Platyscelis (Pleiopleura) ovata Ballion 1878
Creators: name: Bai, Xing-Long
name: Ren, Guo-Dong
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Tenebrionidae
Platyscelis
Platyscelis ovata

description: Platyscelis (Pleiopleura) ovata Ballion, 1878
(Figs. 33–34, 64)
Platyscelis ovata Ballion, 1878: 324; Kaszab, 1940: 914 (synonym of P. striata Motschulsky, 1859); Zhang et al., 2009: 636 (biology, erroneous latin name: P. obvatus).
Pleiopleura ovata: Seidlitz, 1893: 343.
Platyscelis (Pleiopleura) ovata: Egorov, 1989: 339, 349; 1999: 128; 2004: 660; 2008: 296; 2009: 66; Ren & Liu, 2009: 1149 (defensive gland).
Material. CHINA: Gansu: 1♂, 1♀ (MHBU), Ziwuling, Qinyang; Guangxi: 1♂, 1♀ (MHBU), Daming Shan, Wuming, 24.V.1963, Ji-Kun Yang leg.; Inner Mongolia: 1♀ (MHBU), Ongniud Banner, 27.VI.1994, Guo-Dong Ren leg.; Qinghai: 1♀ (MHBU), Tongpu, Ulan, 30.VI.1993, Guo-Dong Ren & You-Zhi Yu leg.; Xinjiang: 1♂ (HNHM), China, Turfan // Platyscelis v. ovata Ball., det. Schuster // v. ovata Ball., det. dr. Kaszab; 3♂♂, 4♀♀ (HNHM), China occ. Turfan // det. dr. Kaszab; 2♂♂, 4♀♀ (HNHM), China, Turfan // det. dr. Kaszab; 1♂ (MHBU), Ürümqi, 19.VI.1984, Qing-Xi Li leg.; 1♂ (MHBU), Ürümqi, 3.VIII.1984, Qing-Xi Li leg.; 1♂ (MHBU), Ürümqi, 21.V.1987, Ling Meng leg.; 1♂, 1♀ (MHBU), Baiyanggou, Ürümqi, 19.VI.1984, You-Zhi Yu leg.; 1♀ (MHBU), Baiyanggou, Ürümqi, 1.IX.1984, Qing-Xi Li leg.; 1♀ (MHBU), Baiyanggou, Ürümqi, 7.VII.1986, Qing-Xi Li leg.; 37♂♂, 24♀♀ (MHBU), Baiyanggou, Ürümqi, 15.VII.1993, You-Zhi Yu leg.; 1♂, 1♀ (MHBU), Midong, Ürümqi [Formerly known as Miquan], 14.VII.1993, You-Zhi Yu leg.; 12♂♂, 7♀♀ (MHBU), Shirengou, Midong, Ürümqi 12.VIII.2007, Cheng-Li Zhang & Xin-Pu Wang leg.; 13♂♂, 6♂♂ (MHBU), Yongfeng, Ürümqi, 15.VII.1993, You-Zhi Yu leg.; 121♂♂, 71♀♀ (MHBU), Houxia, Ürümqi, 28.VII.2006, Guo-Dong Ren & Yi-Bin Ba leg.; 1♀ (MHBU), Liuhuanggou, Ürümqi, 1.IX.2006, Feng Zhang leg.; 2♂♂, 3♀♀ (IZCAS), Nan Shan, Ürümqi, 43°26′44.8″ N, 87°15′32.0″ E, 1732 m, 20.VII.2010 D[ay], Qiao-Zhe Lou leg.; 111♂♂, 64♀♀ (MHBU), Shuixigou, Ürümqi, 12.VI.2011, Guo-Dong Ren leg.; 3♂♂ (MHBU), Haxionggou, Ürümqi, 43°48.631′ N, 87°59.747′ E, 1880 m, 1.VIII.2018, Xing-Long Bai, Zhong-Hua Wei, Zi-Yuan Hu & Ming-Min Ma leg.; 5♂♂, 1♀ (MHBU), Wushencheng, Tuoli, Ürümqi, 43°25.066′ N, 87°40.957′ E, 1550 m, 2.VIII.2018, Xing-Long Bai, Zhong-Hua Wei, Zi-Yuan Hu & Ming-Min Ma leg.; 41♂♂, 24♀♀ (MHBU), Yangjuangou, Tuoli, Ürümqi, 43°22.084′ N, 87°39.403′ E, 1813 m, 2.VIII.2018, Xing-Long Bai, Zhong-Hua Wei, Zi-Yuan Hu & Ming-Min Ma leg.; 2♂♂, 1♀ (MHBU), Jinjier, Nanshankou, Hami, 21.V.1987, Ling Meng leg.; 1♀ (MHBU), Baiyanggou, Fukang, 24.VI.1987, Jian-Zhong Li leg.; 25♂♂, 21♀♀ (MHBU), Tianchi, Fukang, 14.VII.1993, You-Zhi Yu leg.; 3♂♂, 1♀ (IZCAS), Entrance gate, Tianchi, Fukang, 43.94542° N, 87.09722° E, 1315 m, 26.V.2007, Ye Liu leg.; 3♂♂, 3♀♀ (MHBU), W of Fukang, 14.VII.1993, You-Zhi Yu leg.; 2♀♀ (MHBU), Yuganhezi, Fukang, 20.VII.1993, Guo-Dong Ren & You-Zhi Yu leg.; 3♂♂, 1♀ (MHBU), Yuganhezi, 20.VII.1993, Guo-Dong Ren & You-Zhi Yu leg.; 3♂♂, 2♀♀ (MHBU), Shuimogoukou, Chengguan, Fukang, 44°03.486′ N, 88°01.955′ E, 920 m, 1.VIII.2018, Xing-Long Bai, Zhong-Hua Wei, Zi-Yuan Hu & Ming-Min Ma leg.; 1♂ (MHBU), Zhangyeer, Yining, 24.VII.1990, Guo-Dong Ren leg.; 20♂♂, 13♀♀ (MHBU), 2.5 km W of Mori, 20.VI.1993, Guo-Dong Ren & You-Zhi Yu leg.; 13♂♂, 15♀♀ (MHBU), Mori, 21.VII.1993, Guo-Dong Ren & You-Zhi Yu leg.; 62♂♂, 52♀♀ (MHBU), Mori, 22.VII.1993, Guo-Dong Ren leg.; 3♂♂, 3♀♀ (MHBU), Nanliang, Mori, 22.VII.1993, Guo-Dong Ren leg.; 8♂♂, 8♀♀ (MHBU), Mori, 17.VI.2006, Yi-Bin Ba leg.; 21♂♂, 16♀♀ (MHBU), Yiwanquan, Baiyanghe, Mori, 43°47.869′ N, 90°26.668′ E, 1353 m, 29.VII.2018, Xing-Long Bai, Zhong-Hua Wei, Zi-Yuan Hu & Ming-Min Ma leg.; 8♂♂, 4♀♀ (MHBU), Xiaquan, Baiyanghe, Mori, 43°44.762′ N, 90°26.062′ E, 1484 m, 29.VII.2018, Xing-Long Bai, Zhong-Hua Wei, Zi-Yuan Hu & Ming-Min Ma leg.; 1♂, 2♀♀ (MHBU), N of Qiemo, 6.VII.1993, Guo-Dong Ren leg.; 5♂♂, 5♀♀ (MHBU), Balguntay, Hejing, 8.VII.1993, You-Zhi Yu leg.; 1♂, 1♀ (MHBU), Balguntay, Hejing, 9.VII.1993, You-Zhi Yu leg.; 1♂ (MHBU), Kümüx, Toksun, 14.VII.1993, Guo-Dong Ren leg.; 1♀ (MHBU), Korla, 14.VII.1993, Guo-Dong Ren leg.; 4♂♂, 4♀♀ (MHBU), Gongliu-Tekes border, 31.V.2006, Yi-Bin Ba leg.; 1♂, 1♀ (MHBU), Kalatuohai, Tekes, 22.V.2009, Dong Sun & Yong-Cheng Zhao leg.; 7♂♂, 7♀♀ (MHBU), Nilka, 1.VI.2006, Yi-Bin Ba leg.; 1♂, 3♀♀ (MHBU), Qapqal Forest Park, 5.VIII.2007, Cheng-Li Zhang & Xin-Pu Wang leg.; 1♀ (MHBU), Manas, 10.VIII.2008, Cheng-Li Zhang leg.; 5♂♂, 6♀♀ (MHBU), Biliuhe, Qitai, 43°42.199′ N, 89°35.309′ E, 1452 m, 5.VIII.2010, Xin-Pu Wang & Zhao Pan leg.; 6♂♂, 6♀♀ (MHBU), Yaozhanzi, Banjiegou, Qitai, 43°48.620′ N, 89°45.459′ E, 1087 m, 30.VII.2018, Xing-Long Bai, Zhong-Hua Wei, Zi-Yuan Hu & Ming-Min Ma leg.; 4♂♂, 4♀♀ (MHBU), Xindi, Jimsar, 43°50.541′ N, 88°59.263′ E, 1425 m, 31.VII.2018, Xing-Long Bai, Zhong-Hua Wei, Zi-Yuan Hu & Ming-Min Ma leg.
Distribution. China: Gansu (new record), Guangxi (new record), Inner Mongolia (new record), Qinghai (new record), Xinjiang (Kaszab, 1940; Egorov, 2008); Kazakhstan (Kaszab, 1940; Egorov, 2008); Kyrgyzstan (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 121-123, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4609.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/3150800