Skopin, 1960: 58

Chigray, Ivan & Ivanov, Alexander, 2020, A Review Of The Genus Blaps (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) Of Central And South Kazakhstan With Description Of Two New Species, Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 66 (2), pp. 111-162 : 138

Blaps pruinosa Eversmann, 1833

Eversmann, 1833: 53; Motschulsky, 1860: 532 (“ Rhizoblaps ”); Seidlitz, 1893: 268; Skopin, 1960: 58 (“ Lithoblaps ”) (larva); Skopin, 1961: 58 (“ Lithoblaps ”): 192; Skopin, 1968: 87 (“ Lithoblaps ”); Arnoldi & Medvedev, 1969: 404; Medvedev & Nepesova 1985: 115; Chigray et al. 2016: 12. (see figures in: CHIGRAY et al. 2016: figs 13A–C)

Type material examined ( ZIN). Lectotype of Blaps pruinosa (designated by ABDURA- KHMANOV & NABOZHENKO 2011): m, ‘Kirgis Step // Lehmann // Blaps pruinosa Eversm. Kirgs. Desert // golden square // Lectotypus / Blaps pruinosa Eversmann / des. Abdurakhmanov & Nabozhenko’. Lectotype of Blaps rorulenta Motschulsky, 1845 (designated by ABDURA- KHMANOV & NABOZHENKO 2011): f, ‘ rorulenta // Rhisoblaps rorulenta Motch. Songoria // c. Motschulsky // golden square // Lectotypus / Blaps rorulenta 1845 / des. Abdurakhmanov & Nabozhenko’.

Material examined ( ZIN). 1 m, 1 f, ‘ Southeast Kazakhstan / Alma-Ata Region / 40 km south-west of Zharkent village / 26.iv.1965 / leg. N.G. Skopin’ [in Cyrillics] [43°59’24.43”N, 79°34’3.92”E] .

Additional material examined ( ZIN). More than 50 specimens from the Caspian Depression .

Distribution. Southeast of the European part of Russia, Kazakhstan (from the Caspian sea to southern foothills of Tarbagatay Mts.), Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan ( MEDVEDEV & NEPESOVA 1985, ABDURAKHMANOV & NABOZHENKO 2011).

Regional distribution. The species is widely distributed in the central ( ARNOLDI & MEDVEDEV 1969) and southern zones of Kazakhstan to eastern Balkhash Lake ( SKOPIN 1961 ).