Ascelosodis thibetana Blair, 1923

Ren, Guo-Dong & Shi, Ai-Min, 2006, A taxonomic review of the Chinese species from the genus Ascelosodis Redtenbacher (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), with descriptions of three new species, Zootaxa 1228, pp. 1-24 : 18

Ascelosodis thibetana Blair, 1923

( Figs 128–140 , 156 )

Ascelosodis thibetana Blair, 1923: 281 ; Kaszab, 1959: 358; 1968: 48.

Material examined

CHINA: Tibet: 15 males and 17 females, Gyantse, 28°54’ N, 89°36’ E, 3900 m, 2 Jul. 2002, collected by Yi­bin Ba and Yang Yu ( MHBU); 30 males and 30 females, Lhartse, 29°06’ N, 87°42’ E, 3900 m, 29 Jun. 2002, collected by Yi­bin Ba and Yang Yu ( MHBU).

Distribution

China (Tibet).

Figures

FIGURES 128 – 140. Ascelosodis thibetana Blair, 1923. 128. antenna; 129. head in dorsal view; 130. pronotum; 131 – 133. aedeagus in dorsal, ventral and lateral view; 134. spiculum gastrale; 135. abdominal sternite VIII of male; 136 – 137. ovipositor in dorsal and ventral view; 138. urotergite VIII of female; 139. urosternite VIII of female; 140. spiculum ventrale.

FIGURES 154 – 156. 154. Ascelosodis schmidi Kaszab, 1965, male; 155. A. serripes Redtenbacher, 1868, male; 156. A. thibetana Blair, 1923, male.