Platyscelis (Platyscelis) gebieni Schuster 1915
Creators: name: Bai, Xing-Long
name: Ren, Guo-Dong
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Tenebrionidae
Platyscelis
Platyscelis gebieni

description: Platyscelis (Platyscelis) gebieni Schuster, 1915
(Figs. 23–24, 55–56, 70)
Platyscelis gebieni Schuster, 1915: 88.
Platyscelis (Platyscelis) gebieni: Kaszab, 1940: 924; Egorov, 1989: 350; 2004: 661; 2008: 296; 2009: 67; Ren & Yu, 1999: 306; Ren & Liu, 2009: 1149 (defensive gland).
Type material (studied). Lectotype, designated here: ♂ (HNHM), Shoud // Inn Shan, Mongolei // gebieni // CO TYPUS // Co-Typus, Platyscelis gebieni Schuster (Figs. 55, 70).
Other material. CHINA: 1♂ (HNHM), Shi-wan-tsze, Hiu-mou, kiang-keou. // Coll. G. Hauser // gebieni Schust., det. dr. Kaszab; Beijing: 1♀ (HNHM), MUSEUM PARIS, MONTAGNES, AU NORD DE PEKIN, A. DAVID 80-63 // det. Kaszab [misidentified as Platyscelis freyi]; 1♂ (IZCAS), Dongling Shan, Mentougou, 1800–2100 m, 24.VI.1999, Xiao-Dong Yu leg.; 1♂ (IZCAS), Dongling Shan, Mentougou, 2070 m, 17.VII.1999, Tian-Hong Luo leg.; Hebei: 1♀ (HNHM), Kalgan, Inn-shan, 980-2100 m // Coll. G. Hauser // det. dr. Kaszab; 1♀ (MHBU), Xiaowutai Shan, Yu Xian, 5.VII.2002; 1♂, 1♀ (MHBU), Shanjiankou, Yu Xian, 17–21.VII.2005, Jing Li & Feng-Yan Wang leg.; 1♀ (MHBU), Shanjiankou, Yu Xian, 21–22.VIII.2005, Ai-Min Shi leg.; 1♀ (MHBU), Shanjiankou, Yu Xian, 22.VI.2009, Xin-Pu Wang & Hong-Fan Ran et al. leg.; 2♀♀ (MHBU), Chiyabaogou, Yu Xian, 23.VI.2009, Xin-Pu Wang & Jun-Tong Lang et al. leg.; 2♂♂, 4♀♀ (MHBU), Yangjiaping, Zhuolu, 4–12.VII.2004; 5♀♀ (MHBU), Yangjiaping, Zhuolu, 6–10.VII.2004; 15♂♂, 17♀♀ (MHBU), Yangjiaping, Zhuolu, 14–24.VII.2005, Guo-Dong Ren & Hui-Ran Hua leg.; 2♂♂, 5♀♀ (MHBU), Dongling Shan, Zhuolu, 28.VI.2009, Xin-Pu Wang & Hong-Fan Ran et al. leg.; Ningxia: 1♀ (MHBU), Lingguang Temple, Haiyuan, 22.VII.1986, Guo-Dong Ren leg.; 9♂♂, 5♀♀ (MHBU), Shuichong Temple, Haiyuan, 22.VIII.1986, Guo-Dong Ren leg.; 7♂♂, 8♀♀ (MHBU), Shuichong Temple, Haiyuan, 25.VIII.1986, Guo-Dong Ren leg.; 1♂, 5♀♀ (MHBU), Shuichong Temple, Haiyuan, 24.VII.1989, Guo-Dong Ren leg.; 13♂♂, 20♀♀ (MHBU), Haiyuan, 29.VII.1987, Guo-Dong Ren leg.; 1♂ (MHBU), Haiyuan, 29.VII.1997, Guo-Dong Ren leg.; 5♂♂, 2♀♀ (MHBU), Yanchi, Haiyuan, 2.VIII.1987, Guo-Dong Ren leg.; 1♂, 2♀♀ (MHBU), Yanchi, Haiyuan, 2.XI.1988, Guo-Dong Ren leg.; 1♂ (MHBU), Caowa, Haiyuan, 6.VIII.1987, Guo-Dong Ren leg.; 23♂♂, 15♀♀ (MHBU), Wuqiaogou, Haiyuan, 25.IX.1987, Guo-Dong Ren leg.; 1♀ (MHBU), Chazhuang, Haiyuan, 8.X.1987, Guo-Dong Ren leg.; 1♀ (MHBU), Xingren, Haiyuan, 1987, Guo-Dong Ren leg.; 4♂♂, 6♀♀ (MHBU), Pailu Shan, Haiyuan, 18.VII.2009, Xin-Pu Wang & Hong-Fan Ran leg.; 54♂♂, 59♀♀ (MHBU), Nanhua Shan, Haiyuan, 19.VII.2009, Xin-Pu Wang & Xiao-Qing Yang leg.; 1♂, 1♀ (MHBU), Dengzhan Shan, Pengyang, 3.VIII.1987, Guo-Dong Ren leg.; 1♂, 2♀♀ (MHBU), Xiji, 24.VII.1989, Guo-Dong Ren leg.; 6♀♀ (MHBU), Xiji, 25.VII.1989, Guo-Dong Ren leg.; 1♂, 1♀ (MHBU), Guyuan, 13.IX.1991, Guo-Dong Ren leg.; 1♂ (MHBU), Kaicheng, Guyuan, 16.VII.2009, Xin-Pu Wang & Xiao-Qing Yang leg.; 13♂♂, 19♀♀ (MHBU), Xumi Shan, Guyuan, 17.VII.2009, Xin-Pu Wang & Hong-Fan Ran leg.; Shanxi: 2♂♂ (MHBU), Bingkouwa, Luya Shan, Xinzhou, 5.VII.2011, Lin-Fei Wang, Hai-Ling Wang, Long Jia & Chao Liu leg.; 2♂♂, 7♀♀ (MHBU), Meidong, Luya Shan, Xinzhou, 6.VII.2011, Lin-Fei Wang, Hai-Ling Wang, Long Jia & Chao Liu leg.; 14♂♂, 8♀♀ (MHBU), Ximawa, Luya Shan, Xinzhou, 7.VII.2011, Lin-Fei Wang, Hai-Ling Wang, Long Jia & Chao Liu leg.; 1♂ (MHBU), Luya Shan, Xinzhou, 8.VII.2011, Long Jia leg.; 1♂ (MHBU), Luya Shan Authority, Xinzhou, 8.VII.2011, Long Jia & Chao Liu leg.
Distribution. China: Beijing (new record), Hebei (Kaszab, 1940; Egorov, 1989, 2008), Inner Mongolia (Ren & Yu, 1999; Egorov, 1989, 2008), Ningxia (Yang et al., 2011), Shaanxi (Ren & Yu, 1999; Egorov, 2008), Shanxi (Ren & Yu, 1999; 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 116-117, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4609.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/3150800