Zhang Bao-Yue, Li Xiu-Min
Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application of Hebei Province; College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, China Hebei University Baoding China.
Zookeys. 2025 Jul 8;1244:99-111. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1244.145585. eCollection 2025.
is the most species-rich genus in the subtribe Blaptina (Tenebrionidae, Blaptinae), with 205 described species. In this study, we reconstructed a preliminary phylogenetic tree based on cytochrome c oxidase subunit I sequences from 34 species of and . Based on both molecular and morphological evidence, we propose a new classification for the genus . Consequently, Ren, 2016 is transferred from the subgenus Blaps to the subgenus Ablapsis and Nalepa is reinstated as a subgenus of Blaps, , Furthermore, two new species are described and illustrated from China: Li, and Li, This work provides valuable molecular and morphological data for the phylogenetic study of the subtribe Blaptina.
