Oodescelis (Ovaloodescelis) affinis ( Seidlitz, 1893 )

Bai, Xing-Long, Li, Xiu-Min & Ren, Guo-Dong, 2019, A review of the genus Oodescelis Motschulsky, 1845 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae Platyscelidini) from China, Zootaxa 4656 (3), pp. 401-430 : 413-414

Oodescelis (Ovaloodescelis) affinis ( Seidlitz, 1893)

( Figs. 4 , 8 , 27–28 , 55–56 , 76 )

Platyscelis (Oodescelis) affinis Seidlitz, 1893: 355 ; Kaszab, 1938b: 94.

Oodescelis (Ovaloodescelis) affinis: Kaszab, 1940: 947 ; Ren & Yu, 1999: 296; Egorov, 2004: 649; 2008: 295; 2009a: 60; Ren & Liu, 2009: 1147 (defensive glands).

Type material (studied). Lectotype, designated here: ♂ ( HNHM), Sergiopol // Platyscelis minuta, Ball. // Typus, Oodescelis affinis Seidlitz ( Figs. 55 , 76 ).

Other material. CHINA: Xinjiang: 1 ♂ ( MHBU), Tekes , 11.VI.1984 ; 1♀ ( MHBU), Tekes , 20.V.2009, Dong Sun & Yong-Cheng Zhao leg. ; 8 ♂♂, 1♀ ( MHBU), Tekes , 21.V.2009, Dong Sun & Yong-Cheng Zhao leg. ; 1 ♂ ( MHBU), Tekes Warehouse , VII.1985, Sheng-Fang Zhang leg. ; 75 ♂♂, 31♀♀ ( MHBU), Gongliu-Tekes border, 31.V.2006, Yi-Bin Ba leg. ; 1 ♂, 1♀ ( MHBU), Yining , IV.1991, Xin-Xiu Luo leg. ; 1♀ ( MHBU), Xiata, Zhaosu , 19.VII.1991 ; 116 ♂♂, 73♀♀ ( MHBU), Zhaosu , 1200 m, 27.VII.1995, Guo-Dong Ren leg. ; 55 ♂♂, 57♀♀ ( MHBU), Zhaosu , 1200 m, 27.VII.1995, Quan-Xing Sun leg. ; 36 ♂♂, 8♀♀ ( MHBU), Zhaosu , 30–31.V.2006, Yi-Bin Ba leg. ; 33 ♂♂, 19♀♀ ( MHBU), Poma, Zhaosu , 25–26.VI.2009, Cheng-Li Zhang & Zhao Pan leg. ; 1♀ ( MHBU), Guozigou, Huocheng , 4.VIII.1992, Guo-Dong Ren leg. ; 8 ♂♂, 4♀♀ ( MHBU), Guozigou, Huocheng , 29.V.2006, Yi-Bin Ba leg. ; 9 ♂♂, 4♀♀ ( MHBU), Guozigou, Huocheng , 1.VIII.2007, Cheng-Li Zhang & Xin-Pu Wang leg. ; 1♀ ( MHBU), Agriculture Division 4 Regiment 62 Company 4, Huocheng , 22.VI.2009, Cheng-Li Zhang & Zhao Pan leg. ; 7 ♂♂, 1♀ ( MHBU), Ebinur Lake Nature Reserve , 28.V.2006, Yi-Bin Ba leg. ; 102 ♂♂, 46♀♀ ( MHBU), Sayram Lake, Bole , 29.V.2006, Yi-Bin Ba leg. ; 275 ♂♂, 191♀♀ ( MHBU), Sayram Lake , 31.VII.2007, Cheng-Li Zhang & Xin-Pu Wang leg. ; 6 ♂♂, 10♀♀ ( MHBU), Wenquan , 19.VIII.2006, Feng Zhang leg. ; 25 ♂♂, 21♀♀ ( MHBU), Alataw Shan, Wenquan , 6.VIII.2008, Cheng-Li Zhang leg. ; 34 ♂♂, 15♀♀ ( MHBU), Qapqal Forest Park, 5.VIII.2007, Cheng-Li Zhang & Xin-Pu Wang leg. ; 1 ♂ ( MHBU), Jinghe , 7.VIII.2008, Cheng-Li Zhang leg. ; 1 ♂, 1♀ ( MHBU), Alataw Shankou Port , 18–19.VI.2009, Cheng-Li Zhang & Zhao Pan leg.

Distribution. China: Xinjiang ( Kaszab, 1940; Ren & Yu, 1999; Egorov, 2008); Kazakhstan ( Kaszab, 1940; Ren & Yu, 1999; Egorov, 2008), Kyrgyzstan ( Kaszab, 1940; Ren & Yu, 1999; Egorov, 1999, 2008).

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FIGURE 4. Molecular phylogenetic relationships and species boundaries of the genus Oodescelis.

FIGURES 5–14. Male protibiae. 5. Oodescelis acutanguloides; 6. O. oblonga; 7. O. brevipennis brevipennis; 8. O. affinis; 9. O. heydeni; 10. O. ovalis; 11. O. pseudotibialis; 12. O. similis similis; 13. O. subattenuata; 14. O. tibialis.

FIGURES 15–30. Parameres of male aedeagus in dorsal and lateral view. 15–16. Oodescelis punctatissima emmerichi; 17–18. O. punctatissima henanana; 19–20. O. punctatissima punctatissima; 21–22. O. pyripenis; 23–24. O. acutanguloides; 25–26. O. oblonga; 27–28. O. affinis; 29–30. O. ovalis.

FIGURES 55–60. Habitus. 55–56. Oodescelis affinis (males; 55. lectotype); 57. O. heydeni (male, paratype of O. xerophila); 58–59. O. ovalis (males; 58. paratype of O. chinensis); 60. O. pseudotibialis (male).

FIGURES 73–81. Type labels. 73. Oodescelis acutanguloides; 74. O. kuntzeni; 75. O. brevipennis brevipennis; 76. O. affinis; 77. O. xerophila; 78. O. chinensis; 79. O. similis similis; 80. O. attenuata (= O. subattenuata); 81. O. sachtlebeni.