Oodescelis (Ovaloodescelis) similis similis (Kaszab, 1938)

Bai, Xing-Long, Li, Xiu-Min & Ren, Guo-Dong, 2019, A review of the genus Oodescelis Motschulsky, 1845 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae Platyscelidini) from China, Zootaxa 4656 (3), pp. 401-430 : 415-416

Oodescelis (Ovaloodescelis) similis similis (Kaszab, 1938)

( Figs. 4 , 12 , 33–34 , 61–62 , 79 )

Platyscelis (Oodescelis) similis Kaszab, 1938a: 55 .

Oodescelis (Clavatoodescelis) similis: Kaszab, 1940: 985 ; Ren & Yu, 1999: 292.

Oodescelis (Ovaloodescelis) similis similis: Egorov, 2004: 649 ; 2008: 295; 2009a: 60; Ren & Liu, 2009: 1147 (defensive glands).

Platyscelis (Oodescelis) clavatipes Kaszab, 1938a: 55 .

Oodescelis (Clavatoodescelis) clavatipes: Kaszab, 1940: 986 .

Oodescelis iliensis Skopin, 1958: 146 .

Type material (studied). Lectotype, designated here: ♂ ( HNHM), Wernyi // Pl. heydeni Seidl., Coll. Reitter // Typus, Platyscelis similis sp. n. 1937, Dr Kaszab ( Figs. 61 , 79 ). Paralectotype: 1♂ ( HNHM), Wernyi // Pl. tibialis Ball., Coll. Reitter // Co-Typus, Oodescelis similis n. sp. 1938, Kaszab. Holotype of Platyscelis clavatipes : ♂ ( HNHM), Aksu, China, Terkes // Typus, Platyscelis clavatipes m. 1937, Dr Kaszab.

Other material. CHINA: Xinjiang: 2♂♂, 1♀ ( HNHM), Naryner Bezirk , 13.IV.1908 // Tian Schan, Coll. Merzb. // Dr Z. Kaszab det; 1♂ ( HNHM), Tian-Schan , Dschas Vient, Coll. Merzb. // Dr Z. Kaszab det [ Platyscelis clavatipes ]; 1♂, 1♀ ( HNHM), Aksu Utsch-Kasanak, Anf. VI.12, Coll. Ruckbeil // Dr Z. Kaszab det [ Platyscelis clavatipes ]; 1 ♂ ( MHBU), Yining Tanneries , 25.VI.1985, Sheng-Fang Zhang leg. ; 5 ♂♂, 4♀♀ ( MHBU), Yin- ing, 14.VIII.2006, Feng Zhang leg. ; 12♂♂, 3♀♀ ( MHBU), Samuyuzi, Yining , 43.7189° N, 81.8344° E, 756 m, 4.VIII.2018, Xiao-Ying Wei leg. ; 5♂♂ ( MHBU), Bayituohai, Yining , 43.6480° N, 81.7424° E, 610 m, 4.VIII.2018, Xiao-Ying Wei leg. ; 1 ♂ ( MHBU), traditional Chinese medicine, Machinery Factory Hospital, Ürümqi , 25.VII.1985, Sheng-Fang Zhang leg. ; 3 ♂♂, 1♀ ( MHBU), Yaomo Shan, Ürümqi , 17.VII.1993, Guo-Dong Ren leg. ; 1 ♂ ( MHBU), N Burqin , 10.VII.1992, Guo-Dong Ren leg. ; 1 ♂, 1♀ ( MHBU), N Burqin , 10.VIII.1992, Guo-Dong Ren leg. ; 11♂♂, 9♀♀ ( MHBU), Woyimoke, Burqin , 47.7276° N, 86.8198° E, 465 m, 9.VIII.2018, Xiao-Ying Wei leg. ; 1♂ ( MHBU), Dulaiti, Burqin , 47.7632° N, 87.0557° E, 468 m, 9.VIII.2018, Xiao-Ying Wei leg. ; 90♂♂, 59♀♀ ( MHBU), Du- laiti, Burqin , 47.7632° N, 87.0557° E, 509 m, 9.VIII.2018, Xiao-Ying Wei leg. ; 2 ♂♂ ( MHBU), 25 km W Fukang , 17.VII.1993, Guo-Dong Ren & You-Zhi Yu leg. ; 1♀ ( MHBU), Nilka , 2.VIII.1993, Li-Min Cao leg. ; 22 ♂♂, 8♀♀ ( MHBU), Nilka , 1.VI.2006, Yi-Bin Ba leg. ; 3♂♂, 2♀♀ ( MHBU), Keling, Nilka , 43.5960° N, 82.2148° E, 754 m, 4.VIII.2018, Xiao-Ying Wei leg. ; 1 ♂ ( MHBU), Qinghe Pasture , 11–12.VI.2006, Yi-Bin Ba leg. ; 14 ♂♂, 3♀♀ ( MHBU), Mori , 17.VI.2006, Yi-Bin Ba leg. ; 1 ♂ ( MHBU), Wucaiwan, Changji , 20.VII.2007, Cheng-Li Zhang & Xin-Pu Wang leg. ; 5♂♂, 12♀♀ ( MHBU), Agaersen, Gongliu , 43.4686° N, 82.3529° E, 784 m, 3.VIII.2018, Xiao- Ying Wei leg. ; 11♂♂, 9♀♀ ( MHBU), Zekti, Xinyuan , 43.5315° N, 82.9824° E, 785 m, 3.VIII.2018, Xiao-Ying Wei leg. ; 18♂♂, 8♀♀ ( MHBU), Yingyeer, Kekedala , 43.9135° N, 81.0845° E, 536 m, 5.VIII.2018, Xiao-Ying Wei leg. ; 2♀♀ ( MHBU), Regiment 64 Company 9, Huocheng , 44.1247° N, 80.6818° E, 600 m, 5.VIII.2018, Xiao-Ying Wei leg. ; 18♂♂, 11♀♀ ( MHBU), Qingdeli, Bole , 44.8984° N, 82.0062° E, 499 m, 6.VIII.2018, Xiao-Ying Wei leg. ; 24♂♂, 22♀♀ ( MHBU), Hongdun, Altay , 47.2425° N, 88.4622° E, 594 m, 10.VIII.2018, Xiao-Ying Wei leg. ; 1♀ ( MHBU), [N Mt. Tian ], VIII.2018, Xiao-Ying Wei leg.

Distribution. China: Xinjiang ( Kaszab, 1940; Ren & Yu, 1999; Egorov, 2008); Kazakhstan ( Kaszab, 1940; Ren & Yu, 1999; Egorov, 2008), Kyrgyzstan ( Egorov, 1999, 2008).

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FIGURE 4. Molecular phylogenetic relationships and species boundaries of the genus Oodescelis.

FIGURES 5–14. Male protibiae. 5. Oodescelis acutanguloides; 6. O. oblonga; 7. O. brevipennis brevipennis; 8. O. affinis; 9. O. heydeni; 10. O. ovalis; 11. O. pseudotibialis; 12. O. similis similis; 13. O. subattenuata; 14. O. tibialis.

FIGURES 31–42. Parameres of male aedeagus in dorsal and lateral view. 31–32. Oodescelis pseudotibialis; 33–34. O. similis similis; 35–36. O. subattenuata; 37–38. O. tibialis; 39–40. O. kansouensis; 41–42. O. lii.

FIGURES 61–66. Habitus. 61–62. Oodescelis similis similis (males; 61. lectotype); 63–64. O. subattenuata (males; 63. syntype); 65–66. O. tibialis (males; 65. lectotype of O. sachtlebeni).

FIGURES 73–81. Type labels. 73. Oodescelis acutanguloides; 74. O. kuntzeni; 75. O. brevipennis brevipennis; 76. O. affinis; 77. O. xerophila; 78. O. chinensis; 79. O. similis similis; 80. O. attenuata (= O. subattenuata); 81. O. sachtlebeni.