Ascelosodis haagi Bates, 1879

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 : 13-14

Ascelosodis haagi Bates, 1879

( Figs 68–80 , 143 , 151 )

Ascelosodis haagi Bates, 1879: 469 ; Blair, 1923: 281; Kaszab, 1959: 361; 1968: 50.

Material examined

CHINA: Tibet: 1 female, Gar, 32°06’ N, 80°00’ E, 4200–4300 m, 15 Aug. 1974, collected by Ji­jun Li ( MHBU); 3 males and 2 females, same data as the former but collected by Xiang­chu Yin ( MHBU); 2 males and 1 female, same data as the former but 27 Aug. 1974 ( MHBU); 1 male and 1 female, Zanda, 31°30’ N, 79°48’ E, 3700 m, 9 Aug. 1974, collected by Ji­jun Li ( MHBU); 2 males and 1 female, same data as the former but collected by Xiang­chu Yin ( MHBU); 3 males and 5 females, same data as the former but 13 Aug. 1974 ( MHBU).

Distribution

China (Tibet); Kaschmir.

Figures

FIGURES 68 – 80. Ascelosodis haagi Bates, 1879. 68. antenna; 69. head in dorsal view; 70. pronotum; 71 – 73. aedeagus in dorsal, ventral and lateral view; 74. spiculum gastrale; 75. abdominal sternite VIII of male; 76 – 77. ovipositor in dorsal and ventral view; 78. urotergite VIII of female; 79. urosternite VIII of female; 80. spiculum ventrale.

FIGURES 141 – 145. 141 – 142. head in dorsal view (141. Ascelosodis punctulata sp. nov., 142. A. rugulosa sp. nov.); 143 – 145. left side of pronotum in dorsal view (143. A. haagi Bates, 1879, 144. A. everestina Blair, 1923, 145. A. schmidi Kaszab, 1965)

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.