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514C256EC250553096A217871BD9EAC9.text	514C256EC250553096A217871BD9EAC9.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Blaps (Ablapsis) lineolata X. - M. Li 2026	<div><p>Blaps (Ablapsis) lineolata X. - M. Li sp. nov.</p><p>Type material.</p><p>Holotype: China Xizang Autonomous Region • 1 ♂; Cona County; 28.2677 ° N, 91.9539 ° E; Alt. 4814 m; 30 Jul. 2024; X. M. L leg.; MHBU . Paratypes: China Xizang Autonomous Region • 3 ♂♂, 1 ♀; same data as holotype; • 5 ♂♂, 1 ♀: <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=91.926&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=28.329" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 91.926/lat 28.329)">Nara Yumco Lake</a>, Cona County; 28.3290 ° N, 91.9260 ° E; alt 4776 m; 9 Jun. 2018; X. L. Bai leg.; MHBU . • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Cona County; 9 Aug. 2014 / Guo-dong Ren leg.; MHBU . • 1 ♀; Qusum County; 10 Aug. 2014; G. D. Ren leg.; MHBU . • 1 ♀; Lhünzê County; 10 Jun. 2018; X. L. Bai leg.; MHBU. MHBU • 1 ♂; Qiuduojiang Township, Qusum County; 9 Aug. 2014; G. D. Ren leg.; MHBU • 1 ♂; Qusum County; 28.0393 ° N, 92.3285 ° E; alt 4622 m; 6 Jul. 2023; X. M. Li leg.; MHBU • 1 ♂, Cona County; 28.2685 ° N, 91.9542 ° E; alt 4814 m; 30 Jul. 2019; X. M. Li leg.; MHBU • 1 ♂; Shannan County; 28.7968 ° N, 91.0715 ° E; alt 4600 m; 6 Jun. 2018; X. L. Bai leg.; MHBU . Larvae. China Xizang Autonomous Region • 1 larva; Nagarzê County; 28.8939 ° N, 90.2650 ° E; alt. 4736 m; 22 Aug. 2019; X. M. Li leg.; MHBU • 3 larvae; Nara Yumco Lake, Cona County; 9 Aug. 2014; G. D. Ren leg.; MHBU • 1 larva; Qusum County; 28.8375 ° N, 91.9983 ° E; alt. 4789 m; 31 Jul. 2019; G. D. Ren leg.; MHBU • 1 larva; Qiuduojiang Township, Qusum County; 9 Aug. 2014; G. D. Ren leg.; MHBU .</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>The new species is morphologically very similar to B. (A.) conica Ren &amp; Shi, 2016, but can be distinguished from the latter by the following male characters: (1) Antennomeres VIII – X transverse spherical (antennomeres VIII – X spherical); (2) Lateral margins of pronotum weakly broadening toward the middle, then toward anterior angles arcuated (lateral margins subparallel from base to 2 / 3, then narrowing toward anterior angles arcuated in B. (A.) conica); (3) Lateral margin of parameres oblique straight in lateral view (lateral margin of parameres wave-shaped in lateral view in B. (A.) conica).</p><p>Description.</p><p>Male (Figs 7, 8 A – D, 8 G, 9 A – C). Body length 16.0– 16.5 mm, width 6.0– 6.5 mm; black, shinny.</p><p>Head (Fig. 7 A, B). Labrum large, rectangular; anterior margin concave, with long setae; epistome distinctly with emarginate apical edge. Head widest at eye level, with more or less coarse but not dense punctation, punctures in middle and epistome smaller than interpuncture space (Fig. 6 A). Antennae reaching base of pronotum when directed backward, antennomeres III – VII cylindrical, VIII – X spherical, XI spindle (Fig. 7 C). Ratio of length / width of antennomeres II – XI 6.0 (8.0): 28.0 (8.0): 10.0 (7.0): 11.0 (7.0): 12.0 (8.0): 13.0 (9.0): 8.0 (10.0): 8.0 (11.0): 9.0 (11.0): 13.0 (11.0). Mentum hexagonal.</p><p>Prothorax (Fig. 7 D). Pronotum nearly square shape, 1.53 times as wide as head. Widest at middle, lateral margins slightly broadening toward the middle, then toward anterior angles arcuated, ratio of width at the anterior margin to the middle portion and base 7: 10: 9, external rim complete. Disc convex, smooth, surface with fine, sparse punctation, large lateral depressions in basal portion present in photographed male specimen, but less distinct or absent in other examined males. Prothoracic hypomera with small granules and longitudinal wrinkles. Prosternal process obliquely sloping behind procoxae, projecting beyond the margin of prosternum.</p><p>Pterothorax. Elytra long ovoid, 1.6 times as long as wide, lateral margins slightly rounded, widest at the middle, 2.7 times as long and 1.6 times as wide as pronotum, 2.0 times as wide as head. Lateral elytral border not entirely visible dorsally. Scutellar shield small. Disc slightly convex, elytral surface coarsely microsculptured, with dense and fine wrinkles and sparse granules on sides, apex of elytra steeply sloping and with sparse granules. Without elytral mucron.</p><p>Legs (Fig. 7 E – K). Profemora stronger, pro-, meso- and metatibiae straight, extended at apex. Ratio of length of pro-, meso- and metatibiae 17: 17: 24, that of metatarsomeres I – IV 24.0 (10.0): 13.0 (8.0): 10.0 (8.0): 25.0 (9.0).</p><p>Abdomen without hair tuft between 1 st and 2 nd ventrites, 1 st – 3 rd ventrites with transverse / longitudinal wrinkles, abdominal ventrites 4 th – 5 th with dense punctures.</p><p>Aedeagus (Fig. 8 A – C). 3.5 mm long and 0.9 mm wide. Parameres 1.0 mm long and 0.75 mm wide, parameres wide and convex at base, cone-shaped, slightly curved to dorsal side apically in lateral view. Rods of spiculum gastrale merged at apex and from common stem, blades oval. Anterior margin of male inner sternite VIII emarginate.</p><p>Female (Figs 8 E, 8 F, 9 D – F). Body length 16.5–18.5 mm, width 7.0–8.0 mm. Body wider than in male. Ratio of width of head, pronotum and elytra 3: 5: 7. Head widest at level of eyes, at outer margins, pronotum 1.4 times as wide as long, elytra 1.5 times as long as wide. Antennae shorter, not reaching base of pronotum when directed backwards antennomeres, III – VII cylindrical, VIII – X transverse spherical, XI spindle. Distal gonocoxite (Fig. 8 E) rounded apically. Stem of spiculum ventrale short and thick; lateral processes almost reaching level of stem apex.</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>This species is named from the Latin adjective “ lineolata, ” in reference to its pterothorax with dense and fine wrinkles.</p><p>Distribution.</p><p>China (Xizang).</p><p>Larva. Body (Fig. 10 A – C). Last-instar larvae length 25.0–32.0 mm, width 3.0– 3.5 mm. Body subcylindrical; last segment hat-shaped; urogomphi absent; body yellowish brown, shiny, with irregular brown stripes; body wall ossified; median line obvious on thorax dorsally and abdominal tergite I; pairs of setae grow on each tergum.</p><p>Head (Fig. 10 D – G). Prognathous, slightly narrower than width of prothorax; labrum transverse; labrum bears six discal and eight apical setae; epipharynx with denser setae on anterior margin, with two basal spines on central area, four mastoids arched between basal spines, with six mastoids symmetrical above the basal spines; (Fig. 10 G); clypeus transverse, trapezoidal, dark brown, with two pairs of setae at apex and margin respectively. (Fig. 10 D, F). Epicranial stem V-shaped; frons with dense long setae on lateral margins, with a pair of setae on anterior margin at apex, a pair on middle, two pairs on posterior margin (Fig. 10 D, F). Ocelli evident, one row arranged transversely (Fig. 10 B). Membranous elevation with two setae (Fig. 10 D). Maxillary palpi (Fig. 10 E) three-segmented, cylindrical, and conical at apex; I widest, II longest and with two long setae. Labial palpi two-segmented, short; I wider, II conical; prementum with two slender setae on anterior margin, each lateral sides with 2–4 long setae, apex with two long setae; mentum hexagonal or trapezoidal, posterior margin with two setae, lateral margin with three or four long setae on each side; submentum with 8–14 setae on middle. Antennae three-segmented, widened from base to apex; I almost as long as II, the apex of II is dilated and baseball-like; III shortest and narrowest (Fig. 10 B, D – F).</p><p>Thorax (Fig. 10 A). Thoracic segments parallel-sided, with transverse plicae. Pronotum with two pairs of elongate setae on anterior and posterior margin. Meso- and metanotum with two pairs of setae on anterior margin and a pair of setae on posterior margin. Anterior and posterior borders of pronotum with brown longitudinal stripes. Posterior border of mesonotum and metanotum with a brown longitudinal stripe. Pronotum longest, 2.19 times as long as mesonotum, 1.64 times as long as metanotum, mesonotum shortest.</p><p>Legs (Fig. 10 H). Foreleg strongest evidently, longer and thicker than meso- and metathoracic legs; tarsungulus strongly sclerotized in all legs, hooked, with dense setae. Protarsungulus strongly sclerotized, sharp, claw-like; protarsungulus with one seta on inner and one short spine on outer side at base. Profemora and protibiae gradually narrowing towards apex; inner margin setal formula of prothoracic leg 3–5 (2–3): 5–9 (3–9): 2 (2); outer margin of tibiae with two setae; outer margin of femora with two setae; trochanter three setae. Mesotarsus with one strong, short spine on inner and outer side at base, respectively; inner margin setal formula of mesothoracic leg 3–4 (2): 5–7 (1–3): 2 (2); outer margin of tibiae with two spines; outer margin of femora with two spines; outer margin of trochanters with two spines and one seta or one spine and two setae. Metatarsus with a strong, short spine on inner and outer side at base, respectively; inner margin setal formula of metathoracic leg 3–5 (2–5): 4–5 (3): 2 (2), outer margin of tibiae with two spines, outer margin of femora with two spines or two setae, outer margin of trochanters with two spines and one seta.</p><p>Abdomen (Fig. 10 C, I – K). Approximately 3.9 times as long as thorax; abdominal segments I – VIII subcylindrical, with transverse plicae; ventral side of abdominal segment I with three setae on each side (on mid-anterior, middle, mid-posterior respectively) and denser setae on anterior margin, ventral side of abdominal segments II – VIII with a pair of setae on upper side of lateral margin, with two pairs of setae on posterior side of lateral margin (Fig. 10 C). Last segment hat-shaped, 0.79 times as long as VIII, distinctly narrower than VIII; surface of convex disc with sparse setae in ventral view, with a row of short spines on each side (six spines on left, 5–8 spines on right); urogomphi absent, apex with one or two pairs of short spines (Fig. 10 I – K).</p><p>Spiracles (Fig. 10 C). Lateral margins of abdominal segments I – VIII and mesothorax each with a pair of spiracles, mesothoracic spiracles much larger than abdominal ones, lateral margins of abdominal segments I – VIII spiracles gradually shrinking, oval.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/514C256EC250553096A217871BD9EAC9	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Li, Xin-Yu;Zhang, Bao-Yue;Jing, Sheng-Bo;Li, Xiu-Min	Li, Xin-Yu, Zhang, Bao-Yue, Jing, Sheng-Bo, Li, Xiu-Min (2026): Description of two new species and larvae of three species of Blaps Fabricius, 1775 from China (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Blaptinae), with molecular species delimitation. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 73 (2): 299-313, DOI: 10.3897/dez.73.194205
34CE674335D25FD0A7813AAB1737A92B.text	34CE674335D25FD0A7813AAB1737A92B.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Blaps (Blaps) caraboides subsp. intermittens Kaszab 1962	<div><p>Blaps (Blaps) caraboides intermittens Kaszab, 1962</p><p>Blaps (Blaps) caraboides intermittens Kaszab, 1962: 313; Skopin 1961: 189; Löbl et al. 2008: 220; Chigray and Ivanov 2020: 113, 115, 156, fig. 3; Chigray and Kirejtshuk 2023: 234.</p><p>Material.</p><p>Larva. China – Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region • 1 larva; Zhaosu County; 43.2198 ° N, 81.1976 ° E; alt. 1437 m; 1 May 2024; X. M. Li leg.; MHBU .</p><p>Description.</p><p>Larva. Body (Fig. 2 A – C). Last-instar larvae length 24.0–32.0 mm, width 3.2–3.6 mm. Body subcylindrical; last segment hat-shaped; urogomphi absent, only two spines remain at apex; body brownish yellow, shiny, body wall sclerotized; median line inconspicuous; pairs of setae grow on each tergum.</p><p>Head (Fig. 2 D – G). Prognathous, slightly narrower than width of prothorax; labrum transverse; labrum bears six discal and eight apical setae; epipharynx with sparse setae on anterior margin, with two basal spines on central area, four mastoids arched between basal spines, with six mastoids above basal spines; (Fig. 2 G); clypeus transverse, trapezoidal, dark brown, with two pairs of setae at apex and margin respectively. (Fig. 2 D, F). Epicranial stem Y-shaped; frons with dense long setae on lateral margins, with a pair of setae on anterior margin at apex, a pair on mid-lateral margin, two pairs on posterior margin (Fig. 2 D, F). Ocelli inconspicuous (Fig. 2 B). Head with membranous elevation on both sides of clypeus; each membranous elevation with two setae (Fig. 2 D). Maxillary palpi (Fig. 2 E) three-segmented, cylindrical, and conical at apex; I widest, II longest and with two long setae. Labial palpi two-segmented, short; I wider, II conical; prementum short, with two slender setae on middle; mentum trapezoidal, posterior margin with two setae, lateral margin with one long seta on each side; submentum with eight setae on mid-posterior portion. Antennae three-segmented, widened from base to apex; the apex of II is dilated and baseball-like; III shortest and narrowest, with a slender seta (Fig. 2 B, D – F).</p><p>Thorax (Fig. 2 A). Thoracic segments parallel-sided, with transverse plicae. Pro-, meso- and metanotum with a pair of elongate setae on anterior and posterior margin. Anterior and posterior borders of pronotum with brown longitudinal stripes. Posterior border of mesonotum and metanotum with a brown longitudinal stripe. Pronotum longest, 1.91 times as long as mesonotum, 1.19 times as long as metanotum, mesonotum shortest, mesothorax is shortest.</p><p>Legs (Fig. 2 H). Foreleg strongest evidently, longer and thicker than meso- and metathoracic legs; tarsungulus strongly sclerotized in all legs, hooked, with dense setae. Protarsungulus strongly sclerotized, sharp, claw-like; protarsungulus with a strong, short seta on inner and outer side at base, respectively. Profemora and protibiae gradually narrowing towards apex; inner margin setal formula of prothoracic leg 2 (2): 5–6 (3): 2 (2); outer margin of tibiae with two strong setae; outer margin of femora with two setae; trochanter with two setae.</p><p>Abdomen (Fig. 2 C, I – K). Approximately 2.95 times as long as thorax; abdominal segments I – VIII subcylindrical, with transverses plicae; ventral side of abdominal segment I with denser setae, ventral side of abdominal segments II – VIII with one seta on each lateral margin, with four setae on posterior margin (Fig. 2 C). Last segment hat-shaped, as long as VIII, distinctly narrower than VIII; surface of convex disc with denser long setae in ventral view, with a row of short spines on each side (seven spines on left, six spines on right); urogomphi absent, apex with two short spines (Fig. 2 J – L).</p><p>Spiracles (Fig. 2 C). Lateral margins of abdominal segments I – VIII and mesothorax each with a pair of spiracles, mesothoracic spiracles much larger than abdominal one, lateral margins of abdominal segments I – VIII spiracles gradually shrinking, oval.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/34CE674335D25FD0A7813AAB1737A92B	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Li, Xin-Yu;Zhang, Bao-Yue;Jing, Sheng-Bo;Li, Xiu-Min	Li, Xin-Yu, Zhang, Bao-Yue, Jing, Sheng-Bo, Li, Xiu-Min (2026): Description of two new species and larvae of three species of Blaps Fabricius, 1775 from China (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Blaptinae), with molecular species delimitation. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 73 (2): 299-313, DOI: 10.3897/dez.73.194205
C9028AD58D0E543DA73371D359927E31.text	C9028AD58D0E543DA73371D359927E31.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Blaps (Blaps) ovalis X. - M. Li 2026	<div><p>Blaps (Blaps) ovalis X. - M. Li, sp. nov.</p><p>Type material.</p><p>Holotype: China – Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region • 1 ♂; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=105.9784&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=38.9513" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 105.9784/lat 38.9513)">Helan Mountain</a>; 38.9513 ° N, 105.9784 ° E; alt. 2527 m; 18 Aug. 2024; J. Song leg.; MHBU . Paratypes: China – Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region • 7 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀; same data as for holotype • 1 ♂; MHBU • 2 ♂♂, 5 ♀♀; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=105.8117&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=38.4908" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 105.8117/lat 38.4908)">Helan Mountain</a>; 38.4908 ° N, 105.8117 ° E; alt. 1745 m; 17 Aug. 2024; MHBU . Larvae. China – Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region • 1 ex.; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=105.8918&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=38.7761" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 105.8918/lat 38.7761)">Helan Mountain</a>; 38.7761 ° N, 105.8918 ° E; alt. 2510 m; 20 Aug. 2024; J. Song leg.; MHBU .</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>The new species is morphologically very similar to B. (A.) compressipes (Reitter, 1887) in the shape of the pronotum and the elytra but can be distinguished from the latter by the following male characters: (1) Metatibiae straight (metatibiae curved in B. (A.) compressipes); (2) Lateral margin of parameres arcuately narrowing from base to middle, straight narrowing from middle to apex in dorsal view; apex of parameres sharp (lateral margin of parameres nearly straight in dorsal view; apex of parameres obtuse in B. (A.) compressipes).</p><p>The new species is morphologically very similar to B. (B.) washana Schuster, 1923, but can be distinguished from the latter by the following male characters: (1) Lateral margins of pronotum straight or slightly rounded at basal quarter (widely emarginated in B. (B.) washana) (2) Prosternal process nearly rhombic (Prosternal process nearly triangular, apex of the prosternal process straight in B. (B.) washana); (3) Elytral disc slightly convex (Elytra disc flat in B. (B.) washana); (4) Parameres bottleneck-shaped (apical narrow portion of parameres longer in B. (B.) washana).</p><p>Description.</p><p>Male (Figs 3, 4 A – E, 5 A – C). Body length 15.0– 17.5 mm, width 5.0– 6.5 mm; black, shiny.</p><p>Head (Fig. 3 A, B). Labrum small; anterior margin concave, with long setae; epistome distinctly with emarginate apical edge (Fig. 3 A). Head widest at eye level, with more or less coarse but not dense punctation, punctures in middle and epistome smaller than interpuncture space (Fig. 3 A). Antennae reaching base of pronotum when directed backward, antennomeres III – VII cylindrical, VIII – X spherical, XI spindle (Fig. 3 C). Ratio of length / width of antennomeres II – XI 6.0 (7.0): 29.0 (8.0): 14.0 (7.0): 14.0 (7.0): 14.0 (8.0): 15.0 (9.0): 10.0 (9.0): 10.0 (9.0): 10.0 (9.0): 14.0 (8.0). Mentum oval, base of mentum straight.</p><p>Prothorax (Fig. 3 D). Pronotum nearly square shape, 1.4 times as wide as head. Widest at the middle, lateral margins nearly parallel from base to 2 / 3, then narrowing toward anterior angles arcuated, ratio of width at the anterior margin to the middle portion and base 6: 9: 9, external rim complete. Disc smooth, surface with dense and fine punctations. Prothoracic hypomera with small granules and longitudinal wrinkles. Prosternal process nearly rhombic, projecting beyond the margin of prosternum.</p><p>Pterothorax. Elytra long ovoid, 1.5 times as long as wide, lateral margins of elytra regularly slightly rounded at middle portion, widest at the middle, 2.5 times as long and 1.4 times as wide as pronotum, 1.8 times as wide as head. Middle of the rim invisible from the dorsal view. Scutellar shield small. Disc slightly convex, elytral surface rough, with dense punctations, apex of elytra weakly sloping. Without elytral mucron.</p><p>Legs (Fig. 3 E – K). Legs long. Profemora with wide, gentle, not deep emargination before apex. Pro- and mesotibiae slightly curved, extended at apex. Metatibiae almost straight. Ratio of length of pro-, meso- and metatibiae 45: 54: 70, ratio of length (width) of metatarsomeres I – IV 30.0 (8.0): 12.0 (7.0): 10.0 (6.0): 35.0 (8.0).</p><p>Abdomen without hair tuft between 1 st and 2 nd ventrites, 1 st – 3 rd ventrites with transverse / longitudinal wrinkles, abdominal ventrites 4 th – 5 th with dense punctures.</p><p>Aedeagus (Fig. 4 A – C). 2.8 mm long and 0.7 mm wide. Parameres 0.8 mm long and 0.5 mm wide, parameres wide and convex at base, bottleneck-shaped, with incomplete midline, lateral margin arcuately narrowing from base to middle, straight narrowing from middle to apex in dorsal view. Rods of spiculum gastrale merged at apex. Anterior margin of male inner sternite VIII emarginate.</p><p>Female (Figs 4 F, 4 G, 5 D – F). Body length 16.0– 16.5 mm, width 7.5–8.0 mm. Body wider than in male. Ratio of width of head, pronotum and elytra 6: 10: 15. Head widest at level of eyes, at outer margins, pronotum 1.1 times as wide as long, elytra 1.5 times as long as wide. Antennae reaching base of pronotum when directed backward, antennomeres III – VII cylindrical, VIII – X spherical, XI spindle. Ovipositor moderately long, distal gonocoxite rounded apically. Stem of spiculum ventral long.</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>This species is named from the Latin adjective “ ovalis, ” in reference to its oval bodyshape.</p><p>Distribution.</p><p>China: Inner Mongolia.</p><p>Larva. Body (Fig. 6 A – C). Last-instar larvae length 20.0–30.0 mm, width 2.0–3.0 mm. Body cylindrical; last segment triangular; urogomphi absent; body brownish yellow, shiny, body wall sclerotized; median line obvious on thorax dorsally; pairs of setae grow on each tergum.</p><p>Head (Fig. 6 D – G). Prognathous, slightly narrower than width of prothorax; labrum transverse; labrum bears eight discal and 10–12 apical setae; epipharynx with sparse setae on anterior margin, with eleven mastoids (Fig. 6 G); clypeus transverse, trapezoidal, dark brown on middle and yellow on each side, with two pairs of setae at apex and margin respectively. (Fig. 6 F). Epicranial stem V-shaped; frons with dense long setae on lateral margins, with a pair of setae on anterior margin at apex, a pair on mid-lateral margin, two pairs on posterior margin (Fig. 6 D, F). Ocelli evident (Fig. 6 B). Membranous elevation with two setae (Fig. 6 D). Maxillary palpi (Fig. 6 E) three-segmented, cylindrical, and conical at apex; I widest, II longest and with two long setae. Labial palpi two-segmented, short; I wider, II conical; prementum long, with two slender setae on anterior margin; mentum hexagonal, with two long setae on each lateral margin and posterior margin respectively; submentum with nine setae on mid-posterior portion. Antennae three-segmented, widened from base to apex; the apex of II is dilated and baseball-like; III shortest and narrowest, with a slender seta (Fig. 6 B, D – F).</p><p>Thorax (Fig. 6 A). Thoracic segments parallel-sided, with transverse plicae. Pro-, meso- and metanotum with a pair of elongate setae on anterior and posterior margin. Anterior and posterior borders of pronotum with brown longitudinal stripes. Posterior border of mesonotum and metanotum with a brown longitudinal stripe. Pronotum longest, 1.96 times as long as mesonotum, 1.27 times as long as metanotum, mesonotum shortest.</p><p>Legs (Fig. 6 H). Foreleg strongest evidently, longer and thicker than meso- and metathoracic legs; tarsungulus strongly sclerotized in all legs, hooked, with dense setae. Protarsungulus strongly sclerotized, sharp, claw-like; protarsungulus with a strong, short seta on inner and outer side at base, respectively. Profemora and protibiae gradually narrowing towards apex; inner margin setal formula of prothoracic leg 3 (2): 5 (3): 2 (2); outer margin of tibiae with two strong, short setae; outer margin of femora with two strong, short setae; trochanter with two strong, short spines and a seta. Mesotarsus with a seta on inner side and a strong, short spine on outer side at base; inner margin setal formula of mesothoracic leg 3 (2): 5 (3): 2 (2); outer margin of tibiae with two spines; outer margin of femora with two spines; outer margin of trochanters with three spines. Metatarsus with a seta on inner side and a strong, short spine at base, inner margin setal formula of metathoracic leg 3 (2): 5 (3): 2 (2), outer margin of tibiae with two spines, outer margin of femora with two spines, outer margin of trochanters with two setae.</p><p>Abdomen (Fig. 6 C, I – K). Approximately 3.35 times as long as thorax; abdominal segments I – VIII subcylindrical, with transverses plicae; ventral side of abdominal segment I with denser setae, ventral side of abdominal segments II – VIII with two setae on each lateral margin (Fig. 6 C). Last segment triangular, 0.80 times as long as VIII, distinctly narrower than VIII; surface of convex disc with denser long setae in ventral view, with a row of short spines on each side (four spines on left, five spines on right); urogomphi absent, apex with two short spines (Fig. 6 I – K).</p><p>Spiracles (Fig. 6 C). Lateral margins of abdominal segments I – VIII and mesothorax each with a pair of spiracles, mesothoracic spiracles much larger than abdominal one, lateral margins of abdominal segments I – VIII spiracles gradually shrinking, rounded.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C9028AD58D0E543DA73371D359927E31	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Li, Xin-Yu;Zhang, Bao-Yue;Jing, Sheng-Bo;Li, Xiu-Min	Li, Xin-Yu, Zhang, Bao-Yue, Jing, Sheng-Bo, Li, Xiu-Min (2026): Description of two new species and larvae of three species of Blaps Fabricius, 1775 from China (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Blaptinae), with molecular species delimitation. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 73 (2): 299-313, DOI: 10.3897/dez.73.194205
