Characters of Platyscelis(Platyscelis)brevis and Platyscelis(Platyscelis)subcordata with updated distribution(Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Platyscelidini)

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1000-1565.2022.06.011

Abstract

Abstract: Platyscelis(Platyscelis)brevis Baudi di Selve, 1876 and P.(P.)subcordata Seidlitz, 1893 are redescribed, characters and habitus of the males are presented. Geographical distributions of them are updated based on the examined materials: P. brevis distributes in China(Beijing, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia, Jilin, Liaoning, Ningxia, Shandong, Shanxi), Mongolia and Russia(Siberia); P. subcordata distributes in Heilongjiang, Liaoning, and Shandong of China.

Key words: Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Platyscelidini, Platyscelis, China

CLC Number:

Q969

TIAN Ying, BAI Xinglong. Characters of Platyscelis(Platyscelis)brevis and Platyscelis(Platyscelis)subcordata with updated distribution(Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Platyscelidini)[J]. Journal of Hebei University(Natural Science Edition), 2022, 42(6): 636-641.

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