Hydrocassis scapulata Deyrolle & Fairmaire, 1878

Jia, Fenglong & Zhao, Shuang, 2013, Descriptions of eleven Opatrini pupae (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) from China, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 53 (1), pp. 127-139 : 134-135

Hydrocassis scapulata Deyrolle & Fairmaire, 1878

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Material examined. CHINA: HEBEI: 2 spec. ( IZCAS): Hebei, Wulingshan , 6.x.1993, lgt. Peiyu Yu . SICHUAN: 1 spec. ( IZCAS): Baoxing , 1500 m, 13.viii.1995, Peiyu Yu lgt .; 1 spec. ( IZCAS): Baoxing, Guoba , 1300 m, 16.viii.1995, Peiyu Yu lgt.. SHAANXI: 4 spec. ( SYSU): Huashan mount foot, 9.v.2011, Fenglong Jia lgt .; 4 spec. ( SYSU): Qinling, Qinling Ridge , 12.v.2011, Fenglong Jia lgt .; 1 spec. ( SYSU): Qinling, Houzhenzi , 1546 m, 15.vi.2005 ; 1 spec. ( SYSU): Qinling, Ningshanxian, Ningdong , Forest Agency , Dacigou, 11.vi.2005, 1437 m ; 1 spec. ( SYSU): Shaanxi, Qinling, Pingheliang , 2056 m, 33˚26.165′N, 108˚29.223′E, 13.vii.2012, Fenglong Jia lgt .; 1 spec. ( SYSU): Qinling, Huditang , 1554 m, 33°26.050′N, 108°26.843′E, 12.vii.2012, Fenglong Jia lgt . SHANXI: 1 J, ( SYSU): Lishan National Nature Reserve, Zhongcun town, Xiachuan village , in running river, 1515 m, 35°25.770′N 112°00.628′E, 23.vii.2012, Zeyu Wang lgt .; 1 J ( SYSU): Lishan National Nature Reserve, Jihe river , in running river, 1106 m, 35°25.749′N, 111°54.739′E, 28.vii.2012, Zeyu Wang lgt .

Distribution. Only known from China (Shaanxi, Shanxi, Hebei, Sichuan) ( JI & SCHÖDL 1998). First record from Hebei and Shanxi.

Figures

Figs 1–6. Habitus of selected Chinese Ametor and Hydrocassis. 1 – A. xizangensis sp. nov. (holotype, dorsal view); 2 – A.elongatus Ji & Schödl,1998 (holotype, dorsal view); 3 – H.gansu sp.nov.(holotype, dorsal view); 4 – H. hebaueri Schödl, 2000; 5 – H. scapulata Fairmaire, 1878; 6 – H. imperialis (Knisch, 1921).

Figs 11–19. Aedeagus of selected species of Ametor and Hydrocassis (dorsal view). 11 – A. xizangensis sp. nov. (holotype); 12 – A. rudesculptus Semenov, 1900; 13 – H. gansu sp. nov. (holotype); 14 – H. hebaueri Schödl, 2000; 15 – H. metasternalis Schödl & Ji, 1995; 16 – H. anhuiensis Ji & Schödl, 1998; 17 – H. scapulata Fairmaire, 1878; 18 – H. imperialis (Knisch, 1921); 19 – H. scapha Orchymont, 1942.