Tagenostola turkestanica ( Reitter, 1886 )

Fouquè, René, 2015, A review of the genera Indostola, Tagenostola, Indochillus, Pseudethas, and Pseudochillus gen. nov. in South East Asia (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Stenosini), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 55 (1), pp. 217-242 : 224

Tagenostola turkestanica ( Reitter, 1886)

Stenosis turkestanica Reitter, 1886: 123 (original description).

Tagenostola turkestanica: REITTER (1916) : 152 (key).

Type locality. ‘Turkestanʼ.

Type material. Type should be located in Reitter‘s collection ( REITTER 1886), however, I was not able to find any type specimen in HNHM.

Additional material examined. TAJIKISTAN: DISTRICTS OF REPUBLICAN SUBORDINATION: Gissar Range, 30 km N Dushanbe, Varzob , 4.vi.2004, alt. 1100 m, leg. O.Pak (1 ♂ RFCL) . UZBEKISTAN: KARSHI REGION: Jakkabag v., 1.xii.1963 (2 spec. RFCL) ; Zeravshan River valley,reserv.near Samarkand , 12.v.1990, leg. Zd. Jindra (1 spec. SBPC) .

Diagnosis. This species differs from T. albovillosa in shorter legs, anterior tibiae length/width ratio 5.50. Head ratio of width across eyes/cervix 1.79. Elytra narrowed to apex in gentle arch.

Distribution. Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan ( MEDVEDEV 2008, present paper).