Ascelosodis nitida 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 : 14-15

Ascelosodis nitida Blair, 1923

( Figs 81–93 , 152 )

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

Material examined

CHINA: Tibet: 98 males and 95 females, Tingri, 28º48’ N, 86º48’ E, 4300 m, 3 Jul.

2004, collected by Yi­bin Ba and Ai­min Shi ( MHBU).

Distribution

China (Tibet); Sikkim.

Figures

FIGURES 81 – 93. Ascelosodis nitida Blair, 1923. 81. antenna; 82. head in dorsal view; 83. pronotum; 84 – 86. aedeagus in dorsal, ventral and lateral view; 87. spiculum gastrale; 88. abdominal sternite VIII of male; 89 – 90. ovipositor in dorsal and ventral view; 91. urotergite VIII of female; 92. urosternite VIII of female; 93. spiculum ventrale.

FIGURES 150 – 153. 150. Ascelosodis everestina Blair, 1923, male; 151. A. haagi Bates, 1879, male; 152. A. nitida Blair, 1923, male; 153. A. reinigi Koch, 1948., male.