Oodescelis (Ovaloodescelis) ovalis ( Ballion, 1878 )

Bai, Xing-Long, Li, Xiu-Min & Ren, Guo-Dong, 2019, A review of the genus Oodescelis Motschulsky, 1845 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae Platyscelidini) from China, Zootaxa 4656 (3), pp. 401-430 : 414-415

Oodescelis (Ovaloodescelis) ovalis ( Ballion, 1878)

( Figs. 10 , 29–30 , 58–59 , 78 )

Platyscelis ovalis Ballion, 1878: 329 .

Oodescelis ovalis: Skopin, 1973: 871 .

Oodescelis (Ovaloodescelis) ovalis: Egorov, 2004: 649 ; 2008: 295; 2009a: 60.

Oodescelis (Ovaloodescelis) przewalskii Bogatchev, 1946: 436 .

Oodescelis (Ovaloodescelis) chinensis Kaszab, 1962: 84 ; Zhao, 1963: 31; Yu et al., 1993: 73 (larvae); Ren & Yu, 1999: 297; Yu et al., 1999: 365 (pupae); Ren et al., 2000: 4 (list of larvae); Yu et al., 2000: 163 (larvae); Ren & Liu, 2009: 1147 (defensive glands); Wang et al., 2012: 245 (teratological larvae); Wang et al., 2015: 694 (antifreeze protein genes); Zhang et al., 2015: 519 (antifreeze protein genes).

Type material (studied). Paratypes of Oodescelis (Ovaloodescelis) przewalskii : 1♂ ( HNHM), Окр. КульДЖИ, А . Регель, 1879 // Oodescelis przewalskii , cotype, sp. n., Bogatchev det. // Paratypus; 1♂ ( HNHM), Окр. КульДЖИ , А. Регель, 22.IV.79 // Ood. przewalskii m., Bogatchev det. // Paratypus; 1♀ ( HNHM), II/ 2.VIII.77 // Oodescelis przewalskii sp. n., cotype, Bogatchev det. // Paratypus. Paratype of Oodescelis (Ovaloodescelis) chinensis : 1♂ ( HNHM), Ili, Xinjiang, 1959.7.7 [in Chinese] // Chinese Academy of Sciences, Barley, Oat, 5665, 10 [in Chinese] // 144 // Lyni, 7.VII.59, Sinkiang // Paratypus, Oodescelis chinensis Kaszab, 1960 ( Figs. 58 , 78 ).

Other material. CHINA: Xinjiang: 1♀ ( HNHM), WUSTE GOBI, Takla-Makan, Coll. Hauser 1900 // coll. Dr. J. Fodor // det. L. Egorov, 1989; 1 ♂ ( MHBU), Ürümqi , 19.VI.1984, Qing-Xi Li leg. ; 1♀ ( MHBU), Jinjier, Nanshan, Ürümqi , 21.V.1987, Ling Meng leg. ; 2 ♂♂ ( MHBU), Yongfeng, Ürümqi , 15.VII.1993, You-Zhi Yu leg. ; 1 ♂, 4♀♀ ( MHBU), Houxia, Ürümqi , 28.VII.2006, Guo-Dong Ren & Yi-Bin Ba leg. ; 77 ♂♂, 38♀♀ ( MHBU), Shi- rengou, Midong [formerly known as Miquan], Ürümqi , 12.VIII.2007, Cheng-Li Zhang & Xin-Pu Wang leg. ; 2♀♀ ( MHBU), Nanshankou Prairie Station, Hami , 19.VII.1989, Guo-Dong Ren leg. ; 18 ♂♂, 6♀♀ ( MHBU), Koumenzi, Hami , 19.VII.1995, Guo-Dong Ren leg. ; 3 ♂♂, 6♀♀ ( MHBU), Koumenzi, Hami , 19.VII.1995, Quan-Xing Sun leg. ; 12 ♂♂, 4♀♀ ( MHBU), Hami , 24–25.VII.2006, Feng Zhang leg. ; 16♂♂, 19♀♀ ( MHBU), Huancaigou, Mt. Tian, Hami , 43°14.384′ N, 93°43.022′ E, 2222 m, 29.VII.2018, Xing-Long Bai, Zhong-Hua Wei, Zi-Yuan Hu & Ming- Min Ma leg. ; 1♀ ( MHBU), Shiyue, Xinyuan , 15.VII.1991 ; 1 ♂, 1♀ ( MHBU), Xinyuan , 2800 m, 4.VIII.1996, You- Zhi Yu leg. ; 1♀ ( MHBU), Xinyuan , 2800 m, 4.VIII.1996, Xin-Pu Wang leg. ; 8♂♂, 5♀♀ ( MHBU), Alati, Xinyuan , 43.3087° N, 84.1219° E, 1431 m, 2.VIII.2018, Xiao-Ying Wei leg. ; 1♀ ( MHBU), Alati, Xinyuan , 43.308746° N, 84.121872° E, 1431 m, 2.VIII.2018, Zhi-Zhong Gao, Wei-Tong Wang & Wei-Long Tan leg. ; 18♂♂, 16♀♀ ( MHBU), Talede, Xinyuan , 43.3364° N, 82.9824° E, 852 m, 3.VIII.2018, Xiao-Ying Wei leg. ; 7 ♂♂, 4♀♀ ( MHBU), Balguntay, Hejing , 8.VII.1993, You-Zhi Yu leg. ; 19 ♂♂, 28♀♀ ( MHBU), Balguntay, Hejing , 28.VII.2006, Guo- Dong Ren & Yi-Bin Ba leg. ; 1 ♂ ( MHBU), Künes Bridge, Hejing , 1100 m, 29.VII.1995, Quan-Xing Sun leg. ; 1 ♂ ( MHBU), Barkol , 1100 m, 19.VII.1995, Guo-Dong Ren leg. ; 3 ♂♂, 4♀♀ ( MHBU), Songshutang, Barkol , 43°21.781′ N, 89°37.660′ E, 2062 m, 31.VII.2010, Xin-Pu Wang & Zhao Pan leg. ; 4 ♂♂, 2♀♀ ( MHBU), Guozigou, Huocheng , 1.VIII.2007, Cheng-Li Zhang & Xin-Pu Wang leg. ; 2 ♂♂ ( MHBU), Kuerdening, Gongliu , 4–5.VIII.2007, Cheng-Li Zhang & Xin-Pu Wang leg. ; 2 ♂♂, 2♀♀ ( MHBU), Biliuhe, Qitai , 43°42.199′ N, 89°35.309′ E, 1452 m, 5.VIII.2010, Xin-Pu Wang & Zhao Pan leg. ; 16♂♂, 18♀♀ ( MHBU), Xiaquan, Baiyanghe, Mori , 43°44.762′ N, 90°26.062′ E, 1484 m, 29.VII.2018, Xing-Long Bai, Zhong-Hua Wei, Zi-Yuan Hu & Ming-Min Ma leg. ; 2♂♂, 4♀♀ ( MHBU), Xindi, Jimsar , 43°50.541′ N, 88°59.263′ E, 1425 m, 31.VII.2018, Xing-Long Bai, Zhong-Hua Wei, Zi-Yuan Hu & Ming-Min Ma leg. ; 15♂♂, 18♀♀ ( MHBU), Taxihe, Manas , 44.1059° N, 86.3454° E, 765 m, 1.VIII.2018, Xiao- Ying Wei leg.

Distribution. China: Xinjiang ( Kaszab, 1940, 1962; Bogatchev, 1946; Ren & Yu, 1999; Egorov, 2008).

Figures

FIGURES 5–14. Male protibiae. 5. Oodescelis acutanguloides; 6. O. oblonga; 7. O. brevipennis brevipennis; 8. O. affinis; 9. O. heydeni; 10. O. ovalis; 11. O. pseudotibialis; 12. O. similis similis; 13. O. subattenuata; 14. O. tibialis.

FIGURES 15–30. Parameres of male aedeagus in dorsal and lateral view. 15–16. Oodescelis punctatissima emmerichi; 17–18. O. punctatissima henanana; 19–20. O. punctatissima punctatissima; 21–22. O. pyripenis; 23–24. O. acutanguloides; 25–26. O. oblonga; 27–28. O. affinis; 29–30. O. ovalis.

FIGURES 55–60. Habitus. 55–56. Oodescelis affinis (males; 55. lectotype); 57. O. heydeni (male, paratype of O. xerophila); 58–59. O. ovalis (males; 58. paratype of O. chinensis); 60. O. pseudotibialis (male).

FIGURES 73–81. Type labels. 73. Oodescelis acutanguloides; 74. O. kuntzeni; 75. O. brevipennis brevipennis; 76. O. affinis; 77. O. xerophila; 78. O. chinensis; 79. O. similis similis; 80. O. attenuata (= O. subattenuata); 81. O. sachtlebeni.