Selatosomus albipubens Reitter, 1910

Qiu, Lu, 2023, Selatosomus luhuaensis sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Dendrometrinae) from Sichuan Province, China, with an annotated checklist of the Chinese species of Selatosomus, Zootaxa 5228 (2), pp. 173-186 : 180

2. Selatosomus albipubens Reitter, 1910

Type locality: “Tibet: Kuku-noor [Kuku Nor = Qinghai Lake , now in Qinghai Province ůẘā]” .

Remarks: Schimmel et al. (2015) recorded this species from “Lai Shan, Rang-Chenggu village, 3400m ” in Qinghai; the locality is unknown. Kishii & Jiang (1999) recorded this species from “Beipei [Beibei District, now in Chongqing fflẉẍḋ]”. Jiang & Wang (1999) recorded this species from Liutiaogou, Baoxing of Sichuan [ƀ njÍḦÜẴṅ] and Lage, Mêdog of Xizang [ƋƟaeẖṻĦ]. The specimens of these records need to be reexamined to confirm their correctness. Thus, these records are currently excluded in this study.

Distribution: Qinghai.