Ascelosodis everestina 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 : 12-13

Ascelosodis everestina Blair, 1923

( Figs 55–67 , 144 , 150 )

Ascelosodis everestina Blair, 1923: 278 ; Kaszab, 1959: 361; 1968: 50.

Material examined

CHINA: Tibet: 7 males and 5 females, Ngamring, 29º18’ N, 87º12’ E, 4200 m, 8 Jul. 2004, collected by Yi­bin Ba and Ai­min Shi ( MHBU).

Distribution

China (Tibet); Nepal; Sikkim.

Figures

FIGURES 55 – 67. Ascelosodis everestina Blair, 1923. 55. antenna; 56. head in dorsal view; 57. pronotum; 58 – 60. aedeagus in dorsal, ventral and lateral view; 61. spiculum gastrale; 62. abdominal sternite VIII of male; 63 – 64. ovipositor in dorsal and ventral view; 65. urotergite VIII of female; 66. urosternite VIII of female; 67. 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.