Blindus strigosus ( Faldermann, 1835 )

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 : 208-210

Blindus strigosus ( Faldermann, 1835)

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Pedinus strigosus FaldErmann, 1835: 410 .

Pedinus (Blindus) strigosus : SEIdlItz, 1893: 374; REIttEr, 1904: 61; REIkhardt, 1936: 675, 690; REIkhardt, 1937: 744.

Blindusstrigosus: MUlsantetREy, 1853: 206; MEdvEdEv, 1968: 157.

Colpotusfaldermanni BaUdIdiSElvE, 1876: 46. SynonymisedbyMEdvEdEv (1968).

Material – 10 males, 11 females, XiaowutaiMountain , YuCounty, HebeiProvince, China, 6. vii. 2001, Guo-DongRenleg. ( MHBU) ; 4 females, Jinhekou , YuCounty, Hebei Province, China, 14. vii. 2005, JingLi & Feng-YanWangleg. ( MHBU) ; 1 male, 1 female, Yangjiaping , ZhuoluCounty, HebeiProvince, China, 11. vii. 2002, Ai- MinShileg. ( MHBU) ; 5 males, 8 females, JianpingCounty , LiaoningProvince, China, 3. v. 2008, Guo-DongRen & Ben-YongMaoleg. ( MHBU) ; 1 male, 2 females, Dongzhai , HenanProvince, China, 15. vii. 2005, Ji- LiangWang & ChaoGaoleg. ( MHBU) ; 1 male, HuaguoMountain , YiyangCounty, HenanProvince, China, 3. viii. 2006, Feng-YanWangleg. ( MHBU) ; 1 male, 1 female, Kunyu Mountain , MoupingCounty, ShandongProvince, China, 11. v. 2007, Ji- LiangWang & Feng- YanWangleg. ( MHBU) ; 4 females, DazeMountain , PingduCounty, ShandongProvince, China, 26. v. 2007, Ji- LiangWang & Feng-YanWangleg. ( MHBU) ; 1 male, NingchengCounty , ChifengCity, InnerMongolia, China, 24. vi. 1990, QiangLiuleg. ( MHBU) ; 2 males, 1 female, HeluopingVillage , YuexiCounty, AnhuiProvince, China, 30. vii. 2007, Yi- BinBa & Feng-YanWangleg. ( MHBU) ; 1 male, LuMountain , JiangxiProvince, China, 7. viii. 1988, nocollector ( MHBU) ; 1 male, LuMountain , JiangxiProvince, China, 9. vii. 1988, nocollector ( MHBU) ; 1 female, NanjingCity , JiangsuProvince, China, 15. v. 1984, You- MingXu leg. ( MHBU) ; 1 male, Huguosi , YinjiangCounty, GuizhouProvince, China, 29. vii. 2001, Guo-DongRenleg. ( MHBU) .

Distribution – China: Anhui, Beijing, Guizhou, Henan, Hebei, Hubei, InnerMongolia, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Liaoning, Shandong, Sichuan, Taiwan, Tianjin; Mongolia; North Korea; SouthKorea; JapanandRussia (FarEast). Thisisthefirstspeciesof Blindus from Anhui, Guizhou, JiangsuandJiangxiprovincesofChina.

Figures

Fig. 1. Antennae of Blindus, dorsal view: A = Blindus contractus sp. n., B = B. discolor sp. n., C = B. curvotibius Ren et Zhang, 2010, D = B. fulvicornis (Reitter, 1889), E = B. potanini nudiventris Medvedev, 1968, F = B. potaninipotanini Medvedev, 1968, G = B. reichardti Medvedev, 1968, H = B.strigosus (Faldermann, 1835), I = B. thibetanus (Fairmaire, 1897).Scale bars = 1 mm.

Fig. 2. Head of Blindus, dorsal view: A = Blindus contractus sp. n., B = B. discolor sp. n., C = B. curvotibius Ren et Zhang, 2010, D = B. fulvicornis (Reitter, 1889), E = B. potanini nudiventris Medvedev, 1968, F = B. potaninipotanini Medvedev, 1968, G = B. reichardti Medvedev, 1968, H = B. strigosus (Faldermann, 1835), I = B. thibetanus (Fairmaire, 1897). Scale bars = 1 mm.

Fig. 3. Pronotum of Blindus, dorsal view: A = Blindus contractus sp. n., B = B. discolor sp. n., C = B. curvotibius Ren et Zhang, 2010, D = B. fulvicornis (Reitter, 1889), E = B. potanini nudiventris Medvedev, 1968, F = B. potaninipotanini Medvedev, 1968, G = B. reichardti Medvedev, 1968, H = B.strigosus (Faldermann, 1835), I = B. thibetanus (Fairmaire, 1897).Scale bars = 1 mm.

Fig. 4. Prosternal process of Blindus, ventral view: A = Blindus contractus sp. n., B = B. discolor sp. n., C = B. curvotibius Ren et Zhang, 2010, D = B. fulvicornis (Reitter, 1889), E = B. potanini nudiventris Medvedev, 1968, F = B. potanini potanini Medvedev, 1968, G = B. reichardti Medvedev, 1968, H = B. strigosus (Faldermann, 1835), I = B. thibetanus (Fairmaire,

Fig. 5. Protibiae of Blindus, dorsal view: A = Blindus contractus sp. n., B = B. discolor sp. n., C = B. curvotibius Ren et Zhang, 2010, D = B. fulvicornis (Reitter, 1889), E = B. potanini nudiventris Medvedev, 1968, F = B. potanini potanini Medvedev, 1968, G = B. reichardti Medvedev, 1968, H = B. strigosus (Faldermann, 1835), I = B. thibetanus (Fairmaire, 1897). Scale bars = 1 mm.

Fig. 6. Protibiae of Blindus, ventral view: A = Blindus contractus sp. n., B = B. discolor sp. n., C = B. curvotibius Ren et Zhang, 2010, D = B. fulvicornis (Reitter, 1889), E = B. potanini nudiventris Medvedev, 1968, F = B. potanini potanini Medvedev, 1968, G = B. reichardti Medvedev, 1968, H = B.strigosus (Faldermann, 1835), I = B. thibetanus (Fairmaire, 1897).Scale bars = 1 mm.

Fig. 7. Metatibiae of Blindus, dorsal view: A = Blindus contractus sp. n., B = B. discolor sp. n., C = B. curvotibius Ren et Zhang, 2010, D = B. fulvicornis (Reitter, 1889), E = B. potanini nudiventris Medvedev, 1968, F = B. potaninipotanini Medvedev, 1968, G = B. reichardti Medvedev, 1968, H = B. strigosus (Faldermann, 1835), I = B. thibetanus (Fairmaire, 1897).Scale bars = 1 mm.

Fig. 8. Metafemora of Blindus, ventral view: A = Blindus contractus sp. n., B = B. discolor sp. n., C = B. curvotibius Ren et Zhang, 2010, D = B. fulvicornis (Reitter, 1889), E = B. potanini nudiventris Medvedev, 1968, F = B. potaninipotanini Medvedev, 1968, G = B. reichardti Medvedev, 1968, H = B. strigosus (Faldermann, 1835), I = B. thibetanus (Fairmaire, 1897).Scale bars = 1 mm.

Fig. 9. Aedeagus of Blindus, dorsal view: A = B. contractus sp. n., B = B. discolor sp. n., C = B. curvotibius Ren et Zhang, 2010, D = B. fulvicornis (Reitter, 1889), E = B. potanini nudiventris Medvedev, 1968, F = B. potanini potanini Medvedev, 1968, G = B. reichardti Medvedev, 1968, H = B. strigosus (Faldermann, 1835), I = B. thibetanus (Fairmaire, 1897). Scale bars = 1 mm.

Fig. 10. Spiculum gastrales of Blindus, dorsal view: A = B. contractus sp. n., B = B. discolor sp. n., C = B. curvotibius Ren et Zhang, 2010, D = B. fulvicornis (Reitter, 1889), E = B. potanini nudiventris Medvedev, 1968, F = B. potanini potanini Medvedev, 1968, G = B. reichardti Medvedev, 1968, H = B. strigosus (Faldermann, 1835), I = B. thibetanus (Fairmaire, 1897).Scale bars = 1 mm.

Fig. 11. Habitus of Blindus, male, dorsal view: A = Blindus contractus sp. n., B = B. discolor sp. n., C = B. curvotibius Ren et Zhang, 2010, D = B. fulvicornis (Reitter, 1889), E = B. potanini nudiventris Medvedev, 1968, F = B. potanini potanini Medvedev, 1968, G = B. reichardti Medvedev, 1968, H = B. strigosus (Faldermann, 1835), I = B. thibetanus (Fairmaire, 1897).Scale bars = 1 mm.