Prosodes (Iranosodes) laticauda Reitter, 1896

Nabоz, Maхim, Merkl, Оttó & Kоvalev, Aleхey, 2018, A review of the genus Prosodes Eschscholtz, 1829 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) of Iran, Zootaxa 4379 (4), pp. 451-483 : 457

Prosodes (Iranosodes) laticauda Reitter, 1896

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Prosodes laticauda Reitter, 1896: 38 .

Prosodes laticauda: Kühnelt (1957: 77) ; G. Medvedev & Nepesova (1985: 112).

Prosodes (Megaprosodes) laticauda: Reitter (1909: 136) .

Prosodes (Iranosodes) laticauda: G. Medvedev (1996: 636 ; 2001 a: 93); Löbl et al. (2008: 233).

Type material. Lectotype (HNHM), ♂, designated here, with labels: “Haidanab Transcasp 24.III.95 v. Rosen”, “ P. laticauda m. 1895”, “Typus Prosodes laticauda Rtt. Coll. Reitter”. The description is based on two males. One of them is in the HNHM and designated as lectotype. Whereabouts of the other specimen (paralectotype) is unknown to the authors.

Non-type material. Turkmenistan. 1♂, 1♀: Western Koped Dag , Syunt Mt. , 18000 m, 14.v.1953, leg. D. Shteinberg (Сyrilliс lаbels) ( ZIN) ; 17♂♂, 7♀♀: Kаrа-Kаlа [now Garrygala], Syunt Mt. , 20.v.1957, western slope оf tор, 1500–1700 m, leg. G.S. Medvedev (Сyrilliс lаbels) (2♂♂, 1♀: HNHM; 15♂♂, 6♀♀: ZIN) ; 1♂, 1♀: Syunt Mt. , 2.v.1974, leg. G.S. Medvedev (Сyrilliс lаbels) ( ZIN) ; 2♂♂: Kорet Dаg, W оf Kаrа-Kаlа [now Garrygala ], clay slорe, 1300 m, 9.iv.1989, 11.iv.1989, leg. T. Kоmраntsevа (Сyrilliс lаbels) ( ZIN) ; 2♂♂: Kорet-Dаgh Mts, Dushаk Mt., 2–3.iv.1993, 1800 m, No. L82, 3754’ N, 5756’ E, leg. M. Hreblay, Gy. Lászl, A. Podlussány (HNHM); Iran. 1♂: Imаm Gulyаr—Quсhаn, 16.iii.1898, leg. Zаrudny (Сyrilliс lаbel) ( ZIN) ; 2♂♂: between Quсhаn аnd Mаshhаd , 26–29.iii.1896, leg. Zаrudny (Сyrilliс lаbel) ( ZIN) ; 1♀: N. Khоrаsаn, Alаdаg Mts. (3718' N, 5726'E) Asаdli (25 km S Воjnurd ), 31. III. 1 999, leg. J. Kаláb ( HNHM) ; 1♀: Khоrаsаn, Prоv. , 70 km NE оf Quсаn, 2200 m, 12.v.2001, leg. B. Benedek & G. Csorba (CSZ).

Distribution. Turkmenistan: Western Kopet Dag; Iran: Eastern Kopet Dag (Razavi Khorasan Province).

Figures

FIGURE3. Prosodes (Iranosodesand Dilopersina). A–F, P. (Iranosodes) laticauda: A, lectotype, male (HNHM), dorsalview; B,same lateral view; C, labels of lectotype; D, male protibia; E, sculpture of male elytra, F, female (ZIN), dorsal view.G–L, P. (Dilopersina) mithras: G, lectotype, male (HNHM), dorsal view; H, same, lateral view; I, labels of lectotype and broken tarsomeres mounted on separate card; J, male (ZIN), dorsal view; K, holotype of P. chorassanica (syn. of P. mithras), female (ZIN), dorsal view; L, sculpture of female elytra.Not to scale.