Oodescelis (Ovaloodescelis) tibialis ( Ballion, 1878 )

Bai, Xing-Long, Li, Xiu-Min & Ren, Guo-Dong, 2019, A review of the genus Oodescelis Motschulsky, 1845 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae Platyscelidini) from China, Zootaxa 4656 (3), pp. 401-430 : 416-417

Oodescelis (Ovaloodescelis) tibialis ( Ballion, 1878)

( Figs. 14 , 37–38 , 65–66 , 81 )

Platyscelis tibialis Ballion, 1878: 331 .

Oodescelis (Ovaloodescelis) tibialis: Egorov, 2004: 649 ; 2008: 295; 2009a: 60; Ren & Liu, 2009: 1147 (defensive glands). Oodescelis (Clavatoodescelis) sachtlebeni Kaszab, 1940: 980 .

Oodescelis (Clavatoodescelis) curvipes Skopin, 1966: 335 .

Oodescelis (Clavatoodescelis) heptapotamicus Skopin, 1966: 335 .

Type material (studied). Lectotype of Oodescelis (Clavatoodescelis) sachtlebeni , designated here: ♂ ( HNHM), Sibirien, Tarbagatei, Haberhauer 77 // Typus, Oodescelis sachtlebeni m. 1938, Kaszab ( Figs. 65 , 81 ). Paralectotypes of Oodescelis (Clavatoodescelis) sachtlebeni : 1♂ ( HNHM), Thian-S. Tekesthal // Pl. heydeni Seidl., Coll. Reitter // Co-Typus, Oodescelis sachtlebeni m. 1938, Kaszab; 1♂, 1♀ ( HNHM), Haberhauer, Turkestan 89 // Co-Ty- pus, Oodescelis sachtlebeni m. 1938, Kaszab; 1♂ ( HNHM), Alai. g., 6300’, Schahimard // Pl. heydeni Seidl., Coll. Reitter // Co-Typus, Oodescelis sachtlebeni m. sp. 1938, Kaszab; 1♂ ( HNHM), Dschilarik // J. Sahlb. // Pl. heydeni Seidl., Coll. Reitter // Co-Typus, Oodescelis sachtlebeni n. sp. 1938, Kaszab; 1♀ ( HNHM), Dschilarik // J. Sahlb. // Pl. heydeni Seidl., Coll. Reitter // Co-Typus, Oodescelis sachtlebeni m. 1938, Kaszab.

Other material. CHINA: Xinjiang: 2♀♀ ( MHBU), Toli , 1.VIII.1992, Guo-Dong Ren leg. ; 2 ♂♂, 6♀♀ ( MHBU), Toli , 20.VIII.2006, Feng Zhang leg. ; 2 ♂♂, 11♀♀ ( MHBU), Tacheng Pasture, Toli , 2.VIII.1992, Guo- Dong Ren leg. ; 4 ♂♂, 3♀♀ ( MHBU), Liushugou, Toli , 3.VIII.1992, Guo-Dong Ren leg. ; 1♂, 3♀♀ ( MHBU), Toli, Toli , 45.9617° N, 83.6012° E, 955 m, 7.VIII.2018, Xiao-Ying Wei leg. ; 1 ♂ ( MHBU), Burqin , 11.VIII.1992, Guo- Dong Ren leg. ; 1 ♂, 1♀ ( MHBU), Tian Chi [also called Heavenly Lake], Fukang , 14.VII.1993, You-Zhi Yu leg. ; 2♂♂, 2♀♀ ( MHBU), Marelesu, Emin , 46.4808° N, 83.6057° E, 466 m, 7.VIII.2018, Xiao-Ying Wei leg.

Distribution. China: Xinjiang ( Kaszab, 1940; Ren & Yu, 1999; Egorov, 2008); Kazakhstan ( Kaszab, 1940; Ren & Yu, 1999; Egorov, 2008), Kyrgyzstan ( Egorov, 1999, 2008).

Figures

FIGURES 5–14. Male protibiae. 5. Oodescelis acutanguloides; 6. O. oblonga; 7. O. brevipennis brevipennis; 8. O. affinis; 9. O. heydeni; 10. O. ovalis; 11. O. pseudotibialis; 12. O. similis similis; 13. O. subattenuata; 14. O. tibialis.

FIGURES 31–42. Parameres of male aedeagus in dorsal and lateral view. 31–32. Oodescelis pseudotibialis; 33–34. O. similis similis; 35–36. O. subattenuata; 37–38. O. tibialis; 39–40. O. kansouensis; 41–42. O. lii.

FIGURES 61–66. Habitus. 61–62. Oodescelis similis similis (males; 61. lectotype); 63–64. O. subattenuata (males; 63. syntype); 65–66. O. tibialis (males; 65. lectotype of O. sachtlebeni).

FIGURES 73–81. Type labels. 73. Oodescelis acutanguloides; 74. O. kuntzeni; 75. O. brevipennis brevipennis; 76. O. affinis; 77. O. xerophila; 78. O. chinensis; 79. O. similis similis; 80. O. attenuata (= O. subattenuata); 81. O. sachtlebeni.