Pseudabris longiventris ( Blair, 1927 )

Pan, Zhao & Ren, Guodong, 2018, Taxonomic revision of the subfamily Meloinae (Coleoptera: Meloidae) from Xizang, China, with description of a new species, Zoological Systematics 43 (1), pp. 66-88 : 82

Pseudabris longiventris ( Blair, 1927) ( Fig. 23 )

Mylabris longiventris Blair, 1927: 253 . Type locality: “ Tibet: Tingri, Shekkar, Kyishong, Chiblung, Tinki Dzong (syntype)” (Xizang, China). Type depository: BMNH.

Pseudabris longiventris: Bologna & Pinto, 2002: 2068 .

Material examined from Xizang. 6 exs., Tingri (elev. 4572 m), 1924.VII.6, Maj. R. W. G. Hingston leg. (syntype; BMNH) ; 36 exs., Tingri , 2004.VII.3, Yibin Ba & Aimin Shi leg. (2 exs. NXU, the remaining MHBU) ; 7 exs., Tingri , 2005.VII.26, Aimin Shi leg. ( MHBU) ; 1 ex., Transhimalaya, SE Tibet, NE Lhasa, Lhasatal Rhododrendron rivale-Kobresia pygmaea-Rasen (elev. 4900 m), 1989.VIII.2, Kuhle leg. ( MAB) ; 15 exs., Lhasa near Sera, Lhasa dint. Sera , W of Lhasa (elev. 3650 m), 1992.VI.22–26, Sbordoni leg. ( MAB) ; 4 exs., Lhasa (elev. 4000 m), 1995.VI.18, Mrabal leg. ( MAB) ; 1 ex., Dong Mountain, Lhasa , 2002.VI.27, Yibin Ba & Yang Yu leg. ( MHBU) ; 56 exs., Lhasa (elev. 4000 m), 2002.VI.30, Guodong Ren leg. (3 exs. NXU, the remaining MHBU) ; 1 ex., opposite bank of Lhasa River , 2003.VIII.23, Guodong Ren leg. ( MHBU) ; 2 exs., Luru, Lhazê , 2002.VI.29, Yinbin Ba & Yang Yu leg. ( NXU) ; 1 ex., Zong Mountain, Gyangzê , 2002.VII.2, Yinbin Ba & Yang Yu leg. ( NXU) ; 1 ex., Qüxü , 2002.VII.6, Guodong Ren leg. ( MHBU) ; 2 exs., Zogang , 2004.VI.10, Yibin Ba & Aimin Shi leg. ( MHBU) ; 34 exs., Lhünzê , 2004.VI.26–27, Yibin Ba & Aimin Shi leg. (2 exs. NXU, the remaining MHBU) ; 2 exs., Xigazê , 2004.VII.2, Yibin Ba & Aimin Shi leg. (1 ex. MHBU, 1 ex. NXU) ; 6 exs., Bianxiong, Xigazê (29°18.678'N, 89°07.182'E; elev. 3804 m), 2009.VIII.1, Guodong Ren et al. leg. ( MHBU) ; 6 exs., Saga, 2004.VII.9, Yibin Ba & Aimin Shi leg. ( MHBU) .

Distribution. China: Xizang ( Bologna, 2008) (Comai ( Tan, 1981; Wang et al., 2003), Damxung ( Tan, 1981; Wang et al., 2003), Gyangzê ( MHBU; Blair, 1927; Pan et al., 2013), Lhasa ( MAB, MHBU; Tan, 1981; Wang et al., 2003; Pan et al., 2013), Lhazê ( MHBU; Tan, 1981; Wang et al., 2003; Pan et al., 2013), Lhünzê ( MHBU; Pan et al., 2013), Lhünzhub ( Tan, 1981; Wang et al., 2003), Nagarzê ( Tan, 1981; Wang et al., 2003), Qüxü ( MHBU; Pan et al., 2013), Saga ( MHBU; Pan et al., 2013), Tingri ( BMNH, MHBU; Blair, 1927; Pan et al., 2013), Xigazê ( MHBU; Pan et al., 2013), Yangbajain ( Tan, 1981; Wang et al., 2003), Zhanang ( Tan, 1981; Wang et al., 2003), Zogang ( MHBU; Pan et al., 2013)).

Figures

Figures 13–25. Habitus, dorsal view. 13. Lytta taliana Pic. 14. Meloe servulus Bates. 15. Meloe proscarabaeus proscarabaeus Linnaeus. 16. Meloe scabrus sp. nov. 17. Hycleus cichorii (Linnaeus). 18. Hycleus dorsetiferus Pan, Ren & Wang. 19. Hycleus medioinsignatus (Pic). 20. Hycleus phaleratus phaleratus (Pallas). 21. Pseudabris hingstoni (Blair). 22. Pseudabris latimaculata Pan & Bologna. 23. Pseudabris longiventris (Blair). 24. Pseudabris przewalskyi (Dokhtouroff). 25. Pseudabris regularis Pan & Bologna.