Platyope leucogramma (Pallas, 1781)

Chigray, Svetlana N., Nabozhenko, Maxim V., Chigray, Ivan A. & Abakumov, Evgeny V., 2022, A revision of the Palaearctic Pimeliini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae): a comparative analysis and systematic position of Eastern European and Asian taxa with dorso-lateral eyes, European Journal of Taxonomy 809, pp. 1-71 : 43-45

Platyope leucogramma (Pallas, 1781)

Figs 4E–F , 5 AC, 12C–F, 20, 23F, 24D, 26H, 28D

Material examined

KAZAKHSTAN • 6 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀; Bol’shiye Barsuki ; 28 Apr. 1904; V.A. Dubyansky leg.; ZIN • 4 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; 20 May 1906; L. Berg leg.; ZIN • 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀; near Temir; 1 May 1905; B.P. Uvarov leg.; ZIN • 1 ♀; Temir, Kumkuduk ; 30 May 1908; D.N. Borodin leg.; ZIN • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; B.P. Uvarov leg.; ZIN • 8 ♂♂, 6 ♀♀; near Shalkar [Chelkar], Bol’shiye Barsuki ; N.V. Androsov leg.; ZIN • 8 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀; Petrovo, Embulatovka River ; 2–3 June 1949; K.G. Romadina leg.; ZIN • 5 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀; Yanvarcevo, right bank of Ural River; 23 Jun. 1949; L.V. Arnol’di leg.; ZIN • 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀; sands of Atyrau [= Guryev]; 3 May 1951; L.V. Arnol’di leg.; ZIN • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; K.G. Romadina leg.; ZIN • 3 ♂♂, 6 ♀♀; Kzyl-Chachyl ; 9 Jun. 1952; L.V. Arnol’di leg.; ZIN • 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀; Karaagach 60 km NW of Zhanaarka; 19 May 1962; L.V. Arnol’di leg.; ZIN • 4 ♂♂, 7 ♀♀; sands 12 km N of Kensu; 28 May 1962; L.V. Arnol’di leg.; ZIN • 4 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀; Zaysan; ZIN • 4 specs; Atyrau Region, Akkiztogay ; 9 Jun. 1980, 20 June 1980; E.A. Khachikov leg.; CMN .

RUSSIA • 8 ♂♂, 9 ♀♀; “Sibir. occ.” [ Eastern Siberia ]; ZIN • 2 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀; Volgograd Region, Sarepta ; 13 Jun. 1891; A.K. Becker leg.; ZIN • 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; G.L. Suvorov leg.; ZIN • 3 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀; Volgograd Region, Volzhsky ; 30 Apr. 2016; M.V. Mokrousov leg.; ZIN • 2 ♀♀; Kalmykia, Artezian , 26 Apr.–2 May 1998; I.V. Shokhin leg. ZMSFU • 1 spec.; Kalmykia, Artezian, Kuma River bank ; 18 May 2013; I.V. Shokhin leg.; CMN • 3 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀; Astrakhan Region, Selitrennoye ; 2 Feb. 1910; Chernavin leg.; ZIN • 2 specs; Rostov Region, Nizhnekundryuchenskaya ; 1 May 1997; CMN • 11 specs; Rostov Region, Tsymlansk sands near Nizhnegnutov; 7–10 May 1998; M.V. Nabozhenko, D.A. Dubovikoff, L.V. Markitan leg.; ZMSFU, CMN .

Distribution

South of the European part of Russia ( Rostov, Stavropol, Volgograd, Astrakhan regions, Kalmykia, Chechnya, Dagestan,), North Kazakhstan from Volga River to Zaysan Lake.

Figures

Fig. 4. Species of the genera Przewalskia Semenov, 1893, Mantichorula Reitter, 1889 and Platyope Fischer von Waldheim, 1820, habitus. A. Przewalskia dilatata (Reitter, 1887), ♀ (ZIN), dorsal view. B. Ditto, ventral view. C. M. semenowi Reitter, 1889, ♂ (ZIN), dorsal view. D. Ditto, ventral view. E. Platyope leucogramma (Pallas, 1773), ♂ (ZIN), dorsal view. F. Ditto, ventral view.

Fig. 5. Species of the genus Platyope Fischer von Waldheim, 1820, details of structure and habitus. A. P. leucogramma (Pallas, 1773), ♂ (ZIN), prosternal process, ventral view. B. Ditto, ventral view. C. Ditto, dorso-lateral view. D. P. grumi (Semenov, 1893), ♂, paralectotype (ZIN), prosternal process, ventral view. E. Ditto, lateral view. F. Ditto, dorso-lateral view. G. Ditto, habitus, dorsal view. H. Ditto, ventral view. I. P. granulata Fischer von Waldheim, 1820, ♂ (ZIN), habitus, dorsal view.