Cylindrinotus erivanus ( Reitter, 1902 )

Nabozhenko, Maxim, 2015, Review of the Genus Cylindrinotus Faldermann, 1837 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Helopini), The Coleopterists Bulletin (mo 14) 69, pp. 101-114 : 110

Cylindrinotus erivanus ( Reitter, 1902)

( Figs. 3, 4 , 22, 23 , 38, 39 , 52, 53 , 70 )

Helops (Cylindronotus) erivanus Reitter 1902: 219 . Holotype (male) and three paratypes (one male, two females) at HNHM, labeled: “Caucasus, Armen. Geb. Leder, Reitter// Erivan. Coll. Reitter ”. Holotype has additional handwritten label: “ C. erivanus m. 1900. Type”.

Bibliography is given in Abdurakhmanov and Nabozhenko (2011).

Material Examined. ARMENIA: 1♂: Alagös [now Aragats Mt.], vii 1871 ( ZSM) ; 1♂, 1♀: Byurakan (southern slopes of Aragats Mt. ), 5.v. 1972, leg. M.S. Gilyarov ( ZIN) ; 1♂: Tsakhkadzor , 9.vii.1983, leg. A. Kravets ( ZIN) ; 5♂♂, 3♀♀: Kotayk Province, Arailer Mt. , 16.v.1990, 28–30. v.1993, 8–20.v.1995, 20.v.1995, 18–19.v.1996, leg. M.Yu. Kalashyan ( ZIN, CK) ; 2♀♀: Kotayk Province, S slope of Arailer Mt. , 10– 11.05.1997, leg. Karagyan ( CK) ; 2♀♀: Kotayk Province, Arailer Mt. between N 40°23′ E44°25′ and N 40°24′ and E 44°26′, 19.v.1994, leg. M.Yu. Kalashyan ( CK) ; 22♂♂, 27♀♀: Kotayk Province, Hrazdan District , 10 km N Arzakan, 14–19.v. 1999, leg. M.V. Nabozhenko ( ZIN) ; 1♂, 1♀: Kotayk Province, 2–4 km E Hankavan , 5.v.2001, leg. M.Yu. Kalashyan ( CK) .

Distribution. Central Armenia.

Bionomics. The species inhabits xerophytic montane steppe.

Figures

Figs. 1–8. Cylindrinotus species, head. 1, 2) C. gibbicollis; 3, 4) C. erivanus; 5) C. constrictus; 6) C. gibbosus;

Figs. 11–27. Cylindrinotus species, legs. 11, 12) C. femoratus, male, metatibia; 13, 14) C. femoratus, male, meso- and protibiae, respectively; 15–17) C. acutangulus, male, meta-, meso-, and protibiae, respectively; 18, 19) C. gibbosus, male, meso- and protibiae, respectively; 20, 21) C. constrictus, protibia, male and female, respectively; 22, 23) C. erivanus, protibia, male and female, respectively; 24, 25) C. constrictus, male, pro- and mesotarsi, respectively; 26, 27) C. charlesi, male, pro- and mesotarsi, respectively.

Figs. 28–45. Cylindrinotus species, aedeagus. 28, 29) C. femoratus; 30, 31) C. acutangulus; 32, 33) C. nitidus; 34, 35) C. batesi; 36, 37) C. gibbicollis; 38, 39) C. erivanus; 40, 41) C. constrictus; 42, 43) C. gibbosus; 44, 45) C. charlesi. Even numbered figures = ventral view; odd numbered figures = lateral view.

Figs. 46–59. Cylindrinotus species, gastral spicula. 46, 47) C. femoratus; 48, 49) C. acutangulus; 50, 51) C. batesi; 52, 53) C. erivanus; 54, 55) C. constrictus; 56, 57) C. gibbosus; 58, 59) C. charlesi. Even numbered figures = ventral view; odd numbered figures = lateral view.

Figs. 68–77. Cylindrinotus species, habitus. 68) C. gibbicollis, male; 69) C. gibbicollis, female; 70) C. erivanus, female; 71) C. constrictus, male; 72) C. constrictus, female; 73) C. gibbosus, male; 74) C. gibbosus, female, holotype; 75) C. gibbosus, head and anterior part of pronotum; 76) C. charlesi, male, Palandöken Dağları; 77) C. charlesi, female.