Systematic review of the genus Pseudognaptorina Kaszab, 1977 (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Blaptinae, Blaptini) from the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, with description of six new species

By

Li, Xiumin Li
Baoyue, Zhang
Li, Jigang
Pan, Zhao

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1234

Pages

19--46

Subjects

China , COI gene , darkling beetle , Morphology

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1234.137739

 

Abstract

The genus Pseudognaptorina, with four described species, is endemic to the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau. In this study, Pseudognaptorina is reviewed based on a combination of molecular and morphological datasets. A preliminary phylogenetic tree is reconstructed based on COI sequences of four related genera within the subtribe Gnaptorinina. Additionally, the geographical distribution of Pseudognaptorina is presented. Six new species are described and illustrated: P. banbarica X.-M. Li, sp. nov., P. himalayana X.-M. Li, sp. nov., P. migana X.-M. Li, sp. nov., P. oblonga X.-M. Li, sp. nov., P. rectangularis X.-M. Li, sp. nov., and P. reni X.-M. Li, sp. nov. This work provides valuable molecular, morphological, and distributional data for the study of species evolution in the subtribe Gnaptorinina.