Distribution | S China (Guangdong, Jiangxi, Fukien, Kwangtung, Kwangsi, Hainan Island), N Vietnam, Laos , Cambodia, N Thailand, S Burma
megacephalum: China (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hong Kong, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Yun-nan, Zhejiang); Type locality: "in China"
peguense: Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, Vietnam
shiui: N Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos; Type locality: Langson.
not recognized any more:
tristernalis: S yunnan (China); Type locality: between Mung Lun and Simao, eastern bank of the Mekong river.
vogeli: NW thailand; Type locality: Chiang Mai.
Map legend:
- Region according to the TDWG standard, not a precise distribution map.
NOTE: TDWG regions are generated automatically from the text in the distribution field and not in every cases it works well. We are working on it.
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