Platyscelis (Pleiopleura) striata Motschulsky, 1859

Bai, Xing-Long & Ren, Guo-Dong, 2019, Revision of the genus Platyscelis Latreille, 1818 from China (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Platyscelidini), Zootaxa 4609 (1), pp. 101-126 : 123-124

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Platyscelis striata Motschulsky, 1859: 307 .

Pleiopleura striata: Seidlitz, 1893: 343 .

Platyscelis (Pleiopleura) striata: Kaszab, 1940: 914 ; Egorov, 1989: 338, 348; 2004: 660; 2008: 296; 2009: 66; Ren & Yu, 1999: 303; Yu et al., 1999: 365 (pupae); Yu et al., 2000: 163 (larvae); Ren et al., 2000: 4 (catalogue of larvae); Ye et al., 2003: 286 (defensive gland).

Platyscelis sulcata Ballion, 1878: 322 (synonymized by Egorov, 1989: 338).

Pleiopleura sulcata: Seidlitz, 1893: 343 .

Platyscelis (Pleiopleura) sulcata: Kaszab, 1940: 913 .

Platyscelis (Pleiopleura) przewalskii Bogatchev, 1961: 109 (synonymized by Egorov, 1989: 338).

Material. CHINA: Xinjiang: 1♂ ( HNHM), China occ. Turfan // Typus, Platyscelis striata v. coriacea m. 1940, Dr Kaszab [not published] ; 1♂ ( HNHM), China occ. Turfan // Co-Typus , Platyscelis striata v. coriacea m. 1940, Dr Kaszab [not published] ; 1♀ ( HNHM), China, Turfan // Co-Typus , Platyscelis striata v. coriacea m. 1940, Dr Kaszab [not published] ; 1♀ ( HNHM), Co-Typus , Platyscelis striata v. coriacea m. 1940, Dr Kaszab [not published] ; 1♂, 11♀♀ ( HNHM), China, Turfan // det. dr. Kaszab ; 2♂♂, 2♀♀ ( HNHM), China occ. Turfan // det. dr. Kaszab ; 1♂ ( HNHM), Thian-Schan // det. dr. Kaszab [ Platyscelis sulcata ] ; 1♀ ( HNHM), WUSTE GOBI, Takla-Makan, Coll. Hauser 1900 // Coll. Reitter // det. dr. Kaszab [ Platyscelis sulcata ]; 2♂♂ ( MHBU), Tekes , 11.VI.1984, Guo-Dong Ren leg. ; 1♀ ( MHBU), Tekes , 6.IX.1990, Guo-Dong Ren leg. ; 1♂, 1♀ ( MHBU), Ürümqi , 13.IX.1984, Qing-Xi Li leg. ; 1♀ ( MHBU), Ürümqi , 21.V.1987, Bao-Ping Li leg. ; 3♂♂, 4♀♀ ( MHBU), Baiyanggou, Ürümqi , 15.VII.1993, You-Zhi Yu leg. ; 1♂ ( MHBU), Balguntay, Hejing , 8.VII.1993, You-Zhi Yu leg. ; 1♂ ( MHBU), Usu , 22.VII.1995, Quan-Xing Sun leg. ; 1♀ ( MHBU), Sanchakou, Gongliu , 28.VII.1995, Quan-Xing Sun leg. ; 2♂♂, 4♀♀ ( MHBU), Zhaosu , 27.VII.1995, Guo-Dong Ren leg. ; 1♂ ( MHBU), Zhaosu , 30–31.V.2006, Yi-Bin Ba leg. ; 1♂, 1♀ ( MHBU), Wenquan, Zhaosu , 2200 m, 21–23.VII.2003, Ming-Yi Tian leg. ; 8♂♂, 7♀♀ ( MHBU), Poma, Zhaosu , 25–26.VI.2009, Cheng-Li Zhang & Zhao Pan leg. KAZAKHSTAN: 6♂♂ ( HNHM), Turkestan , Almasy 1906 // Przewalsky // det. dr. Kaszab ; 2♂♂ ( HNHM), Turkestan, Almasy 1906 // Przewalsky, Vall. Karakol // det. dr. Kaszab ; 3♂♂ ( HNHM), Turkestan , Almasy 1906 // Naryn Kol // det. dr. Kaszab ; 1♀ ( HNHM), Turkestan, Reitter // Coll. Reitter // det. dr. Kaszab; 1♂ ( HNHM), Turkestan, Reitter // Coll. Reitter // det. dr. Kaszab [ Platyscelis sulcata ]; 1♀ ( HNHM), Turkestan // Coll. Reitter // det. dr. Kaszab [ Platyscelis sulcata ]; 1♂ ( HNHM), Turkestan // det. dr. Kaszab [ Platyscelis sulcata ] ; 3♂♂, 2♀♀ ( HNHM), Turkestan, Almasy 1906 // Tekkes Sary Tor // det. dr. Kaszab [ Platyscelis sulcata ] .

Distribution. China: Xinjiang ( Kaszab, 1940; Ren & Yu, 1999; Egorov, 2008); Kazakhstan ( Kaszab, 1940; Egorov, 2008).

References

Ballion, E. E. (1878) Verzeichniss der im Kreise von Kuldsha gesammelten Kafer. Bulletin de la Societe Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscou, 53 (1), 253 - 389.

Bogatchev, A. V. (1961) Novye vidy zhukov-chemotelok (Tenebrionidae) iz Tadzhikskoy SSR, drugikh respublik Sredney Azii i sopredelnykh stran. Trudy Instituta Zoologii i Parazitologii Akademii Nauk Tadzhikskoy SSR, 20, 107 - 121.

Egorov, L. V. (2008) Tribe Platyscelidini Lacordaire, 1859. In: Lobl, I. & Smetana, A. (Eds), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 5. Tenebrionoidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, pp. 291 - 297.

Egorov, L. V. (1989) Review of tenebrionid beetles of the genus Platyscelis Latr. (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) of the fauna of the USSR. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 68 (2), 336 - 352. [in Russian, English translation: Entomological Review, 1989, 68 (6), 89 - 108]

Egorov, L. V. (2004) The classification of tenebrionid beetles of the tribe Platyscelidini (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) of the world fauna. Entomologicheskoe obozrenie, 83 (3), 581 - 613 [in Russian, English translation: Entomological Review, 84 (6), 641 - 666.

Egorov, L. V. (2009) Darkling beetles of the tribe Platyscelidini (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) of the world: morphology, zoogeography, system. Meetings in memory of N. A. Cholodkovsky. Iss. 61 (1). Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, 122 pp.

Kaszab, Z. (1940) Revision der Tenebrioniden-Tribus Platyscelini (Col. Teneb.). Mitteilungen der Munchener Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 30 (1), 119 - 235 + 896 - 1003, 3 pls.

Motschulsky, V. de. (1859) Coleopteres rapportes de la Songarie par M. Semenov. Bulletin de l'Academie Imperiale des Sciences de Staint-Petersburg, 1, 301 - 314.

Ren, G. D. & Yu, Y. Z. (1999) The darkling beetles from deserts and semideserts of China. Hebei University Publishing House, Baoding, 395 pp.

Ren, G. D., Yu, Y. Z. & Yang, X. J. (2000) A list of the known darkling beetles-larvae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from the Mongolia-Xinjiang region in China. Journal of Hebei University (Natural Science Edition), 20 (Supplement), 1 - 10.

Seidlitz, G. C. M. von (1893) Tenebrionidae. In: Kiesenwetter, H. von. & Seidlitz, G. C. M. von. (Eds.), Naturgeschichte der Insecten Deutschlands. Begonnen von Dr. W. F. Erichson, fortgesetzt von Prof. Dr. H. Schaum, Dr. G. Kraatz, H. v. Kiesenwetter, Julius Weise, Edm. Reitter und Dr. G. Seidlitz. Erste Abteilung Coleoptera. Funfter Band. Erste Halfte. Nicolaische Verlags-Buchhandlung, Berlin, pp. 201 - 400.

Ye, Y., Jiang, P. & Ren, G. D. (2003) Defensive glands characters of 31 genera-darkling beetles and their phylogenetic relationships. Journal of Hebei University (Natural Science Edition), 23 (3), 279 - 292.

Yu, Y. Z., Ren, G. D. & Dai, J. X. (1999) Identification on the pupae of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) from North China. Journal of Ningxia University (Natural Science Edition), 20 (4), 364 - 367.

Yu, Y. Z., Zhang, D. Z. & Ren, G. D. (2000) Identification of the larvae of common Tenbrionids of the Platyscelini-tribe (Coleoptera) in North China. Entomological Knowledge, 37 (3), 160 - 163.

Figures

FIGURES 21–36. Parameres of male aedeagus in dorsal and lateral view. 21–22. Platyscelis freyi; 23–24. P. gebieni; 25–26. P. helanensis; 27–28. P. licenti; 29–30. P. subcordata; 31–32. P. suiyuana; 33–34. P. ovata; 35–36. P. striata.

FIGURES 63–72. Habitus and type labels. 63–65. Habitus: 63. Platyscelis suiyuana (male); 64. P. ovata (male); 65. P. striata (male). 66–72. Type labels: 66. P. angusticollis angusticollis; 67. P. angusticollis platytarsis; 68. P. ballioni; 69. P. hauseri (= P. confusa); 70. P. gebieni; 71. P. licenti; 72. P. suiyuana.