Revision of the genus Platyscelis Latreille, 1818 from China (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Platyscelidini) Author Bai, Xing-Long Author Ren, Guo-Dong text Zootaxa 2019 2019-05-22 4609 1 101 126 journal article 26727 10.11646/zootaxa.4609.1.4 c20562dc-39c3-4dab-8714-442cef6dc495 1175-5326 3150800 5C8DF6F4-2918-47A8-8D56-37240B8E5B90 Platyscelis ( Platyscelis ) amdoensis Egorov, 1989 ( Figs. 2 , 7–8 , 41 ) Platyscelis ( Platyscelis ) amdoensis Egorov, 1989: 347 ; 2004: 661 ; 2008: 296 ; 2009: 67 . Material. CHINA : Gansu : 3♂♂ , 2♀♀ ( HNHM ), N.W.-China, Kansu, Minshan , Gebiet zw. Min u.Tao , VI.- VII.1948 u.49, leg. Pater Eichinger // ballioni Rtt., Dr Z. Kaszab det. // Platyscelis ballioni Reitt. , det. L. Egorov 1989 [misidentification] ; 1♂ , 2♀♀ ( MHBU ), Wanmao , Jonȇ , 34°50.233′ N , 103°07.579′ E , 3130 m , 5.VIII.2012 , Guo-Dong Ren et al. leg . Distribution. China : Gansu ( Egorov, 1989 ). Remarks. This species was described from Amdos highland, Gansu [including Gannan and parts of Tianzhu] with three specimens ( 2♂♂ , 1♀ ), posterior angles of pronotum rectangular and sharp, median depression on dorsal surface of parameres extended to base in the original description. In this study, eight specimens were examined and their posterior angles rectangular but not sharp ( Fig. 2 : A), median depression also not extended to base ( Figs. 2 : I, 7). According to the locality, body size and other diagnostic characters of these specimens are almost same as P. amdoensis , we regarded them as variability of this species.