaces black. Legs yellowish brown to black. Abdominal postcoxal lines incomplete, recurved toward the base of ventrite (Fig. 58d). Male genitalia: Penis slender, penis capsule with long inner arm but without outer one, apex of penis pointed (Figs 58e–f). Penis guide long and slender in lateral view, widest at base, gradually narrowing to pointed apex; parameres about 1/6 as long as penis guide, with a tuft of long setae at apex; penis guide widest at base in ventral view, tapering towards pointed apex (Figs 58g –h). Female genitalia: Coxites shortened; styli absent; spermatheca worm-like, with basal ramus and nodulus (Figs 3k, 3o). Material examined. China: Anhui: 1♀, Tangkou Town, Huangshan District, Huangshan City, 460 m, 12– 13.IX.2010, Wang XM leg; 2♂ 1♀, Hengdu Town, Shitai County, 230 m, 20.IX.2010, Wang XM leg. Fujian: 2♂ 2♀, Xiangxi, Huboliao National Nature Reserve, 245 m, 18. VIII.2012, Huo LZ leg; 21♂ 47♀, Sanbailiao, Tianboyan National Nature Reserve, 690 m, 26. VIII.2012, Huo LZ leg; 2♂ 6♀, Fengtian, Tianboyan National Nature Reserve, 800 m, 27. VIII.2012, Huo LZ leg; 3♀, Zonghechang, Longxishan National Nature Reserve, 750 m, 30. VIII.2012, Huo LZ leg; 2♂ 6♀, Fanjia, Junzifeng National Nature Reserve, 460 m, 1.IX.2012, Huo LZ leg; 1♂ 1♀, Hongshuikeng, Wuyishan National Nature Reserve, 600 m, 18.IX.2012, Huo LZ leg; 1♂, Chishui, Daiyunshan National Nature Reserve, 850 m, 22.IX.2012, Huo LZ leg. Guangxi: 3♂, Hillside, Mao’ershan National Nature Reserve, 17.X.2004, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Jiulongtang, Mao’ershan National Nature Reserve, 18.X.2004, Wang XM leg; 2♀, Shili Canyon, Mao’ershan National Nature Reserve, 19.X.2004, Wang XM leg; 1♂ 1♀, GaoZhai, Mao’ershan National Nature Reserve, 20.X.2004, Wang XM leg; 4♂ 3♀, Pinglong Mountains, Shiwandashan National Nature Reserve, 6–8.XI.2004, Wang XM leg; 20♂ 13♀, Hongqi Forest Farm, Shiwandashan National Nature Reserve, 9–11.XI.2004, Wang XM leg. Guangdong: 2♂, Nankunshan National Forest Park, XI.1986, Jiang N leg; 1♂ 3♀, Chebaling National Nature Reserve, 23. III.1989, Yu GY leg; 2♀, Chebaling National Nature Reserve, 24.IV.1989, Yu GY leg; 1♀, Chebaling National Nature Reserve, 26.IV.1989, Yu GY leg; 1♀, Chebaling National Nature Reserve, 8. VII.1989, Yu GY leg; 1♀, Chebaling National Nature Reserve, 9. VII.1989, Pang XF leg; 2♀, Shixing County, 10. VII.1989, Pang XF leg; 1♂, Chebaling National Nature Reserve, 2.XI.1989, Yu GY leg; 4♂ 7♀, Chebaling National Nature Reserve, 3.XI.1989, Yu GY leg; 1♀, Chebaling National Nature Reserve, 4.XI.1989, Yu GY leg; 1♂, Chebaling National Nature Reserve, 19. VI.1990, Yu GY leg; 2♀, Chebaling National Nature Reserve, VI.1991, Pang XF leg; 2♂ 1♀, Chebaling National Nature Reserve, 23.IV.1991, Yu GY leg; 1♂ 1♀, Yangqiu Mountains, Shimentai National Nature Reserve, 6.X.2004, Wang XM leg; 1♂ 3♀, Nankunshan National Forest Park, 21.X.2004, Wang XM leg; 1♀, Huangdong, Shimentai National Nature Reserve, 30.X.2004, Wang XM leg. Guizhou: 2♀, Weng’ang, Maolan National Nature Reserve, 800 m, 15. VIII.2006, Wang XM leg; 1♀, Lianhuaping, Leigongshan National Nature Reserve, 8.X.2008, Wang XM leg; 4♂, Dongtang, Maolan National Nature Reserve, 730 m, 15–18.X.2008, Wang XM leg. Yunnan: 2♂ 3♀, Nansan, Zhenkang County, 28.X.2000, Peng ZQ leg; 1♀, Funing County, 16. VIII.2005, Wang XM leg; 1♀, Malipo County, 17. VIII.2005, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Menglun Town, Mengla County, 21. VIII.2005, Wang XM leg; 1♂ 1♀, Ruili City, 27. VIII.2005, Wang XM leg; 1♀, Mangbing, Yingjiang City, 29. VIII.2005, Wang XM leg; 1♀, Gaoligongshan National Nature Reserve, 19.IX.2006, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Taizhong Town, Jingdong County, 3.X.2006, Wang XM leg; 1♂ 1♀, Longmen Village, Shangyong Town, Mengla County, 8.X.2006, Wang XM leg; 3♂ 7♀, Dadugang Town, Jinghong City, 950 m, 26.IV.2008, Wang XM leg; 1♀, Menglun Town, Mengla County, 1160 m, 29.IV.2008, Wang XM leg; 10♂ 13♀, Sangyong Village –Longmen Village, Mengla County, 1. V.2008, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Lafu Village, Menglian County, 1130 m, 7. V.2008, Wang XM leg; 4♂ 3♀, Gongxin Village, Menglian County, 1500 m, 8. V.2008, Wang XM leg; 2♂, Longtan, Ximeng County, 900 m, 9–10. V.2008, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Lancang County, 1300 m, 11. V.2008, Wang XM leg; 1♂ 2♀, Caiyanghe National Forest Park, 4. V.2009, Wang XM leg; 4♂ 2♀, Dadugang Town, Jinghong City, 1050 m, 5. V.2009, Wang XM leg; 16♂ 22♀, Yaoqv Town, Mengla County, 700 m, 7–8. V.2009, Wang XM leg; 2♀, Longmen Village, Shangyong Town, Mengla County, 1027 m, 9. V.2009, Wang XM leg; 1♂ 3♀, Nanping, Mengman Town, Mengla County, 745 m, 10. V.2009, Wang XM leg; 96♂ 57♀, Meng’a Town, Menghai County, 1170 m, 12. V.2009, Wang XM leg; 1♂ 4♀, Jiangcheng County, 1150 m, 15. V.2009, Wang XM leg; 2♂ 4♀, Heiwadi, Gongshan County, 2020 Bapo Village, Gongshan County, 1400 m, 28. VII.2010, Wang XM leg; 2♂ 9♀, Bapo Village–Maku Village, Gongshan County, 1450 m, 29. VII.2010, Wang XM leg; 1♂ 3♀, Maku Village, Gongshan County, 1600 m, 1. VIII.2010, Wang XM leg; 19♂ 19♀, Qinglandan, Maku Village, Gongshan County, 4–7. VIII.2010, Wang XM leg. Xizang: 1♀, Cibagou National Nature Reserve, 2000 m, 13.X.2007, Wang XM leg; 1♀, Yihaoqiao, Hanmi, Muotuo County, 14.X.2009, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Muotuo County, 17.X.2009, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Yarang Village, Muotuo County, 768–1030 m, 24.X.2007, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Beibeng Town, Muotuo County, 600–760 m, 25.X.2007, Wang XM leg; 1♀, Zhamo Highroad 140K, Bomi County, 900 m, 27.X.2007, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Zhamo Highroad 113K, Bomi County, 835 m, 30–31.X.2007, Wang XM leg. Taiwan: 5♂ 11♀, Aowanda, Jenai Town, Nantou County, 1280 m, 21.X.2012, Wang XM leg; 1♂ 1♀, Alishan Town, 1800 m, 22.X.2012, Wang XM leg; 6♂ 5♀, Dabang Village, Alishan Mountains, Chiayi County, 960–1600 m, 24.X.2012, Wang XM leg; 1♂ 1♀, Maolin District, Kaohsiung City, 365–515 m, 26.X.2012, Wang XM leg; 2♂ 7♀, Shuangli Village, Pingtung County, 200–400 m, 27.X.2012, Wang XM leg; 3♂ 1♀, Jhihben, Taitung City, 230 m, 28.X.2012, Wang XM leg; 2♂ 5♀, Nanheng, Chihshang Town, Taitung County, 679 m, 29.X.2012, Wang XM leg; 2♂ 3♀, Taroko National Park, Hualien County, 200–912 m, 30.X.2012, Wang XM leg; 1♂ 2♀, Beiheng Highway, Yilan County, 300–1500 m, 1.XI.2012, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Nanhua Village, Xinshe District, Taichung City, 800 m, 17. VIII.2018, Zhou WY leg. Distribution. China (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan, Xizang, Taiwan); Japan; Vietnam; Micronesia. Remarks. Several individuals have complete abdominal postcoxal lines. Ren et al. (2009) presented photos of S. kurohime, but the penis guide in these photos were blunt apically in both lateral and ventral view. Hence that description is considered as a misidentification of S. dapae., Published as part of TONG, JUNBO, CHEN, XIAOSHENG, ZHANG, XIAONING, HUO, LIZHI, WU, GANG, PENG, ZHENGQIANG & WANG, XINGMIN, 2022, A review of the genus Sasajiscymnus Vandenberg, 2004 from China (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae), pp. 1-104 in Zootaxa 5207 (1) on pages 85-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5207.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7328080, {"references":["Miyatake, M. (1959) A contribution to the Coccinellid - fauna of the Ryukyu Islands (Coleoptera). Memoires of the Ehime University, Sect. VI (Agriculture), 4 (2), 125 - 161.","Kamiya, H. (1961) A revision of the tribe Scymnini from Japan and the Loochoos (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae): Part 1. Genera Clitostethus, Stethorus and Scymnus (except subgenus Pullus). 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Sasajiscymnus atypicus species group The Sasajiscymnus atypicus species group is characterized by the long penis with swollen outer arm, apex of penis with membranous area, penis guide elongate and robust, and parameres nearly as long as penis guide. The only speices of atypicus group is Sasajiscymnus atypicus Tong & Wang sp. nov., Published as part of TONG, JUNBO, CHEN, XIAOSHENG, ZHANG, XIAONING, HUO, LIZHI, WU, GANG, PENG, ZHENGQIANG & WANG, XINGMIN, 2022, A review of the genus Sasajiscymnus Vandenberg, 2004 from China (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae), pp. 1-104 in Zootaxa 5207 (1) on page 65, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5207.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7328080

Sasajiscymnus kuriharai Kitano, 2012 (Figs 1j, 52, 81) Chinese name: BẆḧ瓢• Sasajiscymnus lewisi: Yu, 2011: 124 [nec. Kamiya, 1961]. Sasajiscymnus kuriharai Kitano, 2012: 225 (type locality: Fushan, Taipei, Taiwan, China). Diagnosis. This species is similar to S. hamatus (Yu & Pang, 1993) in structures of the male genitalia, but can be distinguished from the later by its pronotum black with anterior margin narrowly yellowish brown (Figs 52a–b). In S. hamatus, pronotum is yellowish brown, sometimes with a black spot at base (Figs 51a–b). Description. TL: 1.17–1.92 mm, TW: 0.94–1.47 mm, TH: 0.58–0.95 mm. Body oval, moderately convex, surfaces covered with short pubescence (Figs 52a–c). Head yellow to black, interocular distance distinctly closer than eye width in frontal view. Pronotum black with anterior margin yellowish brown. Scutellar shield black. Elytra black with yellowish brown apices. Ventral surfaces black. Legs yellow to yellowish brown. Abdominal postcoxal lines almost complete (Fig. 52d). Male genitalia: Penis slender, penis capsule with long inner arm but without outer one, apex of penis pointed (Fig. 52e). Penis guide apically hook-shaped in lateral view; parameres about 1/5 as long as penis guide, with a tuft of long setae at apex; penis guide approximately parallel sided for basal 5/ 6 in ventral view, then gradually narrowing to blunt apex (Figs 52f–g). Female genitalia: Coxites shortened; styli absent; spermatheca worm-like, with basal ramus and nodulus. Material examined. China: Guangdong: 3♂ 1♀, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou City, 26.IV.1989, Ren SX leg; 1♂, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou City, 28.IV.1989, Ren SX leg; 10♂ 5♀, Dinghushan National Nature Reserve, 16. V.1989, Ren SX leg; 4♂ 1♀, Dinghushan National Nature Reserve, 17. V.1989, Ren SX leg; 2♂, Qixingyan Scenic Spot, Zhaoqing City, 18. V.1989, Ren SX leg; 1♂, Shipai, Guangzhou City, 30.VII.1989, Ren SX leg; 7♂ 7♀, Hengshitang, Shimentai National Nature Reserve, 5.X.2004, Wang XM leg; 1♂ 1♀, Yangqiu Mountains, Shimentai National Nature Reserve, 6.X.2004, Wang XM leg; 8♂, Huangniping, Shimentai National Nature Reserve, 7.X.2004, Wang XM leg; 4♂, Wulangzhang, Shimentai National Nature Reserve, 8.X.2004, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Huangdong, Shimentai National Nature Reserve, 30.X.2004, Wang XM leg. Guangxi: 1♂, Xixiangtang District, Nanning City, 24. V.1982, Pu TS leg; 1♂, Gongguang Town, Hepu County, 30.VII.1985, Pang XF leg; 1♂, Longzhou County, 1.VIII.1985, Pu TS leg; 1♂, Hepu County, 30. V.1986, Pu TS leg; 4♀, Shili Canyon, Mao’ershan National Nature Reserve, 19.X.2004, Wang XM leg; 8♂ 8♀, Hongqi Forest Farm, Shiwandashan National Nature Reserve, 9–11.XI.2004, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Hongqi Forest Farm, Shiwandashan National Nature Reserve, 26.VII.2005, Wang XM leg; 1♀, Pinglong Mountains, Shiwandashan National Nature Reserve, 28.VII.2005, Wang XM leg; 2♀, Baidu Town, Napo County, 4.VIII.2005, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Pinglong Mountains, Shiwandashan National Nature Reserve, 6.XI.2005, Wang XM leg. Hainan : 1♂, Limushan National Forest Park, 14.VII.2002, Peng ZQ leg; 1♂, Qixianling Hot Springs National Forest Park, 7. V.2005, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Diaoluoshan National Nature Reserve, 8. V.2005, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Limushan National Forest Park, 14.VII.2006, Peng ZQ leg; 1♀, Tianchi, Jianfengling National Nature Reserve, 18.VII.2006, Wang XM leg; 2♀, Bawangling National Nature Reserve, 20.VII.2006, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Wuzhishan National Nature Reserve, 24.VII.2006, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Diaoluoshan National Nature Reserve, 26.VII.2005, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Nankai, Yinggeling National Nature Reserve, [109°23'24.70"E 19°3'2.14"N], 300 m, 16.IV.2019, Wang XM leg. Sichuan : 2♂, Puge County, 2000 m, 15.IX.2007, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Huanyanding–Qingyinge, E’mei Mountains, E’meishan City, [103°20'43"E 29°33'40"N], 1830 m, Zhang XN leg. Guizhou : 4♂ 1♀, Rongjiang County – Leishan County, 9.VIII.2006, Wang XM leg; 5♂ 5♀, Weng’ang, Maolan National Nature Reserve, 800 m, 15.VIII.2006, Wang XM leg; 7♂ 2♀, Xiaoqikong Town, Libo County, 18.VIII.2006, Wang XM leg; 1♂ 1♀, Luodian County, 20.VIII.2006, Wang XM leg; 1♂ 1♀, Xianheping Nature Reserve, 14–15.IX.2006, Wang XM leg; 1♀, Lianhuaping, Leigongshan National Nature Reserve, 8.X.2008, Wang XM leg; 19♂ 21♀, Dongtang, Maolan National Nature Reserve, 730 m, 15–18.X.2008, Wang XM leg; 6♂ 4♀, Weng’ang, Maolan National Nature Reserve, 750 m, 20–23.X.2008, Wang XM leg. Yunnan : 2♂, Nansan, Zhenkang County, 28.X.2000, Peng ZQ leg; 3♂, Funing County, 15.VIII.2005, Wang XM leg; 3♂, Malipo County, 17.VIII.2005, Wang XM leg; 2♂, Maguan County, 18.VIII.2005, Wang XM leg; 1♀, Dadugang Town, Jinghong City, 950 m, 26.IV.2008, Wang XM leg; 2♀, Dadugang Town, Jinghong City, 1050 m, 5. V.2009, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Bulangshan Town, Menghai County, 1188 m, 12.VIII.2013, Chen XS leg. Hongkong: 1♂, Pat Sin Leng Country Park, 91 m, 13. V.2018, Wang XM leg. Taiwan: 2♂ 13♀, Ali Mountains, Chiayi County, 1800 m, 22.X.2012, Wang XM leg; 3♂ 6♀, Dabang Village, Alishan Mountains, Chiayi County, 960–1600 m, 24.X.2012, Wang XM leg; 1♂ 1♀, Tengjhih, Kaohsiung City, 370–1450 m, 25.X.2012, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Maolin District, Kaohsiung City, 365–515 m, 26.X.2012, Wang XM leg. Distribution. China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Hongkong, Taiwan). Remarks. This specices shows sexual dimorphism in body colouration. In male, clypeus is yellow to yellowish brown, legs are uniformly yellow, and yellowish brown marks on the pronotum are much larger. In female, clypeus is dark brown, legs are yellow but with a large black marking on femur, yellowish brown marks on the pronotum are smaller. This species closely resembles S. langsonensis (Hoàng, 1982) and S. longisiphonulus (Hoàng, 1985) from Vietnam and they are possibly conspecific, but without the examination of the type specimens of these species, we treat them as valid species in the present study. Several individuals have complete abdominal postcoxal lines., Published as part of TONG, JUNBO, CHEN, XIAOSHENG, ZHANG, XIAONING, HUO, LIZHI, WU, GANG, PENG, ZHENGQIANG & WANG, XINGMIN, 2022, A review of the genus Sasajiscymnus Vandenberg, 2004 from China (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae), pp. 1-104 in Zootaxa 5207 (1) on pages 75-77, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5207.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7328080, {"references":["Kitano, T. (2012) Five new species of Scymnini (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) from East Asia. Elytra, 2 (2), 221 - 229.","Yu, G. Y. (2011) The Coccinellidae of Taiwan. Chemical Industry Press, Beijing, 198 pp. [in Chinese with English summary]","Kamiya, H. (1961) A revision of the tribe Scymnini from Japan and the Loochoos (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae): Part 1. Genera Clitostethus, Stethorus and Scymnus (except subgenus Pullus). Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture Kyushu University, 11 (3), 275 - 301. https: // doi. org / 10.5109 / 22688","Yu, G. Y., Pang, H. & Pang, X. F. (1993) Coccinellidae collected from Chebaling National Nature Reserve. In: Xu, Y. (Ed.), Collected papers for investigation in National Chebaling Nature Reserve. Science and Technology press of Guangdong, Guangzhou, pp. 467 - 505. [in Chinese]","Hoang, D. N. (1982) Ladybeetles of Viet Nam (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Part 1. Nha xuat ban khoa hoc va kythuat, Hanoi, 211 pp.","Hoang, D. N. (1985) On the study of Coccinellidae of Teinguen Plateau from South Vietnam. Insects of Vietnam, 1985, 30 - 49."]}

Sasajiscymnus bivalvis (Yu, 1997) (Figs 3b, 3f, 39, 72) Chinese name: R瓣ḧ瓢• Pseudoscymnus bivalvis Yu, 1997: 720 (type locality: Longmenhe National Forest Park, Xingshan, Hubei, China).— Pang et al. 2004: 86; Kovář 2007: 582. Sasajiscymnus hivalvis: Iqbal et al. 2020: 387 [Misspelling]. Diagnosis. This species is similar to S. curvatus (Yu, 1999) in structures of the male genitalia, but can be distinguished from the later by the black elytra with yellowish brown apices, and the parameres about 1/2 as long as penis guide (Figs 39a–b, 39g). In S. curvatus, elytra are black with two C-shaped yellow marking and parameres are about 1/3 as long as penis guide (Figs 28a–b, 28g). Description. TL: 1.98–2.68 mm, TW: 1.43–2.06 mm, TH: 0.95–1.21 mm. Body oval, moderately convex, surfaces covered with short pubescence (Figs 39a–c). Head yellowish brown with interocular distance distinctly greater than eye width in frontal view. Pronotum yellowish brown. Scutellar shield black. Elytra black with yellowish brown apices. Ventral surfaces yellowish brown to black. Legs yellowish brown. Abdominal postcoxal lines incomplete, recurved toward the base of ventrite (Fig. 39d). Male genitalia: Penis stout, penis capsule with stout outer arm and long inner one, apex of penis constricted with membranous appendage (Figs 39e–f). Penis guide with prominent keel at base in lateral view, then tapering towards pointed apex; parameres about 1/2 as long as penis guide, with a tuft of long setae at apex; penis guide approximately parallel sided for basal 1/ 3 in ventral view, apically pointed (Figs 39g –h). Female genitalia: Coxites elongate, triangular; styli well developed with terminal setae; spermatheca distinctly curved, with basal ramus and elongate nodulus (Figs 3b, 3f). Type material. Holotype: China: Hubei: ♂, Longmenhe National Forest Park, Xingshan County, 1300 m, 12.IX.1994, Li FS leg (CAU). Other material (SCAU). China: Zhejiang: 1♂, Wangdongyang Mountain Wetland Nature Reserve, [119°38'12.09"E 27°41'19.61"N], 1261 m, 10.X.2017, Tong JB leg. Anhui: 1♂ 1♀, Guniujiang National Nature Reserve, 24.IX.2010, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Yaoluoping National Nature Reserve, 600–800 m, 30.IX.2010, Wang XM leg; 2♀, Jinzhai Tianma National Nature Reserve, 600 m, 3–5.X.2010, Wang XM leg. Fujian: 3♂ 1♀, Sanbailiao, Tianboyan National Nature Reserve, 690 m, 26.VIII.2012, Huo LZ leg; 1♂, Fengtian, Tianboyan National Nature Reserve, 800 m, 27.VIII.2012, Huo LZ leg; 1♂ 5♀, Zonghechang, Longxishan National Nature Reserve, 750 m, 30.VIII.2012, Huo LZ leg; 1♂, Guadun, Wuyishan National Nature Reserve, 1200 m, 14.IX.2012, Huo LZ leg; 3♂ 2♀, Masu, Wuyishan National Nature Reserve, 1291 m, 15.IX.2012, Huo LZ leg; 4♂ 1♀, Tongmu Village, Wuyishan National Nature Reserve, 750 m, 17.IX.2012, Huo LZ leg. Jiangxi: 2♂, Taihe County, 12.VIII.2004, Wang XM leg; 1♂ 2♀, Xiangzhou, Jinggangshan National Nature Reserve, 14.VIII.2004, Wang XM leg; 9♂ 4♀, Bijia Mountains, Jinggangshan National Nature Reserve, 15.VIII.2004, Wang XM leg; 4♂ 6♀, Huangyangjie, Jinggangshan National Nature Reserve, 16.VIII.2004, Wang XM leg. Hunan: 11♂, Mangshan National Nature Reserve, 3.X.2004, Ren SX leg; 1♂, Shennonggu National Forest Park, 1000 m, 8.X.2010, Wang XM leg; 2♂ 1♀, Shennonggu National Forest Park, 650–800 m, 9.X.2010, Wang XM leg. Guangdong: 14♂ 1♀, Qinshuigu, Nanling National Nature Reserve, 30.IX.2004, Wang XM leg; 2♂ 1♀, Protection station, Nanling National Nature Reserve, 3.X.2004, Wang XM leg; 14♂ 9♀, Xidianzhan, Nanling National Nature Reserve, 1.X.2004, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Huangniping, Shimentai National Nature Reserve, 7.X.2004, Wang XM leg; 2♂, Shimen, Shimentai National Nature Reserve, 29.X.2004, Wang XM leg; 2♂, Huangdong, Shimentai National Nature Reserve, 30.X.2004, Wang XM leg; 4♂ 2♀, Dadong Mountains, Nanling National Nature Reserve, 19.VII.2005, Wang XM leg; 8♂ 14♀, Qinshuigu, Nanling National Nature Reserve, 21.IX.2005, Wang XM leg; 2♀, Tianjingshan National Forest Park, 22.IX.2005, Wang XM leg. Guangxi: 2♂ 2♀, Hillside, Mao’ershan National Nature Reserve, 17.X.2004, Wang XM leg; 1♀, Jiuniutang, Mao’ershan National Nature Reserve, 18.X.2004, Wang XM leg; 8♂ 1♀, Shili Canyon, Mao’ershan National Nature Reserve, 19.X.2004, Wang XM leg; 8♂ 3♀, GaoZhai, Mao’ershan National Nature Reserve, 20.X.2004, Wang XM leg. Sichuan: 1♂ 1♀, Puge County, 2000 m, 15.IX.2007, Wang XM leg. Guizhou: 1♀, Leigongshan National Nature Reserve, 9.VIII.2006, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Datangwan, Leigongshan National Nature Reserve, 1100 m, 5.X.2008, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Xiangshuiyan, Leigongshan National Nature Reserve, 980 m, 9.X.2008, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Taojiang Town, Rongjiang County, 1000 m, 10–11.X.2008, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Xiaodanjiang, Leigongshan National Nature Reserve, 12–13.X.2008, Wang XM leg; 3♂ 5♀, Dongtang, Maolan National Nature Reserve, 730 m, 15–18.X.2008, Wang XM leg; 1♂ 1♀, Weng’ang, Maolan National Nature Reserve, 750 m, 20–23.X.2008, Wang XM leg. Distribution. 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Sasajiscymnus niganulus Tong & Wang sp. nov. (Figs 31, 71) Chinese name: DZẸḧ瓢• Diagnosis. This species is similar to S. seboshii (Ohta, 1929), but can be distinguished from the later by the elytra with black humeral angles, abdominal postcoxal lines recurved toward the base of ventrite and more elongate penis guide (Figs 31a–d, 19g –h). In S. seboshii, humeral angles of elytra are yellowish brown, abdominal postcoxal lines not recurved toward the base of ventrite and penis guide is shorter (Figs 34a–g, 19j–k). Description. TL: 1.94–2.25 mm, TW: 1.38–1.63 mm, TH: 0.90–1.09 mm. Body oval, moderately convex, surfaces covered with short pubescence (Figs 31a–c). Head yellow with interocular distance distinctly greater than eye width in frontal view. Pronotum yellow. Scutellar shield yellowish brown. Elytra black with yellow apices and a large yellowish brown spot in the middle part. Ventral surfaces yellow to black. Legs yellow. Abdominal postcoxal lines incomplete, recurved toward the base of ventrite (Fig. 31d). Male genitalia: Penis stout, penis capsule with stout outer arm and long inner one, apex of penis constricted with membranous appendage (Figs 31e–f). Penis guide with prominent keel at base in lateral view, then tapering towards pointed apex; parameres about 1/3 as long as penis guide, with a tuft of long setae at apex; penis guide widest at base, then gradually narrowing to pointed apex (Figs 31g –h). Female genitalia: Coxites elongate, triangular; styli well developed with terminal setae; spermatheca distinctly curved, with basal ramus and elongate nodulus. Type material. Holotype: China: Xizang: ♂, 52K–65K of Zhamo Highroad, Motuo County, 2800–3500 m, 13.X.2011, Huo LZ leg (SCAU). Paratypes (SCAU): China: Xizang: 1♀, Zhamo Highroad 113K, Bomi County, 835 m, 30–31.X.2007, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Pailong Town, Bayi District, Linzhi City, 13.X.2009, Wang XM leg; 1♀, Hanmi, Muotuo County, 800–2100 m, 5–8.X.2011, Huo LZ leg; 1♂, Chilongzangbu, Linzhi City, 2200 m, 19.X.2011, Huo LZ leg. Distribution. China (Xizang). Etymology. The specific epithet niganulus derives from the Latin words “niger” (= black) and “anulus” (= annular), and refers to the black ring-spot on the disc of elytra., Published as part of TONG, JUNBO, CHEN, XIAOSHENG, ZHANG, XIAONING, HUO, LIZHI, WU, GANG, PENG, ZHENGQIANG & WANG, XINGMIN, 2022, A review of the genus Sasajiscymnus Vandenberg, 2004 from China (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae), pp. 1-104 in Zootaxa 5207 (1) on pages 46-47, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5207.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7328080, {"references":["Ohta, Y. (1929) Scymninen Japans. Insecta Matsumurana, 4 (1 - 2), 1 - 16."]}