Dietomorpha pardalis Reymond, 1938

Chigray, Svetlana N., Nabozhenko, Maxim V., Chigray, Ivan A. & Abakumov, Evgeny V., 2022, A revision of the Palaearctic Pimeliini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae): a comparative analysis and systematic position of Eastern European and Asian taxa with dorso-lateral eyes, European Journal of Taxonomy 809, pp. 1-71 : 27

Dietomorpha pardalis Reymond, 1938

Figs 3A–B , 17 , 23C , 26C

Kawiria szekessyi Kaszab, 1957: 295 (original description).

Material examined

Paratypes of Kawiria szekessyi Kaszab, 1957 IRAN • 1 spec.; “Baluchistan [Balochistan] Feb. 1931 ”; “ Salbaudiu Y.R.R.O. Coll. ”; Feb. 1931; “Paratypus 1956 Kawiria szekessyi Kaszab ”; Dietomorpha pardalis Blair , det. Kaszab ”; HNHM • 1 spec.; “ Baluchistan [ Balochistan ] Salbaudiu ”; “ Feb. 1931 B.L.R.E. coll.”; “1934532”; “Paratypus 1956 Kawiria szekessyi Kaszab ”; HNHM.

Additional material

AFGHANISTAN • 2 ♂♂; Registan , Malekdokun ; 5 Mar. 1973; O.N. Kabakov leg.; ZIN • 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀; SW Registan Desert; alt. 1000 m; 15 Mar. 1973; O.N. Kabakov leg.; ZIN .

PAKISTAN • 2 ♂♂; Balochistan Province, 20 km of W Nushki; 25–29 Dec. 1918; ZIN .

Distribution

Iran and Pakistan (Balochistan region in both countries), Afghanistan. Medvedev (2005) listed D. pardalis for Registan Desert ( Afghanistan) and adjacent areas of Pakistan, but this record was omitted from the Palaearctic Catalogue ( Iwan et al. 2020).

Figures

Fig. 3. Species of the genus Dietomorpha Kühnelt, 1957, habitus. A. D. pardalis Kühnelt, 1957, ♂ (ZIN), dorsal view. B. Ditto, ventral view. C. D. gonzalesi S. Chigray & Nabozhenko sp. nov., ♀, holotype (MNHP), dorsal view. D. Ditto, ventral view. E. Ditto, anterior view. F. Ditto, posterior view. G. Ditto, dorso-antero-lateral view. C–G: photographs by David Gonzales.

Fig. 17. Dietomorpha pardalis Kühnelt, 1957, genitalia (ZIN). A. Tegmen of aedeagus, ventrally. B. Ditto, dorsally. C. Ditto, laterally. D. Median lobe, ventrally. E. Ditto, dorsally. F. Ditto, laterally. G. Spiculum gastrale. H. ♂, inner sternite VIII. I. ♀, inner sternite VIII and spiculum ventrale. J. Ovipositor, ventrally. K. Ditto, dorsally. L. Ditto, laterally. Not to scale. Abbreviations: see Material and methods.

Fig. 23. Female genital ducts of Pimeliini. A. Apatopsis grombczewskii Semenov, 1891 (ZIN). B. Habrobates vernalis Semenov, 1903 (ZIN). C. Dietomorpha pardalis Kühnelt, 1957 (ZIN). D. Przewalskia dilatata (Reitter, 1887) (ZIN). E. Mantichorula semenowi Reitter, 1889 (ZIN). F. Platyope leucogramma (Pallas, 1773) (ZIN). G. Platyope grumi (Semenov, 1893), paralectotype (ZIN). H. Earophanta serrata (Semenov, 1893) (ZIN). Not to scale. Abbreviations: see Material and methods.

Fig. 26. Protibiae of Pimeliini, optic microscopy. A. Habrochiton vernus Semenov-Tjan-Shansky, 1907, ♂, lectotype (ZIN). B. Habrobates gabrieli (Schuster, 1935) comb. nov., paralectotype (NMB). C. Dietomorpha pardalis Kühnelt, 1957, ♂ (ZIN). D. Mantichorula semenowi Reitter, 1889, ♂ (ZIN). E. Przewalskia dilatata (Reitter, 1887), ♂ (ZIN). F. Apatopsis grombczewskii Semenov, 1891, ♀, paralectotype (ZIN). G. Earophanta serrata (Semenov, 1893), ♂ (ZIN). H. Platyope leucogramma (Pallas, 1773), ♂ (ZIN). Not to scale.