Drasteria kusnezovi kusnezovi (John, 1910)

Yu, Alexey & Korb, Stanislav K., 2019, A revision of the genus Drasteria of Central Asia and Kazakhstan with special attention to the adjacent areas (Lepidoptera: Erebidae), Zootaxa 4673 (1), pp. 1-104 : 28-30

Drasteria kusnezovi kusnezovi (John, 1910)

( Map 8 ) ( Figs. 70–78 (imago), 226, 227 (male genitalia), 276 (female genitalia))

John, 1910b: 606; Tab. 16, figs. 6 b, c, 7 a) ( Leucanitis kusnezovi ). Type locality: “aus dem Syr-darja Gebiet: Perovsk… und den ihm nahegelegenen Ortschaften: Aj-darle… Baigakum… und Dshulek… aus dem Semiretshje Gebiet: Tsharyn… Transcaspien, Sumbar” (by the original description); “St. Baigakum, Syr-Darja” (by the lectotype designation, designated here).

Type material. Lectotype female (designated here in accordance with ICZN Art. 74) ( Figs. 70–72 ), labelled: red square; golden circle; “specimen | typicum” (white paper, printed); “ St. Baigakum | Syr-Darja 12.V | 1908 Malyschew” (white paper, printed with handwritten date and month); “ Leucanitis | kusnezovi John. | O. John det.” ( ZISP) . Paralectotypes: 14 males, 6 females ( ZISP) .

Poole, 1989: 329; Klyuchko, Kreuzberg, 1998: 26 [Nuratinsky Nature Reserve]; Lehmann et al., 1998: 526 [33.37’N, 79.21’O, Sarytogai, Tal des Flusses Shaiyn, ca 20 km vor der Mündung in den Ili, 666m]; Poltavsky et al., 1998: 108 [Kara-Kala]; Gorbunov, 2011: 57 [southern part of Caspian depression; Mangyshlak; Ustyurt; Shagyrai plateau; Aral sea coast); pl. 8, fig. 3 (Onere)]; Gorbunov et al., 2011: 76 [Ustyurt Nature reserve, Onere dwell, 42°36’ N, 54°08’ E; Ustyurt Nature reserve, Kendyrli dwell, 42°57’ N, 54°41’ E]; Benedek, Bálint, 2013: 139 [Province Almaty, 15 km N of Masak, Ayak-Kalkan, 500 m, N 43° 45’, E 078° 30’]; Korb, 2013: 28 [Baschi]; Shovkoon, Trofimova, 2016: 607 [Aktobe Prov., Shagyrai Plateau, N 46°52’; E 58°02’; Aktobe Prov., Shagyrai Plateau, N 46°50’; E 57°47’; Aktobe Prov., Shagyrai Plateau, N 46°44’; E 57°30’; Mangystau Prov., N 46°05’; E 54°35’; Mangistau Prov., Mangistau Mts., N 44°18’; E 51°35’; Mangistau Prov., Ustyurt Plateau, N 43°55’; E 53°34’].

Habitat ( Figs. 301, 303 , 309 ). Deserts and semideserts, dry stony meadows in middle mountains. Elevation: 200– 2100 m.

Distribution. Deserts and semideserts of Central Asia and Kazakhstan, very local. It is possible that the species inhabit the sands near Astrakhan in Russia.

Material examined (in total: 52 specimens). Kazakhstan. 1 ♀, 2.07.1907, Semirechye Prov. , Sary-Togai on Charyn river, leg. А. Yakobson, ex coll. O. John ( ZISP) ; 3 ♂, 1 ♀, 18.04– 12.05.1908, Syr-Darja , St. Baigakum, leg. Malyschew, ex coll. O. John (paralectotypes) ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 7.06– 2.07.1908, Baigacum , leg. Androsow, ex coll. O. John ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 6.05.1908, St. Baigakum , Syr-Darja, Malyshew (paralectotypes) ( ZMHU) ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 24.04.1909, prov. Syr-Darjensis , Perovsk circ., city tree station, leg. O. Miller ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 27.04.1909, Syr- Darja , Dshulek, leg. Koshantshikoff, slide Matov 0531 (lectotype) ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 23.04.1909, Syr-Darja , Dshulek, leg. Koshantshikoff, ex coll. O. John (paralectotype) ( ZISP) ; 9 ♂, 4 ♀, 9.05– 6.08.1909, Syr-Darja , Aj-Darle, leg. Koshantshikoff, ex coll. O. John (paralectotypes) ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, Sir [darya], ex coll. Eversmann ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, 3.07.1911, Aral Sea , Yanu-Su river, leg. Molchanov ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 2 ♀, 17.07– 7.08.1911, Syr-Daria , Baigacum, leg. Koshantschikoff ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 1915, Semirechye Prov. , Dzharkent, leg. unknown, ex coll. Dyakonov ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 1– 10.04.1915, Semitechye , Dzhar-Kuduk S of Dzharkent, leg. V. Kavrigin ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 20– 30.04.1915, Semirechye , Chulokai S of Dzharkent, leg. V. Kavrigin ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 11.06.1916, Perovsky Uezd , Kara-Uzyan, leg. unknown, ex coll. Dyakonov ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, Kazaly distr. , Basykara env., near r. Syr Daria, h= 67 m, 45.755º N 62.303º E, leg. A. Rokhletzova ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 15.07.1950, Aksu-Dzhabagly ( ZMMU) ; 4 ♂, 18.07.1950, Dzhusaly , leg. unknown ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 14.07.1952, Syr-Darya , Dzhalagash, leg. Bundel ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, 3.08.1982, [ Central Of- fice of the Barsakelmes Nature Reserve, Barsakelmes island], leg. D. Piryulin ( ZISP) ; 2 ♂, 1.05.2011, Altyn-Emel Nature Reserve , 30 km from Baschi, 43.96147N, 78.76941E, 645 m, leg. S.K. Korb ( SKK) . Turkmenistan. 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 6.07.1910, Borly-Kul valley , leg. Zarudny ( ZISP) . Uzbekistan. 1 ♀, 26.VII.1911, Nukus , leg. Molchanov ( ZISP) .

Drasteria rada ( Boisduval, 1848) (= D. roda (Herrich-Schäffer, [1851])

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Boisduval, 1848: xxx ( Microphisa rada ). Type locality: “dans la Russie méridionale et surtout au pied du Caucase” (by the original description).

Type material. Not found.

Poole, 1989: 330; Beck, 1996: 25.

Distribution. South Russia (Volgograd and Orenburg Prov.), Kazakhstan, Caucasus and Transcaucasia, Asia Minor, Central Asia (deserts and semideserts), South Siberia and Mongolia.

Variability. There are four species group taxa described within this species: rada Boisduval, 1848 , altivaga Alphéraky, 1894, schlumbergeri Fuchs, 1903, sibirica Kozhantshikov, 1924 . The status of only two of them is valid: nominate and altivaga. First one is widely distributed in South Europe, North and Central Kazakhstan and inhabits deserts and semideserts only; the second subspecies flies in the mountainous regions of Central Asia, Mongolia and South Siberia.

Figures

MAP 8. Distribution map of Drasteria kusnezovi (John, 1910).

MAP 9. Distribution map of Drasteria rada (Boisduval, 1848).

FIGURES 64–84. Drasteria specimens. 64–69. D. herzi (Alphéraky, 1895), lectotype (64: upperside; 65: underside; 66: labels), paralectotype (67), Tuz Golu, Turkey (68), Kugitang, Tajikistan (69). 70–72. D. kusnezovi (John, 1910), lectotype (70: upperside; 71: underside; 72: labels), paralectotype (73), Aral Sea, Kazakhstan (74), paralectotype (75), Altyn-Emel Nature Reserve, Kazakhstan (76), Koro-Goo Pass, Moldo-Too Mts., Kyrgyzstan (77, 78). 79–81. D. rada pia (Strand, 1917), holotype (79: upperside, 80: underside; 81: labels). 82–84. D. rada altivaga (Alphéraky, 1893), lectotype (82: upperside; 83: underside; 84: labels).

FIGURES 297–304. Drasteria habitats. 297. 25 km N of Panfilov, Dzhungarian Alatau, Kazakhstan (one of the authors in the collecting trip 2010). 298. Ili river valley near Koktal bridge, Almaty Prov., Kazakhstan (Russian Entomological Society and Institute of Zoology of Kazakhstan collecting trip, 2010). 299. Sands near Dosang environs, Astrakhan Prov., Russia. 300. Saksaul forest near Bakanas, Almaty Prov., Kazakhstan. 301. Chulak gorge, foothills of Dzhungarian Alatau Mts. in the Altyn-Emel Nature Reserve, Kazakhstan. 302. Ili river shore near Singing Dunes, Altyn-Emel Nature Reserve, Kazakhstan. 303. Katutau mountains, Altyn-Emel Nature Reserve, Kazakhstan. 304. Koram environs, northern slopes of Transilian Alatau Mts., Kazakhstan. Photos: S.K. Korb.

FIGURES 305–312. Drasteria habitats. 305. Sary-Kaiky gorge, Dzhumgaltoo Mts., Kyrgyzstan. 306. Arashan environs near Bishkek, Kirghiz Mts., Kyrgyzstan. 307. Kok-Moynok environs, Terskey Ala-Too Mts., Kyrgyzstan. 308. Aksu environs, Terskey Ala-Too Mts., Kyrgyzstan. 309. Koro-Goo Pass, Moldo-Too Mts., Kyrgyzstan. 310. Alai valley, Kyrgyzstan. 311. Archaty environs, Alai Mts., Kyrgyzstan. 312. The same locality, light trapping. Photos: 305–309: S.K. Korb; 310–312: E. Komarov.