Augyles Schiødte, 1866

Sazhnev, Alexey S., 2020, Variegated mud-loving beetles (Heteroceridae) of Russia and adjacent countries Additions and corrections to the Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3 (2016), Zootaxa 4810 (2), pp. 368-374 : 369-370

Genus Augyles Schiødte, 1866

p. 611: Augyles crinitus Kiesenwetter, 1850 (Heterocerus) ; add E: PL. Distribution: Poland ( Twardy 2018).

p. 611: Augyles dilutissimus Reitter, 1887 (Heterocerus) ; add A: KZ. Distribution: Kazakhstan ( Litovkin & Sazhnev 2018).

p. 611: Augyles flavidus P. Rossi, 1794 (Scarabaeus) ; require confirmation E: CT A: ES FE WS.

In Russia, this centralasiatic-europeo-mediterranean species occurs only in the extreme south of European part and Caucasus ( Sazhnev & Shapovalov, 2016; Sazhnev 2018). The records for most part of Siberia (species is possible in the southwest West Siberia) and the Far East are, in my opinion, erroneous and require confirmation.

add Augyles gerdmuelleri Skalický, 2010 add A: KI.

Distribution: Kyrgyzstan ( Skalický 2010)

p. 611: Augyles hispidulus Kiesenwetter, 1843 (Heterocerus) ; add E: BY CT ST.

Distribution: Belarus ( Shatrovskiy & Kravchenko 2016); Russia: Arkhangelsk Oblast ( Pomerantsev 1908); Kirov Oblast ( Dedyukhin & Kholmogorova 2006); Leningrad Oblast ( Zaitsev 1907); Vologda Oblast (Sazhnev 2018).

Widely distributed in central Russia ( Lindemann 1871; Lebedev 1925; Dorofeev 2003; Semyonov 2009; Alekseev & Shapoval 2011; Litovkin et al. 2013; Egorov et al. 2015; Sazhnev 2018b).

Distributed in Europe, Middle East, Central Asia (Mascagni 2003, 2006, 2016). Records from the south Siberia and the Russian Far East ( Jacobson 1913; Egorov 1989; Kirejtshuk 2001) should be attributed to other species of the Augyles cribratellus species group sensu Charpentier (1965) ( Sazhnev 2018b).

The record of this species from Issyk-Kul hollow in Kyrgyzstan ( Ovchinnikov 1996) require verification ( Litovkin & Sazhnev 2018).

p. 611: Augyles holdhausi Mamitza, 1930 (Heterocerus) ; incorrect holdhausi Mamitza, 1907 – «Koleopterologische Rundschau Bd. 15 (Nr. 5/6, Jänner 1930)» ( Mamitza 1930).

p. 611: Augyles intermedius Kiesenwetter, 1843 (Heterocerus) ; add E: BY NT ST A: WS.

Distribution: Belarus ( Shatrovskiy & Kravchenko 2016); Russia: Leningrad Oblast ( Zaitsev 1907); St.- Petersburg, Lesnoy, 20.05.1862, А. Moravits (ZISP); Nenets Autonomous Okrug (Sazhnev 2018); Republic of Karelia ( Motschulsky 1854; Sazhnev 2018); Vologda Oblast (Sazhnev 2018; Sazhnev et al. 2019); Krasnodar Krai ( Zaitsev 1946; Sazhnev & Shapovalov 2016); Kemerovo Oblast ( Efimov & Litovkin 2015).

p. 611: Augyles interspidulus R. Charpentier, 1979 (Heterocerus) ; add A: ES WS.

Distribution: Russia: Republic of Buryatia (Sazhnev 2016), Novosibirsk Oblast ( Sazhnev 2018b); Zabaykalsky Krai (Sazhnev 2016, 2018b).

p. 611: Augyles japonicus Kôno, 1931 (Heterocerus) ; add A: FE. Distribution: Russia: Jewish Autonomous Oblast ( Sazhnev 2018b), Primorsky Krai ( Sazhnev, 2018b).

p. 612: Augyles maritimus Guérin-Méneville, 1844 (Heterocerus) ; add E: AB GG (Abkhazia) ST.

Distribution: Azerbaijan ( Sazhnev2018a); Georgia:Abkhazia, Bzyb’ River near Pitsunda, 24.08.2016,A. Prokin (IBIW); Russia: Samara Oblast ( Litovkin et al. 2013); Astrakhan Oblast ( Sazhnev, 2014); Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Urup, 15.08.2016, A. Prokin (IBIW).

p. 612: Augyles marmota Kiesenwetter, 1850 (Heterocerus) add E: ST. Distribution: Russia: Orenburg Oblast ( Sazhnev & Kozminykh 2019).

p. 612: Augyles obliteratus Kiesenwetter, 1843 (Heterocerus) ; add A: MN. Distribution: Mongolia: Zavkhan Province ( Prokin et al. 2019).

p. 613: Augyles sericans Kiesenwetter, 1843 (Heterocerus) ; add E: AB GG PL ST TR.

Distribution: Azerbaijan: Geok-Tapa ( Zaitsev 1946); Georgia: Borjomi ( Zaitsev 1946), Mikhailovo on Kura River ( Schneider & Leder 1877); Poland ( Wojast 2019); Russia: Krasnodar Krai ( Sazhnev & Shapovalov 2016); Turkey: Sogaul-Dagh ( Schneider & Leder 1877).

This species is known from Europe, Caucasus, Middle East ( Zaitsev 1946; Mascagni 2016; Sazhnev & Shapovalov 2016). The record of A. sericans from Fergana Valley in Kyrgyzstan ( Ovchinnikov 1996) as well as other records of this species from Central Asia (e.g. Jacobson 1913) are doubtful ( Litovkin & Sazhnev 2018).

Type material of Augyles scutellatus ( Motschulsky, 1854) was studied by F.A. Zaitsev (1946) and this taxon was synonymized with A. sericans . Since Augyles vitticollis (Reitter 1884) is a junior synonym of Augyles scutellatus ( Mascagni 2016), both taxa should be referred to synonyms of Augyles sericans .

p. 613: Augyles tokejii Nomura, 1958 (Heterocerus) ; add A: FE. Distribution: Russia: Primorsky Krai (Sazhnev 2016).

p. 613: Augyles turanicus Reitter, 1887 (Heterocerus) ; add E: AB ST A: KI.

Distribution: Azerbaijan: Karadag and Gobustal Districts ( Sazhnev 2018a); Kyrgyzstan: Jalal-Abad Oblast ( Litovkin & Sazhnev 2018); Russia: Dagestan (Sazhnev 2016).