Platyscelis (Platyscelis) subcordata Seidlitz, 1893

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 : 120

Platyscelis (Platyscelis) subcordata Seidlitz, 1893

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Platyscelis subcordata Seidlitz, 1893: 354 .

Platyscelis (Platyscelis) subcordata: Kaszab, 1940: 921 ; Egorov, 1989: 349; 2004: 661; 2008: 296; 2009: 67; Yu et al., 1993: 73 (larvae); Yu et al., 2000: 163 (larvae); Zhang et al., 2000: 36 (biology).

Platyscelis strigicollis Lewis, 1895: 447 (synonymized by Kaszab, 1940: 921).

Material. CHINA: 1♂ ( HNHM), China // det. dr. Kaszab ; 1♂ ( HNHM), China , Coll. J. Clermont // det. dr. Kaszab ; 1♂ ( HNHM), coll. Kraatz // det. dr. Kaszab ; 1♂, 1♀ ( HNHM), det. dr. Kaszab; Heilongjiang : 2♂♂, 2♀♀ ( IZCAS), Harbin , 2.VIII.1953; Shandong : 1♂ ( HNHM), China Chefoo // subcordata Sdl. , det. dr. Kaszab ; 1♀ ( HNHM), China Chefoo // Collect. Hauser // det. dr. Kaszab ; 1♀ ( HNHM), Tsingtau // det. dr. Kaszab ; 2♂♂, 1♀ ( IZCAS), Musée Heude, Tsinanfou , Long-tong, 500 à 700 m ; 1♀ ( MHBU), Shilan , 17.V.1951 ; 2♂♂, 1♀ ( MHBU), Yangma Island, Muping, Yantai , 30.VI.1995, You-Zhi Yu leg. ; 1♀ ( MHBU), Daze Shan, Pingdu , 26.V.2007, Ji-Liang Wang & Feng-Yan Wang leg. ; 1♀ ( MHBU), Niushankou, Taian , 4.VII.2011 .

Distribution. China: Beijing ( Egorov, 2008), Hebei ( Egorov, 2008), Heilongjiang (new record), Liaoning ( Kaszab, 1940; Egorov, 2008), Ningxia ( Wang, Ren & Liu, 1992), North-Eastern ( Egorov, 1989), Shandong ( Kaszab, 1940; Egorov, 2008), Shanxi ( Kaszab, 1940; Egorov, 2008), Taiwan ( Miwa, 1931; Kaszab, 1940); Japan ( Lewis, 1895; Kaszab, 1940).

Remarks. P. subcordata was recorded from Taiwan by Miwa (1931), Kaszab (1940) could not find the specimen(s) although he recognised the authenticity of its distribution. P. strigicollis was described from Japan by Lewis (1895). However, there were no distribution records of Taiwan and Japan by Egorov (2008), probably considered of transporting goods (e.g., woods) by human. In the recent study, precious specimens of P. ovata Ballion, 1878 have been collected from Qinghai, Gansu, Inner Mongolia and Guangxi, (see material of P. ovata ), and Oodescelis (Acutoodescelis) sp. from Taiwan (not published yet), and also Oodescelis sp. from Hubei (not published yet). Therefore, the distribution records of Taiwan and Japan should be restored.

Figures

FIGURES 21–36. Parameres of male aedeagus in dorsal and lateral view. 21–22. Platyscelis freyi; 23–24. P. gebieni; 25–26. P. helanensis; 27–28. P. licenti; 29–30. P. subcordata; 31–32. P. suiyuana; 33–34. P. ovata; 35–36. P. striata.

FIGURES 57–62. Habitus. 57–58. Platyscelis helanensis (57. male, holotype; 58. female, paratype); 59–60. P. licenti (males, 59. lectotype); 61. P. subcordata (male); 62. P. suiyuana (male, paralectotype).