Pseudabris przewalskyi ( Dokhtouroff, 1887 )

Pan, Zhao & Ren, Guodong, 2018, Taxonomic revision of the subfamily Meloinae (Coleoptera: Meloidae) from Xizang, China, with description of a new species, Zoological Systematics 43 (1), pp. 66-88 : 83

Pseudabris przewalskyi ( Dokhtouroff, 1887) ( Fig. 24 )

Zonabris przewalskyi Dokhtouroff, 1887: 341 . Type locality: “ Dans les montagnes longeant les rivières Kontschun-tchu , Tschumtschuoùmà, By-djune ” (Xizang, China) . Type depository: unknown.

Mylabris goutelli Fairmaire, 1889: 48 . Type locality: “ Thibet , Atentse ” (Xizang, China) . Type depository: MNHN. Synonymized by Borchmann, 1917: 46 .

Mylabris przewalskyi: Sumakov, 1915: 54 .

Pseudabris przewalskyi: Kuzin, 1954: 371 .

Material examined from Xizang. 1 ex., Rawu , Baxoi, 2004.VI.16, Yibin Ba & Aimin Shi leg. ( MHBU) ; 2 exs., Jida , Baxoi (elev. 4200 m), 2008.VII.14, Guodong Ren et al. leg. ( MHBU) ; 2 exs., Jida , Baxoi, 2009.VII.22, Guodong Ren et al. leg. (1 ex. MHBU, 1 ex. NXU) ; 2 exs., Sumzom , Bowo (elev. 3320 m), 2008.VII.14, Guodong Ren et al. leg. ( MHBU) ; 1 ex., Genni , Bowo (29°45'N, 96°05.4'E; elev. 2942 m), 2013.VII.9, Yong Zhou leg. ( MAB) ; 12 exs., Qamdo , 2004.VI.7–8, Yibin Ba & Aimin Shi leg. (2 exs. NXU, the remaining MHBU) ; 7 exs., Northern Qamdo , 2009.VIII.3, Jiantao Xiao & Yongchao Zhi leg. (1 ex. NXU, the remaining MHBU) ; 1 ex., Qamdo , Karuo, Wayue (30°53.095′N, 97°20.956′E; elev. 3160 m), 2016.VIII.10, Xiumin Li et al. leg. (MHBUa) ; 1 ex., Jomda , 2004.VII.6, Yibin Ba & Aimin Shi leg. ( MHBU) ; 2 exs., Zogang , 2004.VI.10, Yibin Ba & Aimin Shi leg. ( MHBU) .

Distribution. China: Xizang ( Borchmann, 1917; Bologna, 2008) (Baxoi ( MHBU; Pan et al., 2013), Bowo ( MHBU; Pan et al., 2013), Burang ( Tan, 1981; Wang et al., 2003), Chag’yab ( Tan, 1981; Wang et al., 2003), Gonjo ( Tan, 1981; Wang et al., 2003), Gyangzê ( Blair, 1927), Gyirong ( Tan, 1981), Jomda ( MHBU; Tan, 1981; Wang et al., 2003; Pan et al., 2013), Kangmar ( Tan, 1981; Wang et al., 2003), Markam ( Tan, 1981, 1992; Wang et al., 2003), Nagarzê ( Tan, 1981; Wang et al., 2003), Ngamring ( Tan, 1981; Wang et al., 2003), Nyalam ( Tan, 1981), Qamdo ( MHBU, MHBUa; Tan, 1981; Wang et al., 2003; Pan et al., 2013), Saga ( Tan, 1981; Wang et al., 2003), Tingri ( Blair, 1927; Tan, 1981), Xigazê ( Tan, 1981), Zogang ( MHBU; Tan, 1981; Wang et al., 2003; Pan et al., 2013)), Sichuan, Qinghai; India.

Figures

Figures 13–25. Habitus, dorsal view. 13. Lytta taliana Pic. 14. Meloe servulus Bates. 15. Meloe proscarabaeus proscarabaeus Linnaeus. 16. Meloe scabrus sp. nov. 17. Hycleus cichorii (Linnaeus). 18. Hycleus dorsetiferus Pan, Ren & Wang. 19. Hycleus medioinsignatus (Pic). 20. Hycleus phaleratus phaleratus (Pallas). 21. Pseudabris hingstoni (Blair). 22. Pseudabris latimaculata Pan & Bologna. 23. Pseudabris longiventris (Blair). 24. Pseudabris przewalskyi (Dokhtouroff). 25. Pseudabris regularis Pan & Bologna.