Przewalskia dilatata ( Reitter, 1887 )

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 : 31

Przewalskia dilatata ( Reitter, 1887)

Figs 4A–B , 11A–D , 18 , 23D , 24B , 26E , 28A–B

Material examined

Lectotype of Platyope dilatata designated here CHINA • 1♂; “Prj 85” [green label]; “(Przewalsky) Nördlichen Tibet”; “Typus Platyope ditatata Rtt. Coll. Reitter ”; “ Platyope dilatata m.”; N.M. Przewalsky leg.; HNHM.

Paralectotype CHINA • 1 spec.; “IV” [green label]; “Prj 85”; “Typus Platyope dilatata Rtt. Coll. Reitter ”; HNHM .

Additional material

CHINA • 10 ♂♂, 7 ♀♀; Niya ; 3 Mar. 1890; M.V. Pevtsov leg.; ZIN • 10 ♂♂, 6 ♀♀; same collection data as for paralectotype; 1–20 Apr. 1890; ZIN • 21 ♂♂, 40 ♀♀; between Keriya and Niya; 8 Mar. 1890; B.L. Grombchevsky leg.; ZIN • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Keriya ; 5 Mar. 1890; B.L. Grombchevsky leg.; ZIN • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 6–11 Apr. 1890; ZIN • 15 ♂♂, 10 ♀♀; Karasay ; May 1890; M.V. Pevtsov leg.; ZIN • 7 ♂♂, 15 ♀♀; Niya ; 1891; V.I. Robarovsky leg.; ZIN • 1 spec.; Turk. Chin. [Turkestanian China], Keria ; 5 Mar. 1890; B.L. Grombchevsky leg.; HNHM • 1 spec.; Sinkiang [Xinjiang]; 5 May 1960; unknown collector; HNHM .

Distribution

China (Xinjiang: Taklamakan Desert; Qinghai).

Figures

Fig. 4. Species of the genera Przewalskia Semenov, 1893, Mantichorula Reitter, 1889 and Platyope Fischer von Waldheim, 1820, habitus. A. Przewalskia dilatata (Reitter, 1887), ♀ (ZIN), dorsal view. B. Ditto, ventral view. C. M. semenowi Reitter, 1889, ♂ (ZIN), dorsal view. D. Ditto, ventral view. E. Platyope leucogramma (Pallas, 1773), ♂ (ZIN), dorsal view. F. Ditto, ventral view.

Fig. 11. Przewalskia Semenov, 1893 and Mantichorula Reitter, 1889, details of structure. A. P. dilatata (Reitter, 1887), ♂ (ZIN), pronotum. B. Ditto, hemispherical large tubercles on pronotum. C. Ditto, base of left elytron. D. Ditto, pubescence of elytron. E. M. semenowi Reitter, 1889, ♂ (ZIN), pronotum. F. Ditto, tubercles and setation on sides of pronotum.

Fig. 18. Przewalskia dilatata (Reitter, 1887), 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. H. ♂, inner sternite VIII.I. ♀, inner sternite VIII and spiculum ventrale.J. Ovipositor, ventrally. K. Ditto, dorsally. L. 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. 24. Apical antennomeres of different taxa of Pimeliini. A. Habrobates vernalis Semenov, 1903 ♂, paralectotype (ZIN). B. Przewalskia dilatata (Reitter, 1887), ♂. C. Mantichorula semenowi Reitter, 1889, ♂ (ZIN). D. Platyope leucogramma (Pallas, 1773), ♀. E. Earophanta serrata (Semenov, 1893), ♂ (ZIN).

Fig. 26. Protibiae of Pimeliini, optic microscopy. A. Habrochiton vernus Semenov-Tjan-Shansky, 1907, ♂, lectotype (ZIN). B. Habrobates gabrieli (Schuster, 1935) comb. nov., paralectotype (NMB). C. Dietomorpha pardalis Kühnelt, 1957, ♂ (ZIN). D. Mantichorula semenowi Reitter, 1889, ♂ (ZIN). E. Przewalskia dilatata (Reitter, 1887), ♂ (ZIN). F. Apatopsis grombczewskii Semenov, 1891, ♀, paralectotype (ZIN). G. Earophanta serrata (Semenov, 1893), ♂ (ZIN). H. Platyope leucogramma (Pallas, 1773), ♂ (ZIN). Not to scale.

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.