Platyope granulata Fischer von Waldheim, 1820

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 granulata Fischer von Waldheim, 1820

Fig. 5I

Material examined

KAZAKHSTAN • 32 ♂♂, 25 ♀♀; Kumtobe sands ; 19 Jun. 1910; G.G. Jacobson leg.; ZIN • 2 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀; Zaysan , Aygyrkum; 8 Jun. 1958; N.G. Skopin leg.; ZIN • 2 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; 9 Jun. 1958; ZIN • 2 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; 10 Jun. 1958; ZIN • 1 ♂; Karatal sands ; 16 Jun. 1964; P.Yu. Gorbunov leg.; ZIN .

RUSSIA • 2 ♂♂; “Sibir.”; ZIN .

Distribution

Eastern Kazakhstan (new record for the country), China (Xinjiang).

Figures

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.