Two new species and one new combination of Stenosini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from Xizang, China
Author
Ba, Yi-Bin
Museum of Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei, China; e-mail: ybba @ hbu. edu. cn
Author
Ren, Guo-Dong
Museum of Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei, China; e-mail: ybba @ hbu. edu. cn & College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei, China; e-mail: gdren @ hbu. edu. cn
text
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae
2013
2013-11-15
53
2
697
702
journal article
3220
10.5281/zenodo.5740679
66142ef3-f406-4cee-bef3-af3efb4fa5ee
0374-1036
5740679
372357E0-8A30-42F2-B54E-EF145CF981D6M
Pseudethas
(
Pseudethas
)
convexigenus
(
Ren & Shi, 2006
)
comb. nov.
Indochillus convexigena
Ren & Shi, 2006: 182
,
Figs 13
–22, 24.
Type material examined.
HOLOTYPE
: J, ‘
CHINA
:
XIZANG
:
Lhasa
,
23.viii.2003
,
Ren Guodong
leg.’ (
MHBU
)
.
PARATYPES
: 5 JJ
4 ♀♀
, same label data as
holotype
(
MHBU
).
Discussion.
The status of
Indochillus convexigena
Ren & Shi, 2006
was questioned by
FOUQUÉ (2008)
. The species should be transferred to the subgenus
Pseudethas
of the genus
Pseudethas
based on the following characters: elytral surface flattened, lateral margins of elytra parallelsided; base of elytra wider than pronotal base; epipleura of elytra with one row of punctures; males possessing small tooth on inner side of meso- and metatibiae; tempora convex laterally behind eyes; shallow median depression present on disc of pronotum. The species is similar to
Pseudethas
(
Pseudethas
)
ladakhensis
Kaszab, 1978
(
KASZAB et al. 1978
), but differs from the latter as follows: punctures of pronotum sparser; humeral angles of elytra rounded and not expending outwards; and antennae being more slender.
Distribution
.
China
:
Xizang
(Lhasa).