Ascelosodis serripes Redtenbacher, 1868

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 : 17

Ascelosodis serripes Redtenbacher, 1868

( Figs 115–127 , 155 )

Ascelosodis serripes Redtenbacher, 1868: 118 ; Bates, 1879: 468; Blair, 1923: 280; Koch, 1948: 77; Kaszab, 1959: 359; 1968: 49.

Material examined

CHINA: Tibet: 6 males and 4 females, Rutog, 33º30’ N, 79º42’ E, 4200–4250 m, 11 Jul. 1974, collected by Xiang­chu Yin ( MHBU); 2 males, same data as the former but 16 Jul. 1974 ( MHBU).

Distribution

China (Tibet); Kaschmir.

Figures

FIGURES 115 – 127. Ascelosodis serripes Redtenbacher, 1868. 115. antenna; 116. head in dorsal view; 117. pronotum; 118 – 120. aedeagus in dorsal, ventral and lateral view; 121. spiculum gastrale; 122. abdominal sternite VIII of male; 123 – 124. ovipositor in dorsal and ventral view; 125. urotergite VIII of female; 126. urosternite VIII of female; 127. spiculum ventrale.

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