Blindus MulsantetRey, 1853

Liu, S. - S., G. - D & R, P., 2013, Taxonomy Of The Genus Blindus Mulsant Et Rey From China, With Description Of Two New Species (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Pedinini), Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 59 (3), pp. 197-211 : 198

Blindus MulsantetRey, 1853

Blindus MulsantetRey, 1853: 206 (Typespecies: Pedinusstrigosus Faldermann, 1835); SEIdlItz, 1893: 364, 374 ( Pedinus , subgenus); REIttEr, 1904: 52 ( Pedinus , subgenus); REIkhardt, 1936: 675 ( Pedinus , subgenus); REIkhardt, 1937: 746 ( Pedinus , subgenus); MEdvEdEv, 1968: 154.

Diagnosis – Bodymediumsize (7.0– 10.5 mm); elliptical, smooth. Head hexagonal. Clypeusdeeplyemarginateatfrontborder. Eyesdividedintotwo partsbygenaecompletely. Mentumlongitudinallyconvexinmiddle. Maxillarypalpuswithsecuriformterminalpalpomere. Antennaeslightlywidening toapex. Pronotumtransverse; anteriormargindeeplyemarginatewithnarrowbead; basalmarginslightlyemarginateornearlystraight, withoutbead orwithnarrowintactorpartialbead; pronotumwithcoarsepuncturesor thinlongitudinalwrinkles. Elytrapunctato-striatedistinctlyornot; intervals withlargepunctures. Pseudoepipleuronintact, reachingapices. Hindwings lessdeveloped. Prosternumwithtwolonghairsinmiddle; prosternalprocess verticallydescending, prominentattheapex. Mesosternumwithdeepgroove inmiddle. Metasternumwithfaintlongitudinalgroove. Femorasimple, those inmalewithdenseorsparsehairsneartheapexinventralsurface. Protibia graduallywideningfrombasetoapex, inneredgenearlystraightorslightly curved; ventralsurfacewithadistinctdepressioninseveralspecies. Mesotibia simpleinbothsexes, graduallywideningtoapex, slightlycurvedorstraight. Metatibiaslender, straightorcurved. ProtarsomeresItoIIIinmaleextremely dilated, withdensefuzzinventralsurface; protarsomeresItoIVinfemale narrow, withsparsefuzzinventralsurface. Mesotarsomeresnarrowinboth sexes, ItoIVwithoutfuzzinventralsurface ( MEdvEdEv 1968).

Distribution – China, Japan, Mongolia, NorthKorea, SouthKoreaand

Russia.

Composition – Untilnowtenspeciesofthegenus Blindus arevalid (includingthetwonewonesdescribedbelow), theyare B. contractus sp. n., B. discolor sp. n., B. curvotibius Ren et Zhang, 2010 , B. fulvicornis ( Reitter, 1889), B. japonicus ( Seidlitz, 1893), B. potanini nudiventris Medvedev, 1968, B. potanini potanini Medvedev, 1968, B. reichardti Medvedev, 1968, B. strigosus ( Faldermann, 1835) and B. thibetanus ( Fairmaire, 1897).