Platyscelis (Pleiopleura) striata Motschulsky, 1859

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 : 123-124

Platyscelis (Pleiopleura) striata Motschulsky, 1859

( Figs. 35–36 , 65 )

Platyscelis striata Motschulsky, 1859: 307 .

Pleiopleura striata: Seidlitz, 1893: 343 .

Platyscelis (Pleiopleura) striata: Kaszab, 1940: 914 ; Egorov, 1989: 338, 348; 2004: 660; 2008: 296; 2009: 66; Ren & Yu, 1999: 303; Yu et al., 1999: 365 (pupae); Yu et al., 2000: 163 (larvae); Ren et al., 2000: 4 (catalogue of larvae); Ye et al., 2003: 286 (defensive gland).

Platyscelis sulcata Ballion, 1878: 322 (synonymized by Egorov, 1989: 338).

Pleiopleura sulcata: Seidlitz, 1893: 343 .

Platyscelis (Pleiopleura) sulcata: Kaszab, 1940: 913 .

Platyscelis (Pleiopleura) przewalskii Bogatchev, 1961: 109 (synonymized by Egorov, 1989: 338).

Material. CHINA: Xinjiang: 1♂ ( HNHM), China occ. Turfan // Typus, Platyscelis striata v. coriacea m. 1940, Dr Kaszab [not published] ; 1♂ ( HNHM), China occ. Turfan // Co-Typus , Platyscelis striata v. coriacea m. 1940, Dr Kaszab [not published] ; 1♀ ( HNHM), China, Turfan // Co-Typus , Platyscelis striata v. coriacea m. 1940, Dr Kaszab [not published] ; 1♀ ( HNHM), Co-Typus , Platyscelis striata v. coriacea m. 1940, Dr Kaszab [not published] ; 1♂, 11♀♀ ( HNHM), China, Turfan // det. dr. Kaszab ; 2♂♂, 2♀♀ ( HNHM), China occ. Turfan // det. dr. Kaszab ; 1♂ ( HNHM), Thian-Schan // det. dr. Kaszab [ Platyscelis sulcata ] ; 1♀ ( HNHM), WUSTE GOBI, Takla-Makan, Coll. Hauser 1900 // Coll. Reitter // det. dr. Kaszab [ Platyscelis sulcata ]; 2♂♂ ( MHBU), Tekes , 11.VI.1984, Guo-Dong Ren leg. ; 1♀ ( MHBU), Tekes , 6.IX.1990, Guo-Dong Ren leg. ; 1♂, 1♀ ( MHBU), Ürümqi , 13.IX.1984, Qing-Xi Li leg. ; 1♀ ( MHBU), Ürümqi , 21.V.1987, Bao-Ping Li leg. ; 3♂♂, 4♀♀ ( MHBU), Baiyanggou, Ürümqi , 15.VII.1993, You-Zhi Yu leg. ; 1♂ ( MHBU), Balguntay, Hejing , 8.VII.1993, You-Zhi Yu leg. ; 1♂ ( MHBU), Usu , 22.VII.1995, Quan-Xing Sun leg. ; 1♀ ( MHBU), Sanchakou, Gongliu , 28.VII.1995, Quan-Xing Sun leg. ; 2♂♂, 4♀♀ ( MHBU), Zhaosu , 27.VII.1995, Guo-Dong Ren leg. ; 1♂ ( MHBU), Zhaosu , 30–31.V.2006, Yi-Bin Ba leg. ; 1♂, 1♀ ( MHBU), Wenquan, Zhaosu , 2200 m, 21–23.VII.2003, Ming-Yi Tian leg. ; 8♂♂, 7♀♀ ( MHBU), Poma, Zhaosu , 25–26.VI.2009, Cheng-Li Zhang & Zhao Pan leg. KAZAKHSTAN: 6♂♂ ( HNHM), Turkestan , Almasy 1906 // Przewalsky // det. dr. Kaszab ; 2♂♂ ( HNHM), Turkestan, Almasy 1906 // Przewalsky, Vall. Karakol // det. dr. Kaszab ; 3♂♂ ( HNHM), Turkestan , Almasy 1906 // Naryn Kol // det. dr. Kaszab ; 1♀ ( HNHM), Turkestan, Reitter // Coll. Reitter // det. dr. Kaszab; 1♂ ( HNHM), Turkestan, Reitter // Coll. Reitter // det. dr. Kaszab [ Platyscelis sulcata ]; 1♀ ( HNHM), Turkestan // Coll. Reitter // det. dr. Kaszab [ Platyscelis sulcata ]; 1♂ ( HNHM), Turkestan // det. dr. Kaszab [ Platyscelis sulcata ] ; 3♂♂, 2♀♀ ( HNHM), Turkestan, Almasy 1906 // Tekkes Sary Tor // det. dr. Kaszab [ Platyscelis sulcata ] .

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

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 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.