Platyscelis (Platyscelis) confusa Schuster, 1934

Bai, Xing-Long & Ren, Guo-Dong, 2019, Revision of the genus Platyscelis Latreille, 1818 from China (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Platyscelidini), Zootaxa 4609 (1), pp. 101-126 : 113

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Platyscelis (Platyscelis) confusa Schuster, 1934
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Platyscelis (Platyscelis) confusa Schuster, 1934

( Figs. 17–18 View FIGURES 5–20 , 50–51 View FIGURES 45–50 View FIGURES 51–56 , 69 View FIGURES 63–72 )

Platyscelis (Platyscelis) confusa Schuster, 1934: 75 ; Kaszab, 1940: 922 (synonym of Platyscelis hauseri Reitter, 1899 ); Egorov, 2004: 661; 2008: 296; 2009: 67.

Platyscelis hauseri Reitter, 1899: 205 (homonymy).

Platyscelis (Platyscelis) hauseri: Kaszab, 1940: 922 ; Egorov, 1989: 350; Ren & Yu, 1999: 305.

Type material (studied). Lectotype, designated here: ♂ ( HNHM), Kuku-noor // Typus, Platyscelis hauseri Reitter ( Figs. 50 View FIGURES 45–50 , 69 View FIGURES 63–72 ) . Paralectotypes: 1♀ ( HNHM), Kuku-noor // Pl. hauseri m. 1899 // Typus, Platyscelis hauseri Reitter, Coll. Reitter ; 1♂, 1♀ ( HNHM), Kuku-noor // Co-Typus, Platyscelis hauseri Reitter ; 1♂ ( HNHM), Kukunoor // Co-Typus, Platyscelis hauseri Reitter // Platyscelis hauseri Reitt. , det. L. Egorov 1989 .

Other material. CHINA: 4♂♂, 1♀ ( HNHM), Central-China, Richthofen-Geb., Umg. Tenkar , 17.V.1951, P. Eixhinger leg. // Dr Z. Kaszab det.; Qinghai : 2♂♂, 1♀ ( HNHM), THIBET, Kuku-Nor , 3200 m, F. Hauser 1898 // Collect. Hauser // det. dr. Kaszab ; 1♂ ( HNHM), THIBET, Kuku-Nor , 3200 m, Coll. Hsr 98 // coll. Dr.J.Fodor // det. L. Egorov, 1989 ; 1♂ ( HNHM), THIBET, Kuku-Nor , 3200 m, F. Hauser 1898 // coll. Dr.J.Fodor // det. L. Egorov, 1989 ; 1♂ ( MHBU), Ledu , VII.1984, coll. NWAFU ; 1♂ ( MHBU), Xining , 12.IV.1990, Chang-Hao Ma leg.

Distribution. China: Gansu ( Kaszab, 1940; Ren & Yu, 1999; Egorov, 2008), Qinghai ( Kaszab, 1940; Ren & Yu, 1999; Egorov, 2008).

Egorov, L. V. (1989) Review of tenebrionid beetles of the genus Platyscelis Latr. (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) of the fauna of the USSR. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 68 (2), 336 - 352. [in Russian, English translation: Entomological Review, 1989, 68 (6), 89 - 108]

Egorov, L. V. (2008) Tribe Platyscelidini Lacordaire, 1859. In: Lobl, I. & Smetana, A. (Eds), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 5. Tenebrionoidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, pp. 291 - 297.

Egorov, L. V. (2004) The classification of tenebrionid beetles of the tribe Platyscelidini (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) of the world fauna. Entomologicheskoe obozrenie, 83 (3), 581 - 613 [in Russian, English translation: Entomological Review, 84 (6), 641 - 666.

Egorov, L. V. (2009) Darkling beetles of the tribe Platyscelidini (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) of the world: morphology, zoogeography, system. Meetings in memory of N. A. Cholodkovsky. Iss. 61 (1). Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, 122 pp.

Kaszab, Z. (1940) Revision der Tenebrioniden-Tribus Platyscelini (Col. Teneb.). Mitteilungen der Munchener Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 30 (1), 119 - 235 + 896 - 1003, 3 pls.

Reitter, E. (1899) Beitrag zur Coleopteren-Fauna des russischen Reiches und der angrenzenden Landern. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 1899, 193 - 209.

Ren, G. D. & Yu, Y. Z. (1999) The darkling beetles from deserts and semideserts of China. Hebei University Publishing House, Baoding, 395 pp.

Schuster, A. (1934) Zur Nomenklatur des Subgenus Aulonoscelis Rtt. (Col., Tenebr.). Koleopterologische Rundschau, 20, 75.

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FIGURES 5–20. Parameres of male aedeagus in dorsal and lateral view. 5–6. Platyscelis acutipenis; 7–8. P. amdoensis; 9–10. P. angusticollis angusticollis; 11–12. P. angusticollis platytarsis; 13–14. P. bogatshevi; 15–16. P. brevis; 17–18. P. confusa;

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FIGURES 45–50. Habitus. 45. Platyscelis angusticollis platytarsis (male); 46. P. bogatshevi (male); 47–49. P. brevis (47. female, paralectotype of P. ballioni; 48. female; 49. male); 50. P. confusa (male, lectotype).

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FIGURES 51–56. Habitus. 51. Platyscelis confusa (male); 52–53. P. densipunctata (52. male, holotype; 53. female, paratype); 54. P. freyi (male); 55–56. P. gebieni (males, 55. lectotype).

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FIGURES 63–72. Habitus and type labels. 63–65. Habitus: 63. Platyscelis suiyuana (male); 64. P. ovata (male); 65. P. striata (male). 66–72. Type labels: 66. P. angusticollis angusticollis; 67. P. angusticollis platytarsis; 68. P. ballioni; 69. P. hauseri (= P. confusa); 70. P. gebieni; 71. P. licenti; 72. P. suiyuana.

HNHM

Hungarian Natural History Museum (Termeszettudomanyi Muzeum)

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Tenebrionidae

Genus

Platyscelis

SubGenus

Platyscelis