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Ascelosodis Redtenbacher 1868

Description

Ascelosodis Redtenbacher, 1868

Ascelosodis Redtenbacher 1868: 117; Bates 1879: 468; Reitter 1900: 87; Blair 1923: 278; Koch 1948: 76; Kaszab 1959: 356; 1968: 48; Doyen 1993: 500.

Diagnosis

Ascelosodis can be distinguished from its closely allied genera by the combination of the following characters: sides of thorax and elytra ciliate beneath, clypeus trilobed, clypeal lobe of head obviously prominent, eyes covered by pronotum, posterior angles of pronotum rectangular, obtuse or rounded, outer margins of mesotibiae without groove.

Type species

Ascelosodis serripes Redtenbacher, 1868, by monotypy.

Distribution

Himalayas from Kashmir to Sikkim, Tadzhikistan, Afghanistan and China (Tibet).

Notes

Published as part of Ren, Guo-Dong & Shi, Ai-Min, 2006, A taxonomic review of the Chinese species from the genus Ascelosodis Redtenbacher (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), with descriptions of three new species, pp. 1-24 in Zootaxa 1228 on page 2, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.172696

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Tenebrionidae
Genus
Ascelosodis
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Redtenbacher
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Ascelosodis Redtenbacher, 1868 sec. Ren & Shi, 2006

References

  • Redtenbacher, L. (1868) Reise der osterreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den befehlen des Commodore B. von Wullerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Zweiter Band: Coleopteren. 249 pp.
  • Bates, F. (1879) Characters of the new genera and species of Heteromera collected by Dr. Stoliczka during Forsyth Expedition to Kashgar in 1873 - 74. Cistula Entomologica, 2, 467 - 484. Blair, K. G. (1923) Coleoptera of the Second Mt. Everest Expedition, 1922. Part II. Heteromera. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 9 (11), 278 - 285.
  • Reitter, E. (1900) Bestimmungs-Tabelle der Tenebrioniden-Abtheilungen: Tentyrini und Adelostomini aus Europa und den angrenzenden Landern. Verhandlungen des Naturforschendes Vereines in Brunn, 39, 82 - 197.
  • Koch, C. (1948) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der asiatischen Tentyriini (Col. Tenebr.). Entomologische Blatter, 41 - 44, 76 - 81.
  • Kaszab, Z. (1959) Die Tenebrioniden Afghanistans, auf Grund der Ergebnisse der Sammelreise des Herrn J. Klapperich in den Jahren 1952 / 53 (Col.). Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey, Part I, 10 (2), 321 - 404.
  • Doyen, J. T. (1993) Cladistic Relationships among Pimeliine Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera). Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 101 (4), 443 - 514.