Bioramix (Leipopleura) crypticoides ( Reitter, 1887 )

Bai, Xing-Long & Ren, Guo-Dong, 2020, Revision of the genus Bioramix Bates, 1879 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Platyscelidini) from China, Zootaxa 4815 (1), pp. 1-102 : 23

Bioramix (Leipopleura) crypticoides ( Reitter, 1887)

( Figs 66–67 , 227–228 , 336 )

Faustia crypticoides Reitter, 1887: 384 .

Platyscelis (Leipopleura) crypticoides: Seidlitz, 1893: 347 .

Platynoscelis (Trichoplatyscelis) crypticoides: Kaszab, 1940: 161 .

Bioramix (Leipopleura) crypticoides: Egorov, 1990: 406 ; 2004: 655 (erroneous spelling as cryptocoides); 2008: 292; 2009: 63; Li et al., 2016a: 39.

Bioramix crypticoides: Ren & Yu, 1999: 299 .

Type material. Lectotype ( Egorov, 1990): ♂ ( HNHM), Nord-Thibet, Przewalsky, 1884 // Faustia (kr.) rufipalpis m. // Typus, Faustia crypticoides Rtt., Coll. Reitter // Lectotypus, Faustia crypticoides Reitter , design. L. Egorov, 1989 ( Figs 227 , 336 ). Paralectotype: 1♀ ( HNHM), Nord-Thibet, 1884, Przewalsky // Typus, Faustia crypticoides Reitter // Paralectotypus, Faustia crypticoides Reitt. , design. L. Egorov, 1989.

Other material. CHINA: Gansu: 1♀ ( HNHM), Kan-ssu , 1885, G. Patanin // crypticoides Reitt. , det. dr. Kaszab . Qinghai: 28♂♂, 11♀♀ ( MHBU), Kunlun Shankou, Golmud City , 35°35.514′ N, 94°01.932′ E, 4675 m, 24.VII.2012 , Guo-Dong Ren et al. leg .; 3♂♂ ( MHBU), Kunlun Shankou , [Golmud City], 35°34.788′ N, 94°01.277′ E, 4677 m, 22.VII.2014, Guo-Dong Ren, Xing-Long Bai & Jun-Sheng Shan leg.

Distribution. China: Gansu ( Kaszab, 1940; Egorov, 2008), Qinghai ( Kaszab, 1940; Egorov, 2008), Xinjiang ( Kaszab, 1940; Ren & Yu, 1999; Egorov, 2008), Xizang ( Kaszab, 1940; Egorov, 2008).

Remarks. Indication of the species for Sichuan of China ( Egorov, 2008), in our opinion, is erroneous.

Figures

FIGURES 49–73. Parameres of male aedeagus in dorsal and lateral view. 49–50. Bioramix splendida; 51–52. B. subaenescens; 53–55. B. szetschuana; 56–57. B. kulzeri (= B. szetschuana, photograph by Christoph Germann, without measuring scale); 58–59. B. tenuitarsus; 60–61. B. aenescens; 62–63. B. banbarensis; 64–65. B. baxoica; 66–67. B. crypticoides; 68–69. B. cupreoviridis; 70–71. B. exsertigenae; 72–73. B. frivaldszkyi.

FIGURES 226–231. Habitus. 226. Bioramix baxoica (female, paratype); 227–228. B. crypticoides (males; 227. lectotype); 229–230. B. cupreoviridis (229. male, holotype; 230. female, paratype); 231. B. exsertigenae (male, holotype).

FIGURES 334–344. Type labels. 334. Bioramix aenescens (photograph by Keita Matsumoto); 335. B. banbarensis; 336. B. crypticoides; 337. B. frivaldszkyi; 338. B. hongyuanensis; 339. B. igori; 340. B. integra; 341. Platyscelis obovatus; 342. B. kochi; 343. B. micans; 344. B. nagquana.