Bioramix (Bioramix) oblongula ( Fairmaire, 1898 )

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 : 9

Bioramix (Bioramix) oblongula ( Fairmaire, 1898)

( Figs 25–26 , 190–191 , 320 , 356–357 )

Botiras oblongulus Fairmaire, 1898: 389 .

Platynoscelis (Bioramix) oblongulus: Kaszab, 1940: 181 .

Bioramix (Bioramix) oblongula: Egorov, 2008: 291 ; 2009: 63; Bai et al., 2019: 899.

Platynoscelis (Bioramix) himalajensis Kaszab, 1940: 179 (synonymized by Koch, 1965).

Type material. Lectotype (Bai et al., 2019): ♂ ( MNHN), Indes Int. Car. Boy // Botiras oblongulus Faim. n. sp // 18 // TYPUS, Platynoscelis oblongulus Fam. , exam. C. KOCH ( Figs 190 , 320 ). Syntypes of Platynoscelis (Bioramix) himalajensis Kaszab, 1940: 1 ♂ ( HNHM), Poo, Kashmir // S?a?d // Co-Typus, Platynoscelis himalayensis m. 1938, Kaszab; 1♂ ( HNHM), Co-Typus, Bashahr, State Poo. // Coll. G. Hauser; 1♂ ( HNHM), Co-Typus, Nd. Indien, Poo b., Simla; 1♀ ( HNHM), Co-Typus, Po-o, S.W. Thibet.

Other material. CHINA: Xizang: 5♂♂, 6♀♀ ( MHBU), Chunbala, Diyag Township , Zanda County, 31°47.025′ N, 79°10.806′ E, 4544 m, 12.VIII.2018, Xing-Long Bai, Zi-Yuan Hu & Ming-Min Ma leg. ; 3♂♂ ( MHBU), Zhibang, Diyag Township , Zanda County, 31°49.989′ N, 79°18.654′ E, 4245 m, 12.VIII.2018, Xing-Long Bai, Zi-Yuan Hu & Ming-Min Ma leg. ; 1♀ ( MHBU), Jieshen, Diyag Township , Zanda County, 31°50.070′ N, 79°00.295′ E, 4356 m, 13.VIII.2018, Xing-Long Bai, Zi-Yuan Hu & Ming-Min Ma leg.

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

Figures

FIGURES 25–48. Parameres of male aedeagus in dorsal and lateral view. 25–26. Bioramix oblongula; 27–28. B. rotundicollis; 29–30. B. barkamica; 31–32. B. championi; 33–34. B. chinensis; 35–36. B. gibbosa; 37–38. B. globipunctata; 39–40. B. liupanshana (= B. globipunctata); 41–42. B. korschefskyi; 43–44. B. longicornis; 45–46. B. maoxianensis; 47–48. B. prolongata.

FIGURES 190–195. Habitus. 190–191. Bioramix oblongula (males; 190. lectotype); 192. B. ovalis (male, lectotype, photograph by Keita Matsumoto); 193–194. B. rotundicollis (males; 193. syntype); 195. B. asidioides (male, lectotype of Botiras punctatellus).

FIGURES 316–323. Habitus and type labels. 316–319. Habitus: 316–317. Bioramix yushuana (316. male, holotype; 317. female, paratype); 318. B. pamirensis (male); 319. B. lucidicollis (male). 320–323. Type labels: 320. B. oblongula; 321. B. ovalis (photograph by Keita Matsumoto); 322. B. rotundicollis; 323. Botiras punctatellus (= B. asidioides).

FIGURES 354–357. Habitat. 354–357. Bioramix oblongula in Diyag Township, Zanda County, Xizang, China.