Platyope grumi ( Semenov, 1893 ) Chigray & Nabozhenko & Chigray & Abakumov, 2022

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 : 49

Platyope grumi ( Semenov, 1893) comb. nov.

Figs 5D–H , 13A–D , 21 , 23G , 28E

Material examined

Lectotype designated here CHINA • 1 ♂; bronze circle; “Кульджа 1879. A. Регель” [Kul’dzha; now Yining]; “ Homopsis Grumi m. AS. II.92.”; “104726”; 1879; A. Regel’ leg.; ZIN.

Paralectotypes CHINA • 19 ♂♂, 14 ♀♀; same collection data as for lectotype; ZIN .

Additional material

CHINA • 1 spec.; “Джинхо” [Jinghe]; 13 April 1889; G.E. Grum-Grzhimaylo leg.; ZIN • 1 spec. “ Dzhungarische Wüste Z.T. ” [Dzungarian Desert]; 16 April 1926; S.G. Beick leg.; ZIN .

Distribution

China (Xinjiang: Yining).

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.

Fig. 13. Platyope Fischer von Waldheim, 1820 and Earophanta Semenov, 1903, details of structure. A. P. grumi (Semenov, 1893), paralectotype (ZIN), pronotum. B. Ditto, hemispherical large tubercles and pubescence of pronotum. C. Ditto, base of left elytron. D. Ditto, tubercles and setae on elytron. E. E. serrata (Semenov, 1893) (ZIN), basal half of left elytron. F. Ditto, sculpture and setation of elytron.

Fig. 21. Platyope grumi (Semenov, 1893), genitalia (ZIN). A. Tegmen of aedeagus, ventrally. B. Ditto, dorsally. C. Ditto, laterally. D. Median lobe, ventrally. E. Ditto, dorsally. F. Ditto, laterally. G. Spiculum gastrale, ventrally. H. Ditto, ventro-lateral view. I. ♂, inner sternite VIII. J. ♀, inner sternite VIII and spiculum ventrale.K. ♀, paralectotype?, ovipositor, ventrally. L. Ditto, dorsally. M. Ditto, laterally. Not to scale. Abbreviations: see Material and methods.

Fig. 23. Female genital ducts of Pimeliini. A. Apatopsis grombczewskii Semenov, 1891 (ZIN). B. Habrobates vernalis Semenov, 1903 (ZIN). C. Dietomorpha pardalis Kühnelt, 1957 (ZIN). D. Przewalskia dilatata (Reitter, 1887) (ZIN). E. Mantichorula semenowi Reitter, 1889 (ZIN). F. Platyope leucogramma (Pallas, 1773) (ZIN). G. Platyope grumi (Semenov, 1893), paralectotype (ZIN). H. Earophanta serrata (Semenov, 1893) (ZIN). Not to scale. Abbreviations: see Material and methods.

Fig. 28. Protibiae of Pimeliini, SEM. A. Przewalskia dilatata (Reitter, 1887), ♂ (ZIN), dorsal view. B. Ditto, ventral view. C. Earophanta serrata (Semenov, 1893), ♂ (ZIN), dorsal view. D. Platyope leucogramma (Pallas, 1773),♂ (ZIN), dorsal view.E. Platyope grumi(Semenov, 1893), ♂, paralectotype (ZIN), dorsal view.