A revision of the Palaearctic Pimeliini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae): a comparative analysis and systematic position of Eastern European and Asian taxa with dorso-lateral eyes Author Chigray, Svetlana N. 5097C803-AA1A-4856-95D7-F11DB747EB74 St. Petersburg State University, 16 line of Vasilevskiy Island, 29, St. Petersburg 199178 Russia. s.chigray@mail.ru Author Nabozhenko, Maxim V. A339C181-A65D-4F68-AA3E-01D07DFF25AD Precaspian Institute of Biological Resources of the Daghestan Federal Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, M. Gadzhiev str., 45, Makhachkala, Republic of Dagestan 367000 Russia. & Dagestan State University, M. Gadzhiev str., 43 a, Makhachkala, Republic of Dagestan 367000 Russia. & Severtsov Institute of ecology and evolution of the Russian Academy of sciences, Leninsky Prospect, 33, Moscow 119071 Russia. nalassus@mail.ru Author Chigray, Ivan A. 4CDA2EFB-5C20-4E11-870E-BDFD7DBB78F7 Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya Emb. 1, St. Petersburg 199034 Russia. chigray93@bk.ru Author Abakumov, Evgeny V. 6E455A28-CEB1-419D-933D-98C9E9C2FED4 St. Petersburg State University, 16 line of Vasilevskiy Island, 29, St. Petersburg 199178 Russia. e.abakumov@spb.ru text European Journal of Taxonomy 2022 2022-04-05 809 1 71 http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.809.1719 journal article 56065 10.5852/ejt.2022.809.1719 f76de735-01e3-454c-a7f1-bbafd26686f5 2118-9773 6419425 A754493E-5466-4479-B515-AABEDDE09D93 Platyope leucogramma (Pallas, 1781) Figs 4E–F , 5 AC, 12C–F, 20, 23F, 24D, 26H, 28D Material examined KAZAKHSTAN • 6 ♂♂ , 4 ♀♀ ; Bol’shiye Barsuki ; 28 Apr. 1904 ; V.A. Dubyansky leg.; ZIN • 4 ♂♂ , 3 ♀♀ ; same collection data as for preceding; 20 May 1906 ; L. Berg leg.; ZIN • 2 ♂♂ , 1 ♀ ; near Temir ; 1 May 1905 ; B.P. Uvarov leg.; ZIN • 1 ♀ ; Temir , Kumkuduk ; 30 May 1908 ; D.N. Borodin leg.; ZIN • 1 ♀ ; same collection data as for preceding; B.P. Uvarov leg.; ZIN • 8 ♂♂ , 6 ♀♀ ; near Shalkar [Chelkar] , Bol’shiye Barsuki ; N.V. Androsov leg.; ZIN • 8 ♂♂ , 4 ♀♀ ; Petrovo , Embulatovka River ; 2–3 June 1949 ; K.G. Romadina leg.; ZIN • 5 ♂♂ , 2 ♀♀ ; Yanvarcevo , right bank of Ural River ; 23 Jun. 1949 ; L.V. Arnol’di leg.; ZIN • 2 ♂♂ , 1 ♀ ; sands of Atyrau [= Guryev] ; 3 May 1951 ; L.V. Arnol’di leg.; ZIN • 1 ♂ , 1 ♀ ; same collection data as for preceding; K.G. Romadina leg.; ZIN • 3 ♂♂ , 6 ♀♀ ; Kzyl-Chachyl ; 9 Jun. 1952 ; L.V. Arnol’di leg.; ZIN • 1 ♂ , 2 ♀♀ ; Karaagach 60 km NW of Zhanaarka ; 19 May 1962 ; L.V. Arnol’di leg.; ZIN • 4 ♂♂ , 7 ♀♀ ; sands 12 km N of Kensu ; 28 May 1962 ; L.V. Arnol’di leg.; ZIN • 4 ♂♂ , 2 ♀♀ ; Zaysan ; ZIN • 4 specs ; Atyrau Region , Akkiztogay ; 9 Jun. 1980 , 20 June 1980 ; E.A. Khachikov leg.; CMN . RUSSIA • 8 ♂♂ , 9 ♀♀ ; “Sibir. occ.” [ Eastern Siberia ]; ZIN • 2 ♂♂ , 3 ♀♀ ; Volgograd Region , Sarepta ; 13 Jun. 1891 ; A.K. Becker leg.; ZIN • 1 ♂ , 3 ♀♀ ; same collection data as for preceding; G.L. Suvorov leg.; ZIN • 3 ♂♂ , 2 ♀♀ ; Volgograd Region , Volzhsky ; 30 Apr. 2016 ; M.V. Mokrousov leg.; ZIN • 2 ♀♀ ; Kalmykia , Artezian , 26 Apr.–2 May 1998 ; I.V. Shokhin leg. ZMSFU • 1 spec. ; Kalmykia , Artezian , Kuma River bank ; 18 May 2013 ; I.V. Shokhin leg.; CMN • 3 ♂♂ , 2 ♀♀ ; Astrakhan Region , Selitrennoye ; 2 Feb. 1910 ; Chernavin leg.; ZIN • 2 specs ; Rostov Region , Nizhnekundryuchenskaya ; 1 May 1997 ; CMN • 11 specs ; Rostov Region , Tsymlansk sands near Nizhnegnutov ; 7–10 May 1998 ; M.V. Nabozhenko , D.A. Dubovikoff , L.V. Markitan leg.; ZMSFU , CMN . Fig. 21. Platyope grumi ( Semenov, 1893 ) , genitalia (ZIN). A . Tegmen of aedeagus, ventrally. B . Ditto, dorsally. C . Ditto, laterally. D . Median lobe, ventrally. E . Ditto, dorsally. F . Ditto, laterally. G . Spiculum gastrale, ventrally. H . Ditto, ventro-lateral view. I . ♂, inner sternite VIII. J . ♀, inner sternite VIII and spiculum ventrale. K . ♀, paralectotype?, ovipositor, ventrally. L . Ditto, dorsally. M . Ditto, laterally. Not to scale. Abbreviations: see Material and methods. Distribution South of the European part of Russia ( Rostov , Stavropol , Volgograd , Astrakhan regions, Kalmykia , Chechnya , Dagestan ,), North Kazakhstan from Volga River to Zaysan Lake.