Platyscelis (Platyscelis) confusa Schuster, 1934

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 : 113

Platyscelis (Platyscelis) confusa Schuster, 1934

( Figs. 17–18 , 50–51 , 69 )

Platyscelis (Platyscelis) confusa Schuster, 1934: 75 ; Kaszab, 1940: 922 (synonym of Platyscelis hauseri Reitter, 1899 ); Egorov, 2004: 661; 2008: 296; 2009: 67.

Platyscelis hauseri Reitter, 1899: 205 (homonymy).

Platyscelis (Platyscelis) hauseri: Kaszab, 1940: 922 ; Egorov, 1989: 350; Ren & Yu, 1999: 305.

Type material (studied). Lectotype, designated here: ♂ ( HNHM), Kuku-noor // Typus, Platyscelis hauseri Reitter ( Figs. 50 , 69 ) . Paralectotypes: 1♀ ( HNHM), Kuku-noor // Pl. hauseri m. 1899 // Typus, Platyscelis hauseri Reitter, Coll. Reitter ; 1♂, 1♀ ( HNHM), Kuku-noor // Co-Typus, Platyscelis hauseri Reitter ; 1♂ ( HNHM), Kukunoor // Co-Typus, Platyscelis hauseri Reitter // Platyscelis hauseri Reitt. , det. L. Egorov 1989 .

Other material. CHINA: 4♂♂, 1♀ ( HNHM), Central-China, Richthofen-Geb., Umg. Tenkar , 17.V.1951, P. Eixhinger leg. // Dr Z. Kaszab det.; Qinghai : 2♂♂, 1♀ ( HNHM), THIBET, Kuku-Nor , 3200 m, F. Hauser 1898 // Collect. Hauser // det. dr. Kaszab ; 1♂ ( HNHM), THIBET, Kuku-Nor , 3200 m, Coll. Hsr 98 // coll. Dr.J.Fodor // det. L. Egorov, 1989 ; 1♂ ( HNHM), THIBET, Kuku-Nor , 3200 m, F. Hauser 1898 // coll. Dr.J.Fodor // det. L. Egorov, 1989 ; 1♂ ( MHBU), Ledu , VII.1984, coll. NWAFU ; 1♂ ( MHBU), Xining , 12.IV.1990, Chang-Hao Ma leg.

Distribution. China: Gansu ( Kaszab, 1940; Ren & Yu, 1999; Egorov, 2008), Qinghai ( Kaszab, 1940; Ren & Yu, 1999; Egorov, 2008).

Figures

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;

FIGURES 45–50. Habitus. 45. Platyscelis angusticollis platytarsis (male); 46. P. bogatshevi (male); 47–49. P. brevis (47. female, paralectotype of P. ballioni; 48. female; 49. male); 50. P. confusa (male, lectotype).

FIGURES 51–56. Habitus. 51. Platyscelis confusa (male); 52–53. P. densipunctata (52. male, holotype; 53. female, paratype); 54. P. freyi (male); 55–56. P. gebieni (males, 55. lectotype).

FIGURES 63–72. Habitus and type labels. 63–65. Habitus: 63. Platyscelis suiyuana (male); 64. P. ovata (male); 65. P. striata (male). 66–72. Type labels: 66. P. angusticollis angusticollis; 67. P. angusticollis platytarsis; 68. P. ballioni; 69. P. hauseri (= P. confusa); 70. P. gebieni; 71. P. licenti; 72. P. suiyuana.