Augyles (Augyles) sericans ( Kiesenwetter, 1843 )

Sazhnev, Alexey S., 2022, Variegated mud-loving beetles (Heteroceridae) of Russia and adjacent countries genus Augyles of European part of Russia and Caucasus Region, Zootaxa 5209 (5), pp. 581-593 : 588

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scientific name	Augyles (Augyles) sericans ( Kiesenwetter, 1843 )
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Augyles (Augyles) sericans ( Kiesenwetter, 1843)

= Augyles scutellatus ( Motschulsky, 1854)

= Augyles vitticollis (Reitter, 1884) comb. nov.

Material examined. 18 exs. AZERBAIJAN. Qabala District: Nidzh vill, shore of Turianchay River , 38°34'58.6"N 48°47'38.2"E, 6.06.2017, leg. A.A. Prokin GoogleMaps , 1 ex. ( IBIW); Lankaran District: Lenkoran, leg. Leder (Reitter) , 2 exs., as Augyles scutellatus (ZISP) ; Alekseevka vill., Hirkan National Park , at light, 11.07.1978, leg. V.V. Belov , 1 ex. ( IBIW), same place, 13.07.1978, leg. V.V. Belov , 1 ex. ( IBIW), same place, 15.07.1978, leg. V.V. Belov , 1 ex. ( IBIW). GEORGIA. Mtskheta-Mtianeti Krai: Mtskheta Distr., Kura River opposite Dzegvi vill., 41°51.199'N 44°35.737'E, 10.08.2016, leg. D. Palatov GoogleMaps , 3 exs. ( IBIW). Samtskhe – Javakheti Krai: Borjomi , 3.05.1911, unknown collector , 1 ex. ( ZISP). RUSSIA. Dagestan Republic: Magaramkent Distr., State Nature Zakaznik “Samursky”, 15– 17.05.2015, leg. E.V. Ilyina , 1 ex. ( IBIW), 29– 30.07.2015, leg. E.V. Ilyina , 1 ex. ( IBIW); Magaramkent Distr., Gazardkam-Kazmalar vill., 19.07.2014, leg. E.V. Ilyina , 2 exs. ( IBIW); Magaramkent Distr., Tagirkent-Kazmalar vill., 20.07.2014, leg. E.V. Ilyina , 1 ex. ( IBIW). Krasnodar Krai: Cauc. occ., Adler , 08, leg. Dr. Lgocki , 1 ex., as Augyles scutellatus (ZISP) ; Tuapse Distr., env. Tuapse, Agoy River , 44.15°N, 39.06°E, 20.08.2016, leg. A.A. Prokin GoogleMaps , 1 ex. ( IBIW); Sochi, Adlersky Distr., Adler , Mzymta River , 2– 3.09.2004, leg. S.A. Svobodny , 2 exs. ( IBIW). Orenburg Oblast: Gaysiy Distr., Khmelevka vill., at light, 8.05.2012 leg. A.S. Ukrainsky , 1 ex. ( IBIW) .

Distribution in European Russia and Caucasus. CT: RZN VL: MAR/TAT ST: AST CA: DAG KRD UR: ORB ( Jacobson 1913; Zaitsev 1916; Lebedev 1925; Litovkin et al. 2013; Sazhnev 2014; Sazhnev & Shapovalov 2016; Sazhnev 2017; Sazhnev & Ilyina 2017; Sazhnev & Kozminykh 2019).

Azerbaijan: Agdash (Geok Tepe) ( Zaitsev 1946, 1953; Sazhnev 2018b), Elisabethpol Governorate (including as Augyles scutellatus ) ( Jacobson 1913), Ganja (Kirovabad, as Augyles vitticollis ) ( Zaitsev 1946), Lankaran (as Augyles vitticollis ) ( Zaitsev 1946), Talysh (as Augyles scutellatus ) ( Jacobson 1913); Georgia: Borjomi ( Zaitsev 1946, 1953), Khashuri (Mikhailovo) ( Schneider & Leder 1877; Zaitsev 1946), Kvemo Kartli Krai (Bolnisi—former Ekaterinenpheld, including as Augyles vitticollis ) ( Zaitsev 1946), Matani ( Zaitsev 1946, 1953), Tbilisi (Tiflis, including as Augyles scutellatus ) ( Jacobson 1913).

Distribution. European species (described from Switzerland), distributed in Caucasus, Near East ( Israel, Syria) ( Mascagni, 2016; Sazhnev 2020).

Remarks. By F.A. Zaitsev (1946) typical material of Augyles scutellatus ( Motschulsky, 1854) was studied and this taxon to Augyles sericans was synonymized. Since Augyles vitticollis (Reitter 1884) is junior synonym of Augyles scutellatus ( Mascagni 2016) , both taxons should be referred to synonyms of Augyles sericans .