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
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101
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4609.1.4
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Platyscelis
(
Platyscelis
)
freyi
Kaszab, 1940
(
Figs. 21–22
,
38
,
54
)
Platyscelis
(
Platyscelis
)
freyi
Kaszab, 1940: 925
;
Egorov, 1989: 350
;
2004: 661
;
2008: 296
;
2009: 67
.
Type material (studied).
Syntype
:
1♂
(
HNHM
),
Shochow
,
Shansi
China
//
Co-Typus
,
Platyscelis freyi
m. 1939,
Kaszab
.
Other material.
CHINA
:
Gansu
:
1♂
(
MHBU
), Wuquan Shan, Lanzhou,
1750 m
,
20.VII.1992
,
Guo-Dong Ren
leg.
;
11♂♂
,
12♀♀
(
MHBU
), Xinglong Shan, Yuzhong,
35°48.930′ N
,
104°04.345′ E
,
2101 m
,
24.VII.2010
, Xin-Pu
Wang
&
Zhao Pan
leg.
Distribution.
China
:
Gansu
(
Kaszab, 1940
;
Egorov, 2008
).
Remarks.
This species was described based on three specimens (‘Coll. SCHUSTER
1♂
,
1♀
; Coll. FREY
1♂
’) from
Gansu
and
Shanxi
,
China
, and the
type
specimens were deposited in ‘Coll. G. FREY, München (
♂
,
♀
)’ in the original description.
A male
syntype
from
Shanxi
deposited in HNHM was studied by first author, its elytral surface is without thick setae, which is not match with the original description. In addition, it has punctures on elytra, which is not mentioned in the original description. Therefore, it was not the specimen used to describe this species at that time. In fact, it should be identified as
P. gebieni
Schuster, 1915
after examination. In this paper,
24 specimens
from
Gansu
deposited in MHBU were examined, they were fully match with the original description. Thus,
Gansu
should be the type locality of this species. In this case, perhaps one of the two
syntypes
deposited in ‘Coll. G. FREY, München’ would be designated as the
lectotype
in the future. Meanwhile, the male
syntype
from
Shanxi
deposited in HNHM should be moved to
P. gebieni
Schuster, 1915
.