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5C0887F55030772BFDE8BBCFFC0BDF03.text	5C0887F55030772BFDE8BBCFFC0BDF03.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Blindus MulsantetReyarereviewedinthispaper. Two 1853	<div><p>Blindus MulsantetRey, 1853</p> <p>Blindus MulsantetRey, 1853: 206 (Typespecies: Pedinusstrigosus Faldermann, 1835); SEIdlItz, 1893: 364, 374 (Pedinus, subgenus); REIttEr, 1904: 52 (Pedinus, subgenus); REIkhardt, 1936: 675 (Pedinus, subgenus); REIkhardt, 1937: 746 (Pedinus, subgenus); MEdvEdEv, 1968: 154.</p> <p>Diagnosis – Bodymediumsize (7.0– 10.5 mm); elliptical, smooth. Head hexagonal. Clypeusdeeplyemarginateatfrontborder. Eyesdividedintotwo partsbygenaecompletely. Mentumlongitudinallyconvexinmiddle. Maxillarypalpuswithsecuriformterminalpalpomere. Antennaeslightlywidening toapex. Pronotumtransverse; anteriormargindeeplyemarginatewithnarrowbead; basalmarginslightlyemarginateornearlystraight, withoutbead orwithnarrowintactorpartialbead; pronotumwithcoarsepuncturesor thinlongitudinalwrinkles. Elytrapunctato-striatedistinctlyornot; intervals withlargepunctures. Pseudoepipleuronintact, reachingapices. Hindwings lessdeveloped. Prosternumwithtwolonghairsinmiddle; prosternalprocess verticallydescending, prominentattheapex. Mesosternumwithdeepgroove inmiddle. Metasternumwithfaintlongitudinalgroove. Femorasimple, those inmalewithdenseorsparsehairsneartheapexinventralsurface. Protibia graduallywideningfrombasetoapex, inneredgenearlystraightorslightly curved; ventralsurfacewithadistinctdepressioninseveralspecies. Mesotibia simpleinbothsexes, graduallywideningtoapex, slightlycurvedorstraight. Metatibiaslender, straightorcurved. ProtarsomeresItoIIIinmaleextremely dilated, withdensefuzzinventralsurface; protarsomeresItoIVinfemale narrow, withsparsefuzzinventralsurface. Mesotarsomeresnarrowinboth sexes, ItoIVwithoutfuzzinventralsurface (MEdvEdEv 1968).</p> <p>Distribution – China, Japan, Mongolia, NorthKorea, SouthKoreaand</p> <p>Russia.</p> <p>Composition – Untilnowtenspeciesofthegenus Blindus arevalid (includingthetwonewonesdescribedbelow), theyare B. contractus sp. n., B. discolor sp. n., B. curvotibius Ren et Zhang, 2010, B. fulvicornis (Reitter, 1889), B. japonicus (Seidlitz, 1893), B. potanini nudiventris Medvedev, 1968, B. potanini potanini Medvedev, 1968, B. reichardti Medvedev, 1968, B. strigosus (Faldermann, 1835) and B. thibetanus (Fairmaire, 1897).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5C0887F55030772BFDE8BBCFFC0BDF03	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Liu, S. - S.;G. - D;R, P.	Liu, S. - S., G. - D, R, P. (2013): Taxonomy Of The Genus Blindus Mulsant Et Rey From China, With Description Of Two New Species (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Pedinini). Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 59 (3): 197-211, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5736178
5C0887F55033772EFDF9BF47FD3ADA75.text	5C0887F55033772EFDF9BF47FD3ADA75.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Blindus contractus Liu & G.-D & R 2013	<div><p>Blindus contractus sp. n.</p> <p>(Figs 1–11 A)</p> <p>Typematerial – Holotype, male, GongbukaVillage, KangdingCounty, Sichuan, Chi- na, 8. viii. 2009, Zhen-HuaGaoleg. (MHBU). Paratypes. 1 male, 1 female, labelledasthe holotype (MHBU).</p> <p>Etymology – ThespecificnameisaLatinadjectiveandreferstotheslenderbody.</p> <p>Diagnosis – Thenewspeciesissimilarto B. reichardti Medvedev, 1968, butcanbedistinguishedfromthelatterbythefollowingcharacteristics: (1) bodyratherslender; (2) antennomereIIIabout 2 timesaslongasII; (3) basal marginofpronotumwithnarrowbeadonlyinlateral 1/4; (4) pronotumdifferentinshape, widestatbasal 1/2; (5) prosternalprocessdifferentinshape, longitudinallyslightlyconvexinmiddle; (6) metatibiadistinctlycurved; (7) metafemoraventrallyslender, withonesharpprocessneartheapex; (8) ae- deagusdifferentinshape.</p> <p>Description – Male. Bodyslenderlyelliptical, arched; black, antennomereI–II, VIII–XI, mouthpartsandtarsireddishbrown. Headhexagonal, withdistinctandlargepuncturesin middleandsmallpuncturesatsides; labrumtransverselyovoid, emarginateatfrontbor- der, scatteredwithyellowhairsonbothsides; clypeusdeeplyemarginateatfrontborder, slightlyconvex; frontoclypealsutureextremelyobscure; genaefeeblyconvexandslightly extended, templesreduced; fronsconvexbetweeneyes, interocularspaceabout 5.08 times asaneyediameter; mentumhexagonal, widelylongitudinallyconvexinmiddle, longitu- dinallydepressedinbothsides, withsparseyellowpubescence; maxillarypalpuswithse- curiformterminalpalpomere. Antennaelong, reachingbaseofpronotum, withshorthairs; antennomere I thick and strong, II very short, III about 2 times as long as II, VII to XI each graduallywidening, XIelongateovoid, ratioofthelength (thewidth) ofantennomeres I–XI from basal to apical as follows: 25.0(17.0): 18.0(14.0): 36.0(14.0): 29.0(16.0): 27.0(16.0): 25.0(16.0): 29.0(18.0): 26.0(19.0): 26.0(19.0): 25.0(19.0): 30.0(20.0).</p> <p>Pronotumslightlytransverse, about 1.34 timesaswideaslong, widestatmiddle, withsmallpuncturesinmiddlebutthepuncturesbecomeelongateandconfluentatsides; anteriormarginemarginatewithnarrowbeadonlyinlateral 1/3; sidesarcuate, strongly narrowingforwardandfeeblysobackwardfromthewidestpoint, withnarrowbead; basal marginnearlystraight, withnarrowbeadonlyinlateral 1/4; anterioranglessharp, poste- rioranglesnearlyrectangular. Scutellumwidelytriangular, withobscurepunctures. Elytra punctato-striate, striateobscureatbase, becomingdistincttoapices, withlargepunctures, intervalsflat, irregularlypunctatewithseveraltransversewrinkles; lateralmarginvisible onlyathumeriindorsalview. Pseudo-epipleuronintact, graduallynarrowedtoapices. Prohypomerawithlongwrinkles. Prosternumwithirregularwrinklesandsparseshort hairsinmiddle, prosternalprocesslongitudinallyslightlyconvexinmiddle, verticallyde- scendingatroundapexinlateralview.</p> <p>Protibiagraduallywideningfrombasetoapex, inneredgesmooth, nearlystraight, withdenseshortspinesnearapex, withtwoequilengthapicalspurs; outeredgestraight, withdenseshortspinesnearapex; dorsalsurfacescatteredwithfinepuncturesandshort hairs; ventralsurfacewithadistinctellipticallargedepression, smoothindepressionand withsparseshortspinesandhairsonoutsideofthedepression. ProtarsomeresItoIIIextremelydilated, withdensefuzzinventralsurface. Mesotibiaslightlycurved, withshort spinesandhairs. Metatibiadistinctlycurved, withsparsehairsandshortspines. Metafe- moracurved, withsparsehairsandonesharpprocessneartheapexinventralsurface. Ratio of the length of metatarsomeres I to IV as follows: 60.0: 30.0: 25.0: 41.0.</p> <p>Aedeagusshort, length 1.44 mm, width 0.44 mm.</p> <p>Female. Bodywiderthanthatofmale. Protibiawithoutdepression. Protarsomeres ItoIIInotdilated. Metatibiastraight. Metafemorastraight, withoutprocessneartheapex ofventralsurface.</p> <p>Measurements. Bodylength 9.5 mm; width 4.0– 4.5 mm.</p> <p>Distribution – China: Sichuan.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5C0887F55033772EFDF9BF47FD3ADA75	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Liu, S. - S.;G. - D;R, P.	Liu, S. - S., G. - D, R, P. (2013): Taxonomy Of The Genus Blindus Mulsant Et Rey From China, With Description Of Two New Species (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Pedinini). Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 59 (3): 197-211, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5736178
5C0887F550347723FD05BBCFFD5DDA36.text	5C0887F550347723FD05BBCFFD5DDA36.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Blindus discolor Liu & G.-D & R 2013	<div><p>Blindus discolor sp. n.</p> <p>(Figs 1–11B)</p> <p>Typematerial – Holotype, male, BeijiaMountain, DanbaCounty, Sichuan, China, 29.</p> <p>vii. 1999, Guo-DongRenleg. (MHBU). Paratypes: 2 males, labelledastheholotype (MHBU).</p> <p>Etymology – ThespecificnameisaLatinnounandreferstotheinfraspecificdifferent bodycolour.</p> <p>Diagnosis – Thenewspeciesissimilarto Blindusreichardti Medvedev, 1968, butcanbedistinguishedfromthelatterbythefollowingcharacteristics: (1) headsmooth, withsmallandpartlyconfluentpunctures; (2) fronsnearly flatbetweeneyes, interocularspaceabout 4.78 timesasaneyediameter; (3) antennomereIIIabout 2.12 timesaslongasII; (4) prosternalprocessdifferent inshape, longitudinallydeeplydepressedinmiddle; (5) protibiadifferentin shape, inneredgedistinctlycurved, suddenlydilatedatbasal 2/3; (6) ventral surfaceofprotibiawithalargefusiformdepression; (7) metatibiadistinctly curved; (8) aedeagusdifferentinshape.</p> <p>Description – Male. Bodyelongateelliptical, stronglyarched; colorationfromred- dishbrowntoblack, antennomereI–II, VIII–XI, mouthpartsandlegsslightlypaler. Head hexagonal, smooth, withsmallandpartlyconfluentpunctures; labrumtransverselyovoid, slightlyemarginateatfrontborder, scatteredwithyellowhairs; clypeusdeeplyemarginateatfrontborder, slightlyconvex; frontoclypealsutureobscure; genaefeeblyconvexand slightlyextended, templesdistinctlyreduced; fronsnearlyflatbetweeneyes, interocular spaceabout 4.78 timesasaneyediameter; mentumnearlyhexagonal, narrowlylongitu- dinallyconvexinmiddle, longitudinallydepressedatbothsides, withsparseyellowpu- bescence; maxillarypalpuswithsecuriformterminalpalpomere. Antennaelong, reaching baseofpronotum, withshorthairs; antennomereIthickandstrong, IIveryshort, IIIabout 1897). Scale bars = 1 mm.</p> <p>2.12 timesaslongasII, VIItoXIgraduallywideningindividually, XIelongateovoid, ratio of the length (the width) of antennomeres I–XI from basal to apical as follows: 26.0(16.0): 17.0(15.0): 36.0(15.0): 26.0(15.0): 25.0(16.0): 26.0(16.0): 27.0(17.0): 25.0(17.0): 26.0(19.0): 23.0(19.0): 29.0(21.0).</p> <p>Pronotumtransverse, about 1.53 timesaswideaslong, widestatbase, withsmall puncturesinmiddlebutthepuncturesbecomeelongateandconfluentatsides; anterior marginemarginatewithnarrowbeadonlyinlateral 2/5; sidesarcuate, narrowlybeaded, feeblynarrowingforwardfromwidestpoint, thenstronglynarrowingaftermiddle; basal marginslightlyemarginate, withnarrowintactbead; anterioranglessharp, posterioranglesroundlyrectangular. Scutellumwidelytriangular, withsmallpunctures. Elytradis- tinctlypunctato-striate, withlargepunctures, intervalsflatwithsmallpunctures; lateral marginsvisibleonlyathumeriindorsalview. Pseudo-epipleuronintact, graduallynarrowedtoapices. Prohypomerawithlongwrinkles. Prosternumwithirregularwrinkles andsparseshorthairsinmiddle, prosternalprocesslongitudinallydeeplydepressedin middle, verticallydescendingatpointedapexinlateralview.</p> <p>Protibiadistinctlywideningfrombasetoapex, withtwoequilengthapicalspurs, inneredgedistinctlycurved, suddenlydilatedatapical 1/3, withdenseshortspinesnear apex; outeredgeslightlyarched, withdenseshortspinesnearapex; dorsalsurfaceslightly convex, scatteredwithshorthairs; ventralsurfacewithadistinctlargefusiformdepression, smoothwithindepressionandwithsparseshortspinesandhairsonoutsideofthe depression. ProtarsomeresItoIIIextremelydilated, withdensefuzzinventralsurface. Mesotibianearlystraight, withdenseshortspinesandhairs. Metatibiadistinctlycurved, smooth, withsparsehairs. Metafemoracurved, withsparsehairs. Ratioofthelengthof metatarsomeres I to IV as follows: 68.0: 38.0: 24.0: 50.0.</p> <p>Aedeagusshort, length 1.61 mm, width 0.57 mm.</p> <p>Female. Unknown.</p> <p>Measurements. Bodylength 10.5 mm; width 4.5 mm.</p> <p>Distribution – China: Sichuan.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5C0887F550347723FD05BBCFFD5DDA36	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Liu, S. - S.;G. - D;R, P.	Liu, S. - S., G. - D, R, P. (2013): Taxonomy Of The Genus Blindus Mulsant Et Rey From China, With Description Of Two New Species (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Pedinini). Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 59 (3): 197-211, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5736178
5C0887F550387723FDA5B9EFFD52DD99.text	5C0887F550387723FDA5B9EFFD52DD99.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Blindus curvotibius Ren et Zhang 2010	<div><p>Blindus curvotibius Ren et Zhang, 2010</p> <p>(Figs 1–11C)</p> <p>Blindus curvotibius REn &amp; Zhang, 2010: 64.</p> <p>Material – 1 male, 1 female, JigongMountain, HenanProvince, China, 5. viii. 2004, Feng-YanWangleg. (MHBU); 1 female, Baotianman, NeixiangCounty, HenanProvince, China, 22. viii. 2008, Guo-DongRenleg. (MHBU).</p> <p>Distribution – China: Henan.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5C0887F550387723FDA5B9EFFD52DD99	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Liu, S. - S.;G. - D;R, P.	Liu, S. - S., G. - D, R, P. (2013): Taxonomy Of The Genus Blindus Mulsant Et Rey From China, With Description Of Two New Species (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Pedinini). Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 59 (3): 197-211, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5736178
5C0887F5503A7727FDD9BFEDFC3EDA85.text	5C0887F5503A7727FDD9BFEDFC3EDA85.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Blindus strigosus (Faldermann 1835)	<div><p>Blindus strigosus (Faldermann, 1835)</p> <p>(Figs 1–11 H)</p> <p>Pedinus strigosus FaldErmann, 1835: 410.</p> <p>Pedinus (Blindus) strigosus: SEIdlItz, 1893: 374; REIttEr, 1904: 61; REIkhardt, 1936: 675, 690; REIkhardt, 1937: 744.</p> <p>Blindusstrigosus: MUlsantetREy, 1853: 206; MEdvEdEv, 1968: 157.</p> <p>Colpotusfaldermanni BaUdIdiSElvE, 1876: 46. SynonymisedbyMEdvEdEv (1968).</p> <p>Material – 10 males, 11 females, XiaowutaiMountain, YuCounty, HebeiProvince, China, 6. vii. 2001, Guo-DongRenleg. (MHBU); 4 females, Jinhekou, YuCounty, Hebei Province, China, 14. vii. 2005, JingLi &amp; Feng-YanWangleg. (MHBU); 1 male, 1 female, Yangjiaping, ZhuoluCounty, HebeiProvince, China, 11. vii. 2002, Ai- MinShileg. (MHBU); 5 males, 8 females, JianpingCounty, LiaoningProvince, China, 3. v. 2008, Guo-DongRen &amp; Ben-YongMaoleg. (MHBU); 1 male, 2 females, Dongzhai, HenanProvince, China, 15. vii. 2005, Ji- LiangWang &amp; ChaoGaoleg. (MHBU); 1 male, HuaguoMountain, YiyangCounty, HenanProvince, China, 3. viii. 2006, Feng-YanWangleg. (MHBU); 1 male, 1 female, Kunyu Mountain, MoupingCounty, ShandongProvince, China, 11. v. 2007, Ji- LiangWang &amp; Feng- YanWangleg. (MHBU); 4 females, DazeMountain, PingduCounty, ShandongProvince, China, 26. v. 2007, Ji- LiangWang &amp; Feng-YanWangleg. (MHBU); 1 male, NingchengCounty, ChifengCity, InnerMongolia, China, 24. vi. 1990, QiangLiuleg. (MHBU); 2 males, 1 female, HeluopingVillage, YuexiCounty, AnhuiProvince, China, 30. vii. 2007, Yi- BinBa &amp; Feng-YanWangleg. (MHBU); 1 male, LuMountain, JiangxiProvince, China, 7. viii. 1988, nocollector (MHBU); 1 male, LuMountain, JiangxiProvince, China, 9. vii. 1988, nocollector (MHBU); 1 female, NanjingCity, JiangsuProvince, China, 15. v. 1984, You- MingXu leg. (MHBU); 1 male, Huguosi, YinjiangCounty, GuizhouProvince, China, 29. vii. 2001, Guo-DongRenleg. (MHBU).</p> <p>Distribution – China: Anhui, Beijing, Guizhou, Henan, Hebei, Hubei, InnerMongolia, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Liaoning, Shandong, Sichuan, Taiwan, Tianjin; Mongolia; North Korea; SouthKorea; JapanandRussia (FarEast). Thisisthefirstspeciesof Blindus from Anhui, Guizhou, JiangsuandJiangxiprovincesofChina.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5C0887F5503A7727FDD9BFEDFC3EDA85	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Liu, S. - S.;G. - D;R, P.	Liu, S. - S., G. - D, R, P. (2013): Taxonomy Of The Genus Blindus Mulsant Et Rey From China, With Description Of Two New Species (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Pedinini). Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 59 (3): 197-211, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5736178
