3576 Author Lü, Liang Author Zhou, Hong-Zhang text Zootaxa 2012 2012-12-07 3576 1 63 journal article 1175­5334 BAF68F33-732D-42F6-BE9F-909EFA4833F1 Oxytelus robustus Schubert, 1906 ( Figs. 17A–P ) Schubert, 1906: 383 ( Type locality: Kashmir, Sintan); Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 118 ; Cameron, 1930: 228 (subgenus Tanycraerus ; Kashmir); Koch, 1932: 655 ; Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1102 ; Herman, 1970: 410 ; Abdullah and Qadri, 1970: 122 ( West Pakistan ); Coiffait, 1983: 276 (Kashmir); Herman, 2001: 1453 ; Smetana, 2004: 517 (subgenus Tanycraerus ). Material examined. 44 specimens , 28 males and 16 females . 1 male , Kashmir, lg. Rost.// 9// robustus Schub. Cotypus // Chicago NHMus, M.Bernhauer Collection// Oxytelus robustus Schub , Paralectotype , P.Hammond det. 1970 ♂ ( FMNH ); 1 male , Sintan Kashmir// robustus Sch. det.Bernhauer, Staudinger.// Chicago NHMus, M.Bernhauer Collection// Oxytelus robustus Schub , Paralectotype , P.Hammond det. 1970 ♂ ( FMNH ); 1 female , Sintan Kashmir// robustus Sch. , det.Bernhauer, Staudinger.// Chicago NHMus, M.Bernhauer Collection// Oxytelus robustus Schub , Paralectotype , P.Hammond det. 1970 ♀ ( FMNH ); CHINA , Beijing , Donglingshan [=Mt. Dongling]: 2 males , 4 females , 2000-2300m , 23.VI.2000 , Hong-Zhang Zhou leg. ( IZ-CAS ); 2 males , 1 females , 2070m , birch forest, sifting, 23.VI.2000 , Xiao-Dong Yu leg. ( IZ-CAS ); CHINA , Gansu : 1 female , Wenxian, Qiujiaba, 3200–3400m , 30.VI.1998 , Jun Chen leg. ( IZ-CAS ); CHINA , Sichuan : 1 male , Wolong, Balangshan [=Mt. Balang], 3700m , alpine meadow, pitfall trap, 4–7.VIII.2004 , Xiao-Dong Yu leg. ( IZ-CAS ); 1 female , same data as previous except: 3800m [elevation] ( IZ-CAS ); 1 male , same data as previous except: 20–23.VIII.2004 (IZ- CAS ); 1 male , 1 female , Ludingxian, Yajiagen mountain pass, 3984m , cow dung, 22.V.2009 , Yu-Lingzi Zhou leg. ( IZ-CAS ); 1 male , 1 female , near the outfall of Yajiang river, Jianzi mountain pass, 4440m , 25.V.2009 , Hong-Bin Liang leg. ( IZ-CAS ); 1 male , Litang, Gemuxiang, Tu'ershan, 3656m , cow dung, 31.V.2009 , Yu-Lingzi Zhou leg. ( IZ-CAS ); 17 males , 5 females , Batangxian, Cuopugou Lake, 4060m , cow dung, 4.VI.2009 , Yu-Lingzi Zhou leg. ( IZ-CAS ); INDIA : 1 female , Kashmir, Gulmarg, VI–VII.1931 , M. Cameron leg. ( FMNH ). FIGURE 17. Oxytelus robustus Schubert, 1906 : A , head ♂ (dorsal view); B , head ♀ (dorsal view); C , right mandible ♂ (dorsal view); D , right mandible ♀ (dorsal view); E , sternite VII ♂; F , sternite VIII ♂; G , sternite VIII ♀; H , tergite IX ♂ (ventral view); I , tergite IX ♀ (ventral view); J , tergite X ♂; K , tergite X ♀; L , spermatheca; M , aedeagus (ventral view); N , aedeagus (dorsal view); O , median lobe of aedeagus (lateral view); P , right paramere ( in situ ) of aedeagus (lateral view). Scales: C , D , J , K = 0.2 mm; L = 0.1 mm; rest, 0.5 mm. Redescription. Body black. Antennae, elytra and legs testaceous to black. Maxillae a little lighter. Length [average] male, 4.7 mm ; female, 4.7 mm . Male . Head ( Fig. 17A ) widest at temples or eyes. Disc punctate, not pubescent. Clypeus subrectangular, protruding beyond anterior margin of supra-antennal ridges, a little longer than 1/4 head length, depressed in anterior part, surface sparingly punctate; anterior margin broadly emarginate, with denticle at either end. Epistomal suture with lateral portions incurved and running posteriorly a little beyond level of anterior margin of eyes. Vertex slightly convex but flat anteriorly, posterior part poorly limited and continuous with neck in median; midlongitudinal suture feeble, paralateral sutures extending anteriorly but not touching level of posterior margin of eyes. Eyes with fine facets, lightly convex, a little shorter than temples. Temples rounded and dilated. Occipital suture with middle portion absent; nuchal ridge present but discontinuous in middle, dorsal basal ridge present. Mandible ( Fig. 17C ) stout, slightly curved; two denticles on inner edge near middle and near apex each. Antenna ( type I) shorter than head and pronotum together, with apical antennomere shorter than two preceding together. Pronotum transverse, broadest at near anterior 1/3, obviously wider than head. Disc punctate and 3-sulcate (as Fig. 1H ), median sulcus and two slightly curved paramedial sulci deep; two paralateral depressions shallow; lateral margin even, only weakly crenulate at posterolateral angles; posterolateral angles not prominent. Elytra punctate and rugose, lateral longitudinal ridge absent. Abdomen coriaceous and pubescent, broadest at segment V or VI. Sternite VII ( Fig. 17E ) with posterior margin straight, adorned with two denticles near middle a little behind posterior margin. Sternite VIII ( Fig. 17F ) produced in middle of posterior margin forming narrow median lobe, apex of which emarginate and with fine transverse carina a little behind; at base of median lobe with two elevated denticles directed backward. Tergite IX ( Fig. 17H ) with “ventral strut” ( Naomi 1989: 726 , 728) broadened, flattened and thickened. Tergite X ( Fig. 17J ) longer than wide, posterior margin weakly and narrowly emarginate in middle, with two lines of setae on haired posterior part. Aedeagus ( Figs. 17M–P ). Median lobe oblong-ovoid, weakly bulbous at base, obviously constricted from middle and narrowing toward apex; with membranous structures in apical part of median lobe; apical orifice small; apico-medial hook fishhook-shaped in lateral view, diverging at base and bent at near middle, with apical tip pointed; dorsal membranous area not covering all dorsum and not across length of median lobe. Paramere arm-like, broadened in dorsal view, with seta on apical 1/3, with furrow on basal arm. Female . Head ( Fig. 17B ) subtriangular; clypeus with lateral portions of epistomal suture not incurved at posterior; vertex posterior part well-limited and separated from neck by occipital suture; mid-longitudinal suture feeble; paralateral sutures running forward to level of posterior margin of eyes; eyes longer than temples, convex and protruding laterally; occipital suture with median portion present and obvious. Mandible ( Fig. 17D ) slender and less curved, with transverse carina across middle of dorsal surface. Abdominal sternite VII without denticles behind posterior margin. Sternite VIII ( Fig. 17G ) with middle portion of posterior margin shortly and gradually produced backward and deflexed in ventral view. Tergite IX ( Fig. 17I ) without “ventral strut”, but anterior margin somewhat serrate, anterior to tergite IX with separate transverse ventral sclerite, and connected with tergite IX by membrane. Tergite X ( Fig. 17K ) scutiform, with anterior margin broadly rounded in middle, with posterior margin truncate. Spermatheca ( Fig. 17L ) ʋ- shaped, constricted and bended at middle, basal portion slightly inflated, and apex rounded. Distribution. China ( Beijing , Gansu , Sichuan ); Pakistan ; India .