Choristopsis caucasica Kraatz, 1865: 228
Calyptopsis caucasica : BOGATCHEV (1938) : 120
KASZAB (1968) : 453
ABDURAKHMANOV & NABOZHENKO (2011) : 177
Calyptopsis morawitzi Faust, 1877: 37
REITTER (1900) : 131
Taxonomic review of the genus Calyptopsis of Turkey and adjacent areas (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Tentyriini)
Chigray, Svetlana
Nabozhenko, Maxim
Keskin, Bekir
Abdurakhmanov, Gayirbeg
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae
2018
Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae
2018-08-29
58
2
331
346
(Kraatz, 1865)
Kraatz
1865
[926,1337,349,373]
Insecta
Tenebrionidae
Calyptopsis
GBIF
Animalia
Coleoptera
3
334
Arthropoda
species
caucasica
( Figs 1C, 2)
Choristopsis caucasica Kraatz, 1865: 228(original description). Calyptopsis caucasica: BOGATCHEV (1938): 120(faunistic data); KASZAB (1968): 453(faunistic data); ABDURAKHMANOV & NABOZHENKO (2011): 177(taxonomy). Calyptopsis morawitzi Faust, 1877: 37(original description). REITTER (1900): 131(synonymy).
Typelocality. Calyptopsis caucasica: ‘Caucaso’; C. morawitzi: ‘In der Nähe des Goktshai See [environs of Sevan (former Gokcha) Lake]’. Type material examined. Calyptopsis caucasica: SYNTYPE: 1 spec., unsexed, ‘Caucase // Syntypus// Choristopsis/ caucasica/ mihi / Cauc. Mnizech // Coll. Kraatz // Calyptopsis caucasicaKraatztype det. Schuster.’ ( SDEI). Calyptopsis morawitzi Faust, 1877. LECTOTYPE(designated by ABDURAKHMANOV & NABOZHENKO 2011): unsexed, ‘Goktschei / Morawitz // Calyptopsis morawitziFst.// Calyptopsis caucasicaKr. A. Bogačevdet. // Zoological Institute RAS / St.Petersburg// Calyptopsis caucasicadet. M. Nabozhenko // Lectotypus/ Calyptopsis morawitziFaust/ des. Nabozhenko 2011.’ ( ZIN). Additional material examined. ARMENIA: 2 spec., ‘Armenia’; 1 spec., ‘Echmiatzin [now Vagarshapat] / 14.V [Cyrillic label]’; 2 spec., ‘Echmiatzin [now Vagarshapat] / 9.v.1976/ from Russian Ent.Society [old Cyrillic label]’; 9 spec., ‘Echmiatzin [now Vagarshapat] / Erivan Province/ Eichler / 9 iii 916’; 1 spec., ‘Erivan’ [now Yerevan] / Rud’kovskaya 906 [Cyrillic label]’; 1 spec., ‘Kaukasus / Erivan[now Yerevan] / Dobrowljanskyi’; 1 spec., ‘ Erivan[now Yerevan] / Cauc. Dobrowljanskyi’; 1 spec., ‘ Erivan[now Yerevan] / 6-iii-1910/ Katjkov [Cyrillic label]’; 1 spec.‘ Erivan[Cyrillic labels]; 1 spec., ‘Etschmiadzin [now Vagarshapat] / 9 v // coll. Artobolevsky’; 1 spec., ‘Sardarab [now Armavir] // k. Christoff’; 1 spec., ‘Echmiatzin [now Vagarshapat] // Brandt / 1.vii.79 [1879] [Cyrillic labels]’; 2 spec., ‘Sardarabad / Caucas. / Fisch // Gnathosia rugipennisFald// Sardarabad [now Armavir] / 1.vii.75 [1875] [Cyrillic label]’. AZERBAIJAN: 2 spec.: ‘Ordubat [now Nakhichevan, Ordubad] / 24.vi.1911/ Satunin [Cyrillic label]’; 1 spec., ‘Caucasus / Araxis / Djulfa // Mus Armen / № 17-24’; 1 spec., ‘Caucasus / Araxesthal [now Nakhichevan,Arax valley] / Leder, Reitter’; 4 spec., ‘Disar near Ordubad/ Nakhich dist. / Znoiko 20.vii.933’. IRAN: 1 spec., ‘Tavriz / Persia / 6 iv 14 / Andrievsky [Cyrillic label]’; 12 spec., ‘Tavriz / Persia / 21 iii 14 [1914] / Andrievsky [Cyrillic label]’. All specimens deposited in ZIN.
Distribution. Armenia, Azerbaijan( Nakhichevan), Iran(Tabriz), Eastern Turkey: Van(Özalp), Iğdır(Tuzluca) provinces. Occurrence in Kars Province( ABDURAKHMANOV & NABOZHENKO 2011) is wrongly mentioned for this species.