Platyscelis (Platyscelis) amdoensis Egorov, 1989

Bai, Xing-Long & Ren, Guo-Dong, 2019, Revision of the genus Platyscelis Latreille, 1818 from China (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Platyscelidini), Zootaxa 4609 (1), pp. 101-126 : 106

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4609.1.4

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5943544

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scientific name

Platyscelis (Platyscelis) amdoensis Egorov, 1989
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Platyscelis (Platyscelis) amdoensis Egorov, 1989

( Figs. 2 View FIGURES 1–2 , 7–8 View FIGURES 5–20 , 41 View FIGURES 39–44 )

Platyscelis (Platyscelis) amdoensis Egorov, 1989: 347 ; 2004: 661; 2008: 296; 2009: 67.

Material. CHINA: Gansu: 3♂♂, 2♀♀ ( HNHM), N.W.-China, Kansu, Minshan, Gebiet zw. Min u.Tao , VI.- VII.1948 u.49, leg. Pater Eichinger // ballioni Rtt., Dr Z. Kaszab det. // Platyscelis ballioni Reitt. , det. L. Egorov 1989 [misidentification] ; 1♂, 2♀♀ ( MHBU), Wanmao, Jonȇ , 34°50.233′ N, 103°07.579′ E, 3130 m, 5.VIII.2012, Guo-Dong Ren et al. leg GoogleMaps .

Distribution. China: Gansu ( Egorov, 1989).

Remarks. This species was described from Amdos highland, Gansu [including Gannan and parts of Tianzhu] with three specimens (2♂♂, 1♀), posterior angles of pronotum rectangular and sharp, median depression on dorsal surface of parameres extended to base in the original description. In this study, eight specimens were examined and their posterior angles rectangular but not sharp ( Fig. 2 View FIGURES 1–2 : A), median depression also not extended to base ( Figs. 2 View FIGURES 1–2 : I, 7). According to the locality, body size and other diagnostic characters of these specimens are almost same as P. amdoensis , we regarded them as variability of this species.

Egorov, L. V. (1989) Review of tenebrionid beetles of the genus Platyscelis Latr. (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) of the fauna of the USSR. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 68 (2), 336 - 352. [in Russian, English translation: Entomological Review, 1989, 68 (6), 89 - 108]

Egorov, L. V. (2004) The classification of tenebrionid beetles of the tribe Platyscelidini (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) of the world fauna. Entomologicheskoe obozrenie, 83 (3), 581 - 613 [in Russian, English translation: Entomological Review, 84 (6), 641 - 666.

Egorov, L. V. (2008) Tribe Platyscelidini Lacordaire, 1859. In: Lobl, I. & Smetana, A. (Eds), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 5. Tenebrionoidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, pp. 291 - 297.

Egorov, L. V. (2009) Darkling beetles of the tribe Platyscelidini (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) of the world: morphology, zoogeography, system. Meetings in memory of N. A. Cholodkovsky. Iss. 61 (1). Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, 122 pp.

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FIGURES 1–2. (A–K). Male characters. 1. Platyscelis acutipenis; 2. P. amdoensis; A. pronotum; B. antenna; C. protarsi; D. protibiae; E. mesotibiae; F. mesotarsi; G. metatibiae; H. metatarsi; I–K. aedeagus in dorsal, lateral and ventral view. Measuring scale = 0.5 mm.

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FIGURES 5–20. Parameres of male aedeagus in dorsal and lateral view. 5–6. Platyscelis acutipenis; 7–8. P. amdoensis; 9–10. P. angusticollis angusticollis; 11–12. P. angusticollis platytarsis; 13–14. P. bogatshevi; 15–16. P. brevis; 17–18. P. confusa;

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FIGURES 39–44. Habitus. 39–40. Platyscelis acutipenis (39. male, holotype; 40. female, paratype); 41. P. amdoensis (male); 42–43. P. angusticollis angusticollis (males; 42. lectotype); 44. P. angusticollis platytarsis (male, lectotype).

HNHM

Hungarian Natural History Museum (Termeszettudomanyi Muzeum)

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Tenebrionidae

Genus

Platyscelis

SubGenus

Platyscelis