Ascelosodis emarginiventris Koch, 1948

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 : 11-12

Ascelosodis emarginiventris Koch, 1948

( Figs 40–54 , 149 )

Ascelosodis emarginiventris Koch, 1948: 76 ; Kaszab, 1959: 359; 1968: 49.

Material examined

CHINA: Tibet: 1 male, Gar, 32°06’ N, 80°00’ E, 4200–4300 m, 29 Jul. 1974, collected by Xiang­chu Yin ( MHBU); 2 males and 1 female, same data as the former but 2 Aug. 1974, collected by Ji­jun Li ( MHBU); 100 males and 115 females, same data as the former but 15 Jul. 2004, collected by Ai­min Shi and Yi­bin Ba ( MHBU); 1 male, Rutog, 33º30’ N, 79º42’ E, 4200–4250 m, 11 Jul. 1974, collected by Xiang­chu Yin ( MHBU); 108 males and 106 females, same data as the former but 16 Jul. 2004, collected by Ai­min Shi and Yi­bin Ba ( MHBU).

Distribution

China (Tibet); Kaschmir.

Figures

FIGURES 40 – 54. Ascelosodis emarginiventris Koch, 1948. 40. antenna; 41. head in dorsal view; 42. pronotum; 43 – 44. visible abdominal ventrites 5 of male and female; 45 – 47. aedeagus in dorsal, ventral and lateral view; 48. spiculum gastrale; 49. abdominal sternite VIII of male; 50 – 51. ovipositor in dorsal and ventral view; 52. urotergite VIII of female; 53. urosternite VIII of female; 54. spiculum ventrale.

FIGURES 146 – 149. 146. Ascelosodis emarginata, sp. nov., male; 147. A. punctulata, sp. nov., male; 148. A. rugulosa, sp. nov., male; 149. A. emarginiventris Koch, 1948, male.