Platyope unicolor Zubkov, 1829

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 : 45

Platyope unicolor Zubkov, 1829

Fig. 25A

Material examined

KAZAKHSTAN • 1 ♂; Temir , Kumkuduk; 29 May 1908; D.N. Borodin, B.P. Uvarov leg.; ZIN • 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀; near Yanvarcevo; 21 May 1949; K.G. Romadina leg.; ZIN • 2 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀; Petrovo , Embulatovka River; 2–3 Jun. 1949; K.G. Romadina leg.; ZIN • 5 ♂♂, 7 ♀♀; Yanvarcevo , right bank of Ural River; 13 May 1950; K.G. Romadina leg.; ZIN .

RUSSIA • 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀; “Russia merid.”; Reitter leg.; ZIN • 1 spec.; Kalmykia, Utta ; 24 May 1975; I.A. Fomichev leg.; CMN • 10 specs; Kalmykia, Rybachiy , 14–16 May 1974, 20 May 1978; A. Fomichev leg.; ZMSFU • 3 specs; Kalmykia, Rybachiy , 15 May 1978; Yu.G. Arzanov leg.; ZMSFU • 2 specs; Dagestan, Nogayskiy Distr., Kuma River sands; 10 May 1990; Yu.G. Arzanov leg.; CMN .

Distribution

South of the European part of Russia (Kalmykia, Dagestan), Western Kazakhstan (Aktobe, Atyrau regions).

Figures

Fig. 25. Closure of procoxal cavities of Platyope Fischer von Waldheim, 1820 and Earophanta Semenov, 1903, posterior view. A. Externally open procoxal cavities of Platyope unicolor Zubkov, 1829 (ZMSFU). B. Externally closed procoxal cavities of Earophanta serrata (Semenov, 1893), ♂ (ZIN). Arrows indicate postcoxal bridge. Not to scale.