Revision of the genus Platyscelis Latreille, 1818 from China (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Platyscelidini) Author Bai, Xing-Long Author Ren, Guo-Dong text Zootaxa 2019 2019-05-22 4609 1 101 126 journal article 26727 10.11646/zootaxa.4609.1.4 c20562dc-39c3-4dab-8714-442cef6dc495 1175-5326 3150800 5C8DF6F4-2918-47A8-8D56-37240B8E5B90 Platyscelis ( Platyscelis ) brevis Baudi di Selve, 1876 ( Figs. 15–16 , 47–49 , 68 ) Platyscelis brevis Baudi di Selve, 1876: 35 ; Kaszab, 1940: 927 (synonym of Blaps rugifrons Germar, 1823 ). Platyscelis ( Platyscelis ) brevis : Egorov, 1990: 891 ; 2004: 661 ; 2008: 296 ; 2009: 67 ; Ren & Yu, 1999: 304 ; Yu et al. , 1999: 365 (pupae); Yu et al. , 2000: 163 (larvae); Ren et al. , 2000: 4 (list of larvae); Ren & Liu, 2009: 1149 (defensive gland). Blaps rugifrons Germar, 1823: 139 (synonymized by Egorov, 1990: 891 ). Platyscelis rugifrons : Fischer von Waldheim, 1824: 194 ; Solier, 1848: 210 ; Seidlitz, 1893: 345 . Platyscelis ( Platyscelis ) rugifrons : Kaszab, 1940: 927 ; Egorov, 1989: 346 , 350. Platyscelis ballioni Reitter, 1889: 698 , syn. n. Platyscelis ballioni : Seidlitz, 1893: 345 . Platyscelis ( Platyscelis ) ballioni : Kaszab, 1940: 929 ; Egorov, 1989: 350 ; 2004: 661 ; 2008: 296 ; 2009: 67 . Type material (studied). Paralectotype of Platyscelis ballioni : 1♀ ( HNHM ), Shan-si , 1884, G. Patanin // Platyscelis ballioni m. 1889 // Typus, Platyscelis ballioni Reitter, Coll. Reitter // Platyscelis ballioni Reitt. , det. L. Egorov 1989 ( Figs. 47 , 68 ) . FIGURES 21–36. Parameres of male aedeagus in dorsal and lateral view. 21–22. Platyscelis freyi ; 23–24. P. gebieni ; 25–26. P. helanensis ; 27–28. P. licenti ; 29–30. P. subcordata ; 31–32. P. suiyuana ; 33–34. P. ovata ; 35–36. P. striata . FIGURES 37–38. Thick setae on elytral surface (under 5x of Canon MP-E 65 mm). 37. Platyscelis acutipenis ; 38. P. freyi . Other material. CHINA : 1♀ ( IZCAS ), Manzha , 24.XI.75 ; Hebei : 7♂♂ , 2♀♀ ( MHBU ), Guyuan , 24.VII.1998 , Ming Bai leg. ; 1♂ ( MHBU ), Tunken Forest Farm, Kangbao , 1.VIII.1998 , Ming Bai leg. ; 3♀♀ ( MHBU ), Tunken , Kangbao , 41°57′38.8″ N , 114°44′23.3″ E , 1496 m , 24.VII.2012 , Yi-Ping Niu & Xiao-Jie Sun leg. ; 1♀ ( MHBU ), Fengning , 24.VII.2002 , Gui-Ming Tang leg. ; 2♂♂ ( MHBU ), Suangou , Shangyi , 29.VI.2003 , Hui Zhen leg. ; 18♂♂ , 10♀♀ ( MHBU ), Yudaokou , Chengde , 12–18.VI.2004 , Chao Gao leg. ; 1♂ ( MHBU ), Xiaoquangou , Chazi , Zhongmiaochang , Mulanweichang , Weichang , 42°05′34.9″ N , 117°25′05.5″ E , 1288 m , 27.V.2015 , Li Ma leg. ; 1♀ ( MHBU ), Chazi , Zhongmiaochang , Mulanweichang , Weichang , 41°43′02.6″ N , 118°02′01.4″ E , 1078 m , 27.VI.2015 , Di Li leg. ; 1♀ ( MHBU ), Liangtou , Wudaogou , Mulanweichang , Weichang , 41°55′16.0″ N , 116°50′13.9″ E , 1720 m , 30.VI.2015 , Di Li leg. ; 2♀♀ ( MHBU ), Yanboge , Mulanweichang , Weichang , 42°10′19.6″ N , 117°17′47.8″ E , 1380 m , 14.VII.2016 , Jing-Jing Ma & Li Ma leg. ; 1♂ ( MHBU ), Bashihao , Dahuanqi , Saihanba , Weichang , 42°09.146′ N , 117°25.351′ E , 1189 m , 1.VI.2015 , Jun-Sheng Shan & Cheng Fang et al . leg .; 1♂ ( MHBU ), Baishui , Yinhe , Saihanba , Weichang , 42°22.243′ N , 117°26.723′ E , 1510 m , 26.VI.2015 , Jun-Sheng Shan & Cheng Fang et al . leg .; 1♂ ( MHBU ), Yinhe , Saihanba , Weichang , 42°19′4.2″ N , 117°31′37.3″ E , 1672 m , 10.VIII.2016 , Jian-Bo Zhou leg. ; 11♂♂ , 6♀♀ ( MHBU ), Yangjiaping , Zhuolu , 25–29.VI.2009 , Xin-Pu Wang & Zhen-Hua Gao et al . leg.; Heilongjiang : 1♂ ( IZCAS ), Liangshuigou , Dailing , [Yichun], 26.V.1957 ; Inner Mongolia : 1♂ , 1♀ ( MHBU ), Zhengxiangbai Banner , 14.VIII.1978 , He-Ming Chen leg. ; 1♂ , 1♀ ( MHBU ), Zhengxiangbai Banner , 1450 m , 20.IV.1991 , Yuan-Chao Guo leg. ; 1♂ , 1♀ ( MHBU ), Zhengxiangbai Banner , 14.VIII.1991 , He-Ming Chen leg. ; 1♂ ( MHBU ), Zhengxiangbai Banner , 1.V.2000 , Yuan-Chao Guo leg. ; 2♂♂ , 3♀♀ ( MHBU ), Zhengxiangbai Banner , 25.V.2002 , Yuan-Chao Guo leg. ; 1♀ ( MHBU ), Zhengxiangbai Banner , 19.VI.2004 , Yuan-Chao Guo leg. ; 1♀ ( MHBU ), Xingyao, Zhengxiangbai Banner , 1250 m , 21.V.1984 , Yuan-Chao Guo leg. ; 2♀♀ ( MHBU ), Ming’antu , Zhengxiangbai Banner , Xilingol League , 1345 m , 30.V.2013 , Yuan-Chao Guo leg. ; 3♂♂ , 1♀ ( MHBU ), Ming’antu , Zhengxiangbai Banner , Xilingol League , 1345 m , 9.VI.2013 , Yuan-Chao Guo leg. ; 1♂ , 1♀ ( MHBU ), Ming’antu , Zhengxiangbai Banner , Xilingol League , 1385 m , 1.VI.2013 , Yuan-Chao Guo leg. ; 11♂♂ , 18♀♀ ( MHBU ), Ming’antu , Zhengxiangbai Banner , Xilingol League , 1360 m , 10.VI.2013 , Yuan-Chao Guo leg. ; 1♀ ( MHBU ), Ming’antu , Zhengxiangbai Banner , Xilingol League , 1360 m , 19.VI.2013 , Yuan-Chao Guo leg. ; 4♂♂ ( KIZ ), Manzhouli , 6.VII.1981 , Jiang Xiong leg. ; 12♂♂ , 4♀♀ ( MHBU ), Xilingol League , 4.IV.1987 , Yuan-Chao Guo leg. ; 1♂ ( MHBU ), Alxa Left Banner , 15.VIII.1984 , Qiang Liu leg. ; 1♂ ( MHBU ), Yabrai Forest Farm, Alxa Right Banner , 15.VIII.1984 , Qiang Liu leg. ; 2♂♂ ( MHBU ), Erdaogou , Jiufeng Shan , Baotou , 9.V.1985 , Chang-Qing Mao leg. ; 1♀ ( MHBU ), Erdaogou , Jiufeng Shan , 9.V.1985 , You-Zhi Yu leg. ; 9♂♂ , 1♀ ( MHBU ), Bayan Obo , Baotou , 3.VIII.1991 , Guo-Dong Ren leg. ; 1♂ ( MHBU ), West Ujimqin Banner , 14.VI.1994 , Guo-Dong Ren leg. ; 13♂♂ , 18♀♀ ( MHBU ), East Ujimqin Banner , 15.VI.1994 , Guo-Dong Ren leg. ; 1♂ ( MHBU ), East Ujimqin Banner , 5.VII.1994 , Guo-Dong Ren leg. ; 1♀ ( MHBU ), Balamawula , East Ujimqin Banner , Xilingol League , 46°34.053′ N , 119°14.962′ E , 1092 m , 15.VII.2014 , Hao-Yu Liu , Zhao Pan , Xiao-Jie Sun & Yan Yan leg. ; 7♂♂ , 4♀♀ ( MHBU ), Horqin , 14.VI.1994 , Guo-Dong Ren leg. ; 1♀ ( MHBU ), Bayan Huxu , Horqin , 14.VIII.1997 , Guo-Dong Ren leg. ; 2♂♂ , 2♀♀ ( MHBU ), Hexigten Banner , 18.VI.1994 , Guo-Dong Ren leg. ; 1♂ ( MHBU ), Hexigten Banner , Qiang Liu leg. ; 1♀ ( MHBU ), Ongniud Banner , 27.VI.1994 , Guo-Dong Ren leg. ; 1♂ ( MHBU ), Qigan , Ongniud Banner , Chifeng , 42°55.727′ N , 119°18.736′ E , 619 m , 17.VII.2014 , Hao-Yu Liu , Zhao Pan , Xiao-Jie Sun & Yan Yan leg. ; 5♂♂ , 9♀♀ ( MHBU ), Yezhulin , Bairin Left Banner , Chifeng , 43°45.409′ N , 119°20.387′ E , 619 m , 27.VII.2014 , Hao-Yu Liu , Zhao Pan , Xiao-Jie Sun & Yan Yan leg. ; 3♂♂ , 2♀♀ ( MHBU ), Xin Barag Right Banner, 23.VII.2004 , Guo-Dong Ren & Wen-Jun Hou leg. ; 5♂♂ , 6♀♀ ( MHBU ), Xin Barag Left Banner , 25.VIII.2008 , Fu-Ming Shi leg. ; 1♂ , 2♀♀ ( MHBU ), Xin Barag Left Banner , 26.VIII.2008 , Fu-Ming Shi leg. ; 1♂ ( MHBU ), ca. 4 km NE of Xin Barag Left Banner , Hulun Buir , 48.18269° N , 118.29554° E , 717 m , 17.VII.2014 , Hao-Yu Liu , Zhao Pan , Xiao-Jie Sun & Yan Yan leg. ; 4♂♂ , 4♀♀ ( MHBU ), 6 km W of Ergun , 26.VII.2004 , Guo-Dong Ren & Wen-Jun Hou leg. ; 2♂♂ , 1♀ ( MHBU ), Eerdunwul agacha, Chen Barag Banner , Hulun Buir , 49°24.939′ N , 118°43.010′ E , 588 m , 19.VII.2014 , Hao-Yu Liu , Zhao Pan , Xiao-Jie Sun & Yan Yan leg. ; 1♀ ( MHBU ), Hadat , Chen Barag Banner , Hulun Buir , 49°40.515′ N , 119°48.021′ E , 674 m , 19.VII.2014 , Hao-Yu Liu , Zhao Pan , Xiao-Jie Sun & Yan Yan leg. ; 4♂♂ , 2♀♀ ( MHBU ), Chaoyang , Huade , 30.IV.2008 , Guo-Dong Ren , Ben-Yong Mao & Wei Li leg. ; 2♂♂ , 2♀♀ ( MHBU ), Changhanliang , Ulanqab , 40°46′58.9″ N , 112°49′16.7″ E , 1663 m , 23.VII.2012 , Yi-Bin Ba & Yi-Ping Niu leg. ; 1♂ , 1♀ ( MHBU ), Chahanying, Zhuozi , 27.VI.2018 , Guo-Dong Ren , Yi-Bin Ba & Ming-Min Ma leg. , 1♂ , 1♀ ( MHBU ), Xilinhot , 18.VII.2009 , Qing-Wei Huo leg. ; 5♂♂ , 2♀♀ ( MHBU ), Bayan Qagan , Chahar Right Back Banner , 41°26′41.0″ N , 113°17′29.4″ E , 1480 m , 23.VII.2012 , Yi-Bin Ba & Yi-Ping Niu leg. ; Jilin : 1♂ ( IZCAS ), Pitai , 28.V.1957 ; Liaoning : 1♀ (IZCAS), Zhanggutai , [Zhangwu], 19.V.1956 ; Shandong : 4♂♂ , 2♀♀ ( IZCAS ), North-Eastern [in Chinese] // Ta-Yngtse, Linsisien [Linzi, Shangdong], leg E. Bourgault , VII.1939 ; 1♂ , 2♀♀ ( IZCAS ), North-Eastern [in Chinese] // Ta-Yngtse , Linsisien , leg E. Bourgault , VII.40 ; 1♂ ( IZCAS ), North-Eastern [in Chinese] // Ta-Yngtse , Linsisien , leg E. Bourgault , VI.40 ; Shanxi : 1♀ ( HNHM ), Shoachow , China , Shansi // Platyscelis ballioni Reitter , det. dr. Kaszab // Platyscelis ballioni Reitt. , det. L. Egorov 1989 . MONGOLIA : 1♀ ( HNHM ), Mongolia , Chara-gol // Exp. Zichy , leg. Csiki // coll. Dr. J. Fodor // det. L. Egorov, 1990 ; 2♂♂ , 2♀♀ ( MHBU ), Khan Khen National Park , 11.VIII.2001 , Gui-Ming Tang leg. ; 1♀ ( MHBU ), Bürd , Ovorhangay , 47°06′44.8″ N , 103°36′58.3″ E , 1467 m , 22.VII.2015 , Xiao-Jie Sun leg. RUSSIA : 1♂ ( HNHM ), Tschita , Coll. Lichtn. // det. L. Egorov, 1990 ; 2♀♀ ( IZCAS ), North-Eastern [in Chinese] // Tschita été 192, leg. V.J.Tolmachov , Musée Heude. Distribution. China : Hebei ( Kaszab, 1940 ; Liu et al. , 2015 ), Heilongjiang ( new record ), Inner Mongolia ( Kaszab, 1940 ; Ren & Yu, 1999 ; Egorov, 2008 ), Jilin ( new record ), Liaoning ( new record ), Shandong ( new record ), Shanxi ( Reitter, 1889 ; Kaszab, 1940 ; Egorov, 1989 , 2008 ); Mongolia ( Kaszab, 1940 ; Ren & Yu, 1999 ; Egorov, 2008 ); Russia ( Kaszab, 1940 ; Egorov, 2008 ; Dorzhieva, 2010 ). Remarks. Platyscelis ballioni ( Fig. 47 ) was published by Reitter (1889) with a single female specimen from Shanxi , China . Kaszab (1940) examined and redescribed the specimen in his revision of the tribe Platyscelidini worldwide, and diagnosed it from Blaps rugifrons Germar with the characters: elytra quite flat and parallel (arched and short oval in B. rugifrons ); apex of protibiae strongly foliate extended (not strongly in B. rugifrons ). P. brevis ( Figs. 48–49 ) distributed in Mongolian Plateau, 291 specimens were examined in this study, body short in north and longer in south generally. Therefore, P. ballioni was a female of P. brevis in southern Mongolian Plateau.