identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
0040FC1C5C79509395DFCC37D183F842.text	0040FC1C5C79509395DFCC37D183F842.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Blaps (Blaps) pedinoides Li 2025	<div><p>Blaps (Blaps) pedinoides Li sp. nov.</p><p>Type material.</p><p>Holotype: China • ♂ (MHBU HBU (E) 339974); Sichuan, Jiulong County / 28°37.89'N, 99°39.16'E / Alt 1917 m / 2.VIII.2020 / Ming-min Ma leg. Paratypes: China • 1 ♀ [in ethanol] (MHBU HBU (E) 339975), same data as holotype; China • 1 ♂ [1 ♂ in ethanol] (MHBU HBU (E) 339976); Yunan; Weixi County, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=99.397835&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=27.6085" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 99.397835/lat 27.6085)">Tacheng Township</a> / 27°36.51'N, 99°23.87'E / Alt 1987 m / 11.VIII.2021 / Zhong-hua Wei leg ; China • 1 ♂ [in ethanol] (MHBU HBU (E) 339977); Yunan; Weixi County, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=99.34967&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=27.4365" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 99.34967/lat 27.4365)">Tacheng Township</a> / 27°26.19'N, 99°20.98'E / 13.VII.2021 / Alt 2409 m / Guo-dong Ren leg ; China • 1 ♂ [in ethanol] (MHBU HBU (E) 339978); Yunan, Shangri-la County, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=99.467&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=28.0235" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 99.467/lat 28.0235)">Nixi Township</a> / 28°01.41'N, 99°28.02'E / Alt 2778 m / 7.VIII.2015 / Guo-dong Ren leg ; China • 1 ♂ [in ethanol] (MHBU HBU (E) 339979); Yunan, Weixi County, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=99.363&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=27.634834" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 99.363/lat 27.634834)">Jingzhong Township</a> / 27°38.09'N, 99°21.78'E / Alt 2635 m / 13.VII.2021 / Zhong-hua Wei leg.</p><p>Description.</p><p>Male (Figs 3, 4 A – C). Body elongated, length 28.5–29.0 mm, width 9.5–10.0 mm; dull black, rough, oval-oblong, opaque.</p><p>Head (Fig. 3 A, B). Anterior margin of epistome straight. Head slightly convex, with dense, coarse punctation. Mentum oval; base of mentum straight. Antennae long, antennomere XI reaching base of pronotum when directed backwards, antennomeres III – VII cylindrical, VIII – X spherical, XI spindle (Fig. 3 C). Ratio of length / width of antennomeres II – XI 6.6 (8.2): 37.8 (9.0): 16.6 (9.0): 17.8 (8.7): 17.3 (9.0): 15.6 (9.0): 10.0 (10.1): 10.0 (9.9): 10.4 (9.8): 11.7 (9.7).</p><p>Prothorax (Fig. 3 D). Base of pronotum as wide as the base of elytra. Pronotum slightly transverse, 1.3 times as wide as long, 1.8 times as wide as head, widest before the middle, lateral margins from widest portion toward anterior angles arcuated, then straightly converging towards posterior margin; anterior angles rounded-obtuse; posterior angles weakly obtuse; lateral edges entirely margined, ratio of width at the anterior margin to the widest part and base 38: 63: 53. Disc rough, surface with dense, coarse punctations with large punctures. Prosternal process nearly triangular; middle of posterior margin weakly extended backward, with transverse wrinkles.</p><p>Pterothorax. Elytra elongate, ovoid, 1.7 times as long as wide, long arcuated; widest at the middle, 3.0 times as long and 1.4 times as wide as pronotum, 2.5 times as wide as head. Lateral elytral border not entirely visible dorsally. Scutellum small. Disc flat, elytral surface rough, with dense granules, and granules converge into wrinkles. Apex of elytra slowly sloping, with small granules. Elytral mucro obvious, 2.3 mm long. Pseudopleuron smooth. Abdomen shiny, without hair tuft / short setae between 1 st and 2 nd abdominal ventrites, ventrite 1 st with flat large tubercle in middle, 1 st – 3 rd ventrites with transverse wrinkles medially and irregular rugosity, granules on both sides, abdominal ventrites 4 th – 5 th with sparse punctures.</p><p>Legs (Fig. 3 E – K). Legs long. Inner side of pro- and mesotibiae slightly curved, metatibiae straight, expanded apically. Ratio of length of pro-, meso- and metatibiae 13: 13: 17; ratio of length (width) of metatarsomeres I – IV 19.4 (5.5): 10.3 (5.2): 10.0 (5.0): 16.8 (4.3).</p><p>Aedeagus. (Fig. 3 L – N). Length 4.8 mm and width 1.0 mm. Parameres length 1.6 mm and width 0.75 mm, with conical shape; parameres widest at the base, apex sharp, lateral margins arcuately converging from base to 1 / 3, then straightly converging from basal 1 / 3 to apex in dorsal view, parameres straight line up to the apex in lateral view.</p><p>Female (Fig. 4 D – F). Body length 24.0 mm, width 11.0 mm. Body wider and more robust than in male. Elytral mucro shorter, 1.0 mm long. Head as wide as outerocular distance, pronotum 1.4 times as wide as long, elytra 1.5 times as long as wide. Antennae nearly as long as male, antennomeres X reaching base of pronotum when directed backwards, antennomeres III – VII cylindrical, VIII – X spherical, XI spindle.</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>The name derives from ancient Greek πεδινός (pedinos), flat, referring to the flattened elytra of the new species</p><p>Distribution.</p><p>China: Sichuan, Yunnan.</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>The new species is morphologically very similar to B. (B.) rhynchoptera Fairmaire, 1886, and it is also sister with B. (B.) rhynchoptera in the phylogeny tree, but it can be distinguished from the latter by the following male characters: (1) without hair tuft / short setae between 1 st and 2 nd abdominal ventrites (with hair tuft / short setae between 1 st and 2 nd abdominal ventrites in B. (B.) rhynchoptera); (2) lateral margin of pronotum weakly broading from base to 2 / 3, then toward anterior angles arcuated, widest before middle (pronotum widest at middle in B. (B.) rhynchoptera).</p><p>Additionally, the new species is morphologically similar to B. (B.) japonensis Marseul, 1879 but can be distinguished from the latter by the following male characters: (1) without hair tuft / short setae between 1 st and 2 nd abdominal ventrites (with hair tuft / short setae between 1 st and 2 nd abdominal ventrites in B. (B.) japonensis); (2) lateral margin of pronotum broading from base to 2 / 3, then toward anterior angles arcuated, widest before the middle (lateral margin of pronotum arcuated, widest at middle in B. (B.) japonensis); (3) parameres conical, apex sharp (parameres bottleneck-shaped, apex sharp in B. (B.) japonensis).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0040FC1C5C79509395DFCC37D183F842	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Zhang, Bao-Yue;Li, Xiu-Min	Zhang, Bao-Yue, Li, Xiu-Min (2025): Phylogeny-based reinterpretation of the genus Blaps Fabricius, 1775 (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Blaptinae) from China, with description of two new species. ZooKeys 1244: 99-111, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1244.145585
A5BDC7099C4258BA87B5E639B4A21855.text	A5BDC7099C4258BA87B5E639B4A21855.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Blaps (Nalepa) undulata Li 2025	<div><p>Blaps (Nalepa) undulata Li sp. nov.</p><p>Type specimens.</p><p>Holotype: China • ♂ (MHBU HBU (E) 339980); Sichuan, Batang County; 30°12.45'N, 99°15.59'E / Alt. 3055 m / 15.VII.2021 / Xiu-min Li leg. Paratypes: China • 10 ♂♂ 6 ♀♀ [2 ♂♂ in ethanol] (MHBU HBU (E) 339981 -339996); same data as holotype; China • 1 ♀ [in ethanol]; Xizang, Markam County, Zangxoi Township / 29°74.01'N, 98°44.52'E / 21.VII.2020 / Alt. 3050 m / Ming-min Ma leg.</p><p>Description.</p><p>Male (Figs 5, 6 A – C). Body length 17.0–19.0 mm, width 6.5–7.0 mm; black, opaque.</p><p>Head (Fig. 5 A, B). Anterior margin of epistome straight. Head slightly convex, with sparse, fine punctation. Mentum oval, base of mentum straight. Antennae long, antennomere XI reaching base of pronotum when directed backwards, antennomeres III – VII cylindrical, VIII – X long spherical, XI spindle (Fig. 5 C). Ratio of length / width of antennomeres II – XI 10.0 (10.6): 36.3 (12.5): 16.5 (11.1): 16.1 (10.3): 17.2 (10.0): 19.0 (9.5): 14.3 (10.1): 14.2 (12.0): 14.6 (13.0): 19.0 (11.0).</p><p>Prothorax (Fig. 5 D). Pronotum slightly transverse, 1.2 times as wide as long, 1.7 times as wide as head. Widest at the middle, lateral margins slightly emarginated from base to middle, then toward anterior angles arcuated; lateral edges entirely margined; ratio of width at the anterior margin to the widest part and base 26: 45: 43. Disc smooth and convex, surface with dense, fine, small punctation. With two rounds depressions before posterior angles. Apex of prosternal process obtuse, obliquely sloping behind procoxae, distinctly projecting beyond the margin of prosternum.</p><p>Pterothorax. Elytra ovoid, 1.6 times as long as wide, weakly arcuated, widest at the middle, 2.5 times as long as and 1.3 times as wide as pronotum, 2.2 times as wide as head. Lateral elytral border not entirely visible dorsally. Scutellum hiding. Disc flattened in middle, rough, with undulate wrinkles. Apex of elytra slowly sloping, obtuse. Without elytral mucro. Abdominal ventrites 1 st – 3 rd with irregular fine wrinkles, abdominal ventrites 4 th – 5 th with dense punctations.</p><p>Legs (Fig. 5 E – K). Legs long. Inner side of pro- and metatibiae slightly curved, mesotibiae straight, expanded apically. Ratio of length of pro-, meso- and metatibiae 9.0: 9.0: 12.0, and ratio of length (width) of metatarsomeres I – IV 19.4 (5.5): 10.3 (5.2): 10.0 (5.0): 16.8 (4.3).</p><p>Aedeagus (Fig. 5 L – N). Length 3.3 mm and width 1.0 mm. Parameres length 1.1 mm and width 0.9 mm, conical; parameres wide and convex at base, apex obtuse, lateral margin arcuately narrowing from base to 1 / 3, then straightly narrowing from basal 1 / 3 to apex in dorsal view; slightly curved, narrowed almost in a straight line up to the apex in lateral view.</p><p>Female (Fig. 6 D – F). Body length 18.0– 19.5 mm, width 8.0–9.0 mm. Body wider and more robust than in male. Elytral without mucro. Head as wide as outterocular distance. Pronotum 1.3 times as wide as long, elytra 1.6 times as long as wide. Antennae shorter than in male, reaching posterior 2 / 3 of pronotum when directed backwards, antennomeres III – VII cylindrical, VIII – X elongate spherical, XI spindle. Pro- and metatibiae straight.</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>This species is named from the Latin adjective “ undulata ”, meaning wavy, in reference to the wavy wrinkles on the elytra.</p><p>Distribution.</p><p>China, Sichuan, Xizang.</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>The new species is a sister to Blaps (Nalepa) yushuensis Li &amp; Ren, 2022 in the phylogenetic analysis. However, it is easy to distinguished from Blaps (Nalepa) yushuensis Li &amp; Ren, 2022 and other species of the subgenus Nalepa by the following characters: (1) parameres conical, apex rounded (parameres apex acuminate in other species); (2) elytra rough, with undulate wrinkles (elytral surface smooth, with sparse punctures and shallow wrinkles in other species).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A5BDC7099C4258BA87B5E639B4A21855	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Zhang, Bao-Yue;Li, Xiu-Min	Zhang, Bao-Yue, Li, Xiu-Min (2025): Phylogeny-based reinterpretation of the genus Blaps Fabricius, 1775 (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Blaptinae) from China, with description of two new species. ZooKeys 1244: 99-111, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1244.145585
