Pharaonus (Tamerlanius) semenowi ( Reitter, 1887 )

Keith, Denis, Sabatinelli, Guido & Uliana, Marco, 2015, Synopsis of the genus Pharaonus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae), with descriptions of new taxa, Zootaxa 4012 (1), pp. 167-180 : 178

Pharaonus (Tamerlanius) semenowi ( Reitter, 1887)

( Figs. 12 , 23 )

Examined material. Uzbekistan, Katta-kum, Turkmenkuduk, 5-8.V.1988, leg. Král: 18 specimens ( DKCC, NHMB); Uzbekistan, Kul'dzhuktau, Kizilkum desert, Haloxylon (saxaul) in the sand, 15.V.1961, (44, No5), leg. Dlusskij: 1 ♂ ( MUCC); Tajikistan, near Schaartuz [=Shahrtuz], Dzharkurgan env., 7.4.2007, leg. O. Pak: 2 ♂ ( MUCC).

Distribution. Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.

Remarks. First record for Tajikistan. The collecting site is in the southwestern part of the country, near the Afghan border.

Figures

FIGURES 11 – 12. Habitus of Pharaonus (Tamerlanius) species. 11: P. l e de r i, male (Koron 15 km Ekoc. Dzejran, Bukhara, Uzbekistan). 12: P. semenowi, male (Katta-kum, Turkmenkuduk, Uzbekistan).

FIGURES 15 – 23. Genitalia of Pharaonus. 15 – 19: aedeagus in dorsal, ventral, and lateral view of Pharaonus (Pharaonus): 15: P. adelphus, paratype (a-c) and holotype (d) (Kerman, Iran); 16: P. caucasicus (Gorovan, Armenia); 17: P. fasciculatus (Egypt); 18: P. farsensis, holotype (Darab, Iran); 19: P. saharicus, paratype (Tamrit, Tassili n’Ajjer, Algeria); 20: P. varicoloreus (Halfeti, Birecik, Adiyaman, Turkey). 21: female genital sclerites of P. adelphus (Kerman, Bakram-djord [= Bahramjerd], Iran). 22 – 23: aedeagus in dorsal, ventral, and lateral view of Pharaonus (Tamerlanius): 22: P. lederi (Koron 15 km Ekoc. Dzejran, Buckara, Uzbekistan); 23: P. semenowi (Kul'dzhuktau, Kizilkum desert, Uzbekistan).