Asiomira firjusana ( Dubrovina, 1973 )

Nabozhenko, Maxim V. & Bukejs, Andris, 2021, The first fossilized comb-clawed beetle of the genus Asiomira Dubrovina, 1973 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Alleculinae) from Baltic Amber and notes on the distribution of extant species of the genus, Zootaxa 5082 (2), pp. 177-184 : 182

Asiomira firjusana ( Dubrovina, 1973)

The species was described from the central part of the Kopet Dag mountains in Southern Turkmenistan ( Dubrovina 1973). Novák (2020) listed this species from Tajikistan based on his erroneous identification ( Novák 2016). He imaged and re-described Asiomira keleinikovae ( Dubrovina, 1973) under the name A. firjusana . His specimens originate from the mountain resort Varzob, which is located (according to the coordinates) 2 km from the type locality of A. keleinikovae (Kondara Canyon, right tributary of Varzob River) ( Fig. 1 ). Thus, Tajikistan must be excluded from the distribution of A. firjusana .

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FIGURE 1. Distribution of the extant species of Asiomira.