Bioramix (Leipopleura) kochi ( Kaszab, 1940 )

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 : 32

Bioramix (Leipopleura) kochi ( Kaszab, 1940)

( Figs 84–85 , 245–246 , 342 , 370, 372, 374 )

Platynoscelis (Leipopleura) kochi Kaszab, 1940: 169 .

Bioramix (Leipopleura) kochi: Egorov, 1990: 408 ; 2004: 655; 2008: 292; 2009: 64; 2019: 980; Li et al., 2016a: 40; Bai et al., 2019: 900.

Type material. Lectotype (Bai et al., 2019): ♂ ( HNHM), Sikkim: Deutang , 15000 ft, 27.iv, 1924., Maj. R. W. G. Hingston. // Everest Exp, Brit. Mus., 1924-386 // Co-Typus, Platynoscelis kochi sp. nov. 1939, Kaszab ( Figs 245 , 342 ) . Paralectotype: 1♂ ( HNHM), E. TIBET: Du Chu Valley, Posho , 12-13000 ft, vii.1936 // R. J. H. Kaulback, B. M. 1937-547 // Co-Typus, Platynoscelis kochi sp. nov. 1939, Kaszab .

Other material. CHINA: Xizang: 6♂♂, 9♀♀ ( MHBU), Nyalam County, 5.VII.2004, Yi-Bin Ba & Ai-Min Shi leg. ; 10♂♂, 7♀♀ ( MHBU), Nyalam County, 28°09.930′ N, 85°58.316′ E, 3766 m, 4.VIII.2011 , Guo-Dong Ren et al. leg .; 3♂♂, 2♀♀ ( MHBU), Nyalam County, 28°09.196′ N, 85°58.790′ E, 3768 m, 30.VII.2014, Guo-Dong Ren, Xing-Long Bai & Jun-Sheng Shan leg. ; 1♂ ( MHBU), Rujia Village, Yarlêb Township , Nyalam County, 28°22.010′ N, 86°05.427′ E, 4322 m, 28.VII.2014, Guo-Dong Ren, Xing-Long Bai & Jun-Sheng Shan leg. ; 4♂♂, 5♀♀ ( MHBU), Tong La Shankou , Nyalam County, 28°30.992′ N, 86°10.014′ E, 5126 m, 30.VII.2014, Guo-Dong Ren, Xing-Long Bai & Jun-Sheng Shan leg. ; 4♂♂, 2♀♀ ( MHBU), Tong La Shankou , Nyalam County, 28°30.993′ N, 86°10.038′ E, 5136 m, 20.VI.2018, Xing-Long Bai leg. ; 4♂♂, 3♀♀ ( MHBU), Tajielin Village , Nyalam County, 28°19.263′ N, 86°02.359′ E, 4200 m, 20.VI.2018, Xing-Long Bai leg. ; 6♂♂, 4♀♀ ( MHBU), Laixin Village , Nyalam County, 28°25′34′′ N, 86°06′53.5′′ E, 4531 m, 15.VIII.2019, Zhao Pan, Xiu-Min Li, Ming Wen & Lan-Rui Wang leg. ; 5♂♂, 1♀ ( MHBU), Zongta Village , Nyalam County, 28°14′22.4′′ N, 85°57′47.1′′ E, 3940 m, 15.VIII.2019, Zhao Pan, Xiu-Min Li, Ming Wen & Lan-Rui Wang leg. ; 6♂♂, 6♀♀ ( MHBU), Ma La Shan , Gyirong County, 28°53.996′ N, 85°22.784′ E, 5088 m, 23.VI.2018, Xing-Long Bai leg. ; 15♂♂, 3♀♀ ( MHBU), Datangga, Zongga Town , Gyirong County, 28°52.168′ N, 85°03.314′ E, 5229 m, 28.VI.2018, Xing-Long Bai leg. NEPAL: 2♂♂ ( HNHM), E. TIBET, Du Chu Valley., Posho , 12-13,000 ft., vii.1936 // R. J. H. Kaulback, B. M. 1937-547/539 // det. dr. Kaszab.

Distribution. China: Xizang ( Kaszab, 1940; Egorov, 2019); India ( Kaszab, 1940; Egorov, 2008); Nepal ( Egorov, 2008).

Figures

FIGURES 74–97. Parameres of male aedeagus in dorsal and lateral view. 74–75. Bioramix homoplasta; 76–77. B. hongyuanensis; 78–79. B. igori; 80–81. B. impressithorax; 82–83. B. integra; 84–85. B. kochi; 86–87. B. latitarsis; 88–89. B. laxipenis; 90–91. B. lhozhagensis; 92–93. B. longipilis; 94–95. B. micans; 96–97. B. miranda.

FIGURES 244–249. Habitus. 244. Platyscelis obovatus (= Bioramix integra, female, holotype); 245–246. Bioramix kochi (males; 245. lectotype); 247–248. B. latitarsis (247. male, holotype; 248. female, paratype); 249. B. laxipenis (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.

FIGURES 369–374. Habitat. 369–370. Bioramix kochi in Tajielin Village, Nyalam County, Xizang, China; 371–372. B. kochi in Ma La Shan, Gyirong County, Xizang, China; 373–374. B. kochi in Zongga Town, Gyirong County, Xizang, China.