Parastasia alternata Arrow, 1899

Zhao, Ming-Zhi, 2019, Notes on the genus Parastasia Westwood (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) from China, with description of a new species, Zootaxa 4613 (2), pp. 240-250 : 247-248

Parastasia alternata Arrow, 1899

( Figs. 33, 38, 39 )

Parastasia alternata Arrow, 1899: 489 [description]; Ohaus 1900: 246 [catalogued, in P. discolor species-group]; Arrow 1917: 45 [redescription, key]; Ohaus 1918: 34 [catalogued]; Ohaus 1934: 102 [catalogued]; Machatschke 1972: 41 [catalogued]; Kuijten 1992: 21 [redescription and key, figured]; Zorn 2006: 277 [catalogued]; Zorn & Bezděk 2016: 357 [catalogued].

Material examined (1♂, 1♀). 1♂ ( CCCC), CHINA: Xizang, Nyingchi City , Mêdog County, 80k, 2013. VIII.12, Xiao-Dong Yang leg. ; 1♀ ( CCCC), CHINA: Xizang, Nyingchi City, Mêdog County, Hanmi , 2011. VII.29, Xiao- Dong Yang leg.

Remarks. The specimens from China match the description and figures of the lectotype provided by Kuijten (1992).

Distribution. China (new record): Xizang; India; Bhutan; ‘Himalaya region’.

Figures

FIGURES 27–39. Habitus and aedeagus of Parastasia spp. 27–28, 34–35, male of P. oberthueri oberthueri (China: Guangxi); 29, female of P. oberthueri oberthueri (China: Guangxi); 30–31, 36–37, male of P. oberthueri ishigakiana (China: Taiwan); 32, female of P. oberthueri ishigakiana (China: Taiwan); 33, 38–39, P. alternata (China: Tibet); 27, 29–30, 32–33, habitus in dorsal view; 28, 31, habitus in ventral view; 34, 36, 38, aedeagus in dorsal view; 35, 37, 39, aedeagus in lateral view.