Medvedev, 1976 : 155 First records of Glaresidae (Coleoptera) in China, with the description of a new species from Inner Mongolia and Shaanxi Král, David Hrůzová, Lucie Lu, Yuanyuan Bai, Ming Zootaxa 2017 4306 1 145 150 3G5ZN Medvedev, 1976 Medvedev 1976 [151,579,151,178] Insecta Glaresidae Glaresis Animalia Coleoptera 3 148 Arthropoda species orientalis     Glaresis orientalis  Medvedev, 1976: 155, figs. 1–2.   Type locality. “Mongoliya, Sukhe-Batorskiy aimak [= nowadays Ömnögovi Province], peski [= dunes] Ongon Els, 15 kmYUYUV Khongora [= SSE of Khongor] [original in Cyrillic]”.    Typematerial examined.  Mongolia,  Ömnögovi Province: Holotype: ♀( ZMAS), “ Mongoliya, Sukhe-Batorskiyaimak | peski Ongon-Els| 15 km YUYUV Khongora||  5-6 VII 1971( I. M. Kerzhner) [original in Cyrillic, printed]”.   Additional material examined. China, Nei Menggu: Alxa Left Banner,  11.vii.2011, Hu Zhiyonglgt., 1 ♀( NMPC), 1 ♀( IZAS).   Mongolia, Bayankhongor Province: 8 kmS von somon Zinst,  1400 m,  25.vi.1964, Exp. Dr. Z.Kaszab, 3 ♂♂ 1 ♀( NMPC), 12 specimens( HNHM).  Diagnostic characters.Robust, strongly convex, weakly widened posteriad; brownish yellow in colour, slightly shiny; macrosetation pale ( Figs. 11–12). Anterior margin of clypeus shallowly sinuate, distinctly upturned; lateral angles rounded; lateral margin bisinuate; posterior angles acute-angular ( Fig. 14). Surface of frons and clypeus covered with sparsely, irregularly spaced, shiny tubercles ( Figs. 12, 14). Pronotum with shallow medial longitudinal and anterior transverse grooves weakly impressed, lateral impressions strong, grooves beside longitudinal groove absent; posterior angles protruding in short tips ( Figs. 11–12); surface covered with densely almost regular longitudinal carinae, each carina bearing thick, recumbent macroseta. Meso-metaventral plate flat, smooth; surrounded by a row of stout macrosetae; with darkened, transclucent, longitudinal endocarina medially ( Fig. 15). Mesotibial fossae of mesometaventrum present, distinctly impressed, with sharp edges, divergent posteriad ( Fig. 15). Posterior-superior margin of metafemora with weak protuberance ( Figs. 19–20). Protibia tridentate ( Figs. 11–12). Mesotibia long, nearly straight; distal part of outer edge of mesotibiae straight, bearing 7–9 short, stout spines; basal external tooth of mesotibia straight basally ( Figs. 17–18). Metatibia broadly triangular, outer margin irregularly serrate with a median projection, strongly macrosetaceous ( Fig. 20); row of 4 spine-bearing tubercles extending from base to apex medially ( Fig. 19); inner margin smooth, macrosetaceous; apex of metatibia with outer horseshoe-shaped portion subequal to inner spur-bearing portion; inner margin of the horseshoe shape with a row of contiguous short macrosetae ( Figs. 19–20). Aedeagus ( Fig. 13) with parameres distinctly longer than phallobasis; parameres only weakly sclerotized, lateral margin nearly straight, almost truncate apically; tips acute; phallus sclerotized, sides straight, weakly convergent anteriad. Female differs from male in being indistinctly broader posteriad. Total body length: 4.3–4.5 mm.   Distribution.Central Asia: China( Inner Mongolia) and Mongolia( Bayankhongor, Ömnögovi).   Remarks.  Glaresis orientaliswas described by Medvedev (1976)based on a single female. Later, Nikolajev & Puntsagdulam (1984)synonymized this species with  G. oxiana. Nikolajev & Puntsagdulam’s (1984) synonymy was subsequently rejected by Nikolajev (2006), who did so in a catalogue without providing any justification for the resurrection. Examination of the holotype showed some important characters for differentiating  G. orientalisfrom  G. oxiana( Zídek 2015). Study of considerably more material of both males and females from southern Mongolia and Inner Mongolia (China) by us has confirmed that  Glaresis orientalisis a valid species. For a clearer differentiation see identification key below. 1586033257 1971-07-05 1971-07-06 1971-07-05 ZMAS, YUYUV Mongoliya & Sukhe-Batorskiy & Ongon-Els & Khongora & I. M. Kerzhner & Cyrillic Mongolia Omnogovi Province 3 148 1 1 Omnogovi Province holotype 1586033251 2011-07-11 NMPC, IZAS Hu Zhiyong China Alxa Left Banner Nei Menggu 3 148 2 2 1586033248 1964-06-25 NMPC, HNHM Exp. Dr. Z. Mongolia 1400 Zinst 3 148 16 1 3 Bayankhongor Province