Platyscelis (Pleiopleura) striata Motschulsky 1859
Creators: name: Bai, Xing-Long
name: Ren, Guo-Dong
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Tenebrionidae
Platyscelis
Platyscelis striata

description: Platyscelis (Pleiopleura) striata Motschulsky, 1859
(Figs. 35–36, 65)
Platyscelis striata Motschulsky, 1859: 307.
Pleiopleura striata: Seidlitz, 1893: 343.
Platyscelis (Pleiopleura) striata: Kaszab, 1940: 914; Egorov, 1989: 338, 348; 2004: 660; 2008: 296; 2009: 66; Ren & Yu, 1999: 303; Yu et al., 1999: 365 (pupae); Yu et al., 2000: 163 (larvae); Ren et al., 2000: 4 (catalogue of larvae); Ye et al., 2003: 286 (defensive gland).
Platyscelis sulcata Ballion, 1878: 322 (synonymized by Egorov, 1989: 338).
Pleiopleura sulcata: Seidlitz, 1893: 343.
Platyscelis (Pleiopleura) sulcata: Kaszab, 1940: 913.
Platyscelis (Pleiopleura) przewalskii Bogatchev, 1961: 109 (synonymized by Egorov, 1989: 338).
Material. CHINA: Xinjiang: 1♂ (HNHM), China occ. Turfan // Typus, Platyscelis striata v. coriacea m. 1940, Dr Kaszab [not published]; 1♂ (HNHM), China occ. Turfan // Co-Typus, Platyscelis striata v. coriacea m. 1940, Dr Kaszab [not published]; 1♀ (HNHM), China, Turfan // Co-Typus, Platyscelis striata v. coriacea m. 1940, Dr Kaszab [not published]; 1♀ (HNHM), Co-Typus, Platyscelis striata v. coriacea m. 1940, Dr Kaszab [not published]; 1♂, 11♀♀ (HNHM), China, Turfan // det. dr. Kaszab; 2♂♂, 2♀♀ (HNHM), China occ. Turfan // det. dr. Kaszab; 1♂ (HNHM), Thian-Schan // det. dr. Kaszab [Platyscelis sulcata]; 1♀ (HNHM), WUSTE GOBI, Takla-Makan, Coll. Hauser 1900 // Coll. Reitter // det. dr. Kaszab [Platyscelis sulcata]; 2♂♂ (MHBU), Tekes, 11.VI.1984, Guo-Dong Ren leg.; 1♀ (MHBU), Tekes, 6.IX.1990, Guo-Dong Ren leg.; 1♂, 1♀ (MHBU), Ürümqi, 13.IX.1984, Qing-Xi Li leg.; 1♀ (MHBU), Ürümqi, 21.V.1987, Bao-Ping Li leg.; 3♂♂, 4♀♀ (MHBU), Baiyanggou, Ürümqi, 15.VII.1993, You-Zhi Yu leg.; 1♂ (MHBU), Balguntay, Hejing, 8.VII.1993, You-Zhi Yu leg.; 1♂ (MHBU), Usu, 22.VII.1995, Quan-Xing Sun leg.; 1♀ (MHBU), Sanchakou, Gongliu, 28.VII.1995, Quan-Xing Sun leg.; 2♂♂, 4♀♀ (MHBU), Zhaosu, 27.VII.1995, Guo-Dong Ren leg.; 1♂ (MHBU), Zhaosu, 30–31.V.2006, Yi-Bin Ba leg.; 1♂, 1♀ (MHBU), Wenquan, Zhaosu, 2200 m, 21–23.VII.2003, Ming-Yi Tian leg.; 8♂♂, 7♀♀ (MHBU), Poma, Zhaosu, 25–26.VI.2009, Cheng-Li Zhang & Zhao Pan leg. KAZAKHSTAN: 6♂♂ (HNHM), Turkestan, Almasy 1906 // Przewalsky // det. dr. Kaszab; 2♂♂ (HNHM), Turkestan, Almasy 1906 // Przewalsky, Vall. Karakol // det. dr. Kaszab; 3♂♂ (HNHM), Turkestan, Almasy 1906 // Naryn Kol // det. dr. Kaszab; 1♀ (HNHM), Turkestan, Reitter // Coll. Reitter // det. dr. Kaszab; 1♂ (HNHM), Turkestan, Reitter // Coll. Reitter // det. dr. Kaszab [Platyscelis sulcata]; 1♀ (HNHM), Turkestan // Coll. Reitter // det. dr. Kaszab [Platyscelis sulcata]; 1♂ (HNHM), Turkestan // det. dr. Kaszab [Platyscelis sulcata]; 3♂♂, 2♀♀ (HNHM), Turkestan, Almasy 1906 // Tekkes Sary Tor // det. dr. Kaszab [Platyscelis sulcata].
Distribution. China: Xinjiang (Kaszab, 1940; Ren & Yu, 1999; Egorov, 2008); Kazakhstan (Kaszab, 1940; Egorov, 2008).
description: Published as part of Bai, Xing-Long & Ren, Guo-Dong, 2019, Revision of the genus Platyscelis Latreille, 1818 from China (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Platyscelidini), pp. 101-126 in Zootaxa 4609 (1) on pages 123-124, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4609.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/3150800