Drasteria aberrans aberrans ( Staudinger, 1888 )

Yu, Alexey & Korb, Stanislav K., 2019, A revision of the genus Drasteria of Central Asia and Kazakhstan with special attention to the adjacent areas (Lepidoptera: Erebidae), Zootaxa 4673 (1), pp. 1-104 : 61

Drasteria aberrans aberrans ( Staudinger, 1888)

( Map 21 ) ( Figs. 160–165 (imago), 252, 253 (male genitalia), 287 (female genitalia))

Staudinger, 1888: 49 ( Leucanitis Aberrans ). Type locality: “aus dem Kuldja-Gebiet” (by original description); “Kuldja” (by the lectotype designation, designated here).

Type material: Lectotype male (designated here in accordance with ICZN Art. 74) ( Figs. 160–162 ), labelled: “Kuldja | 85 Rckbl.” (brown paper, handwritten), “Origin.” (pink paper, printed), “ex coll. 1/2 | Staudinger” (white paper, printed with handwritten numbers), “ LECTOTYPUS | Leucanitis aberrans | Staudinger, 1888 | Stettin. ent. Ztg 49 (1–3): 49 | Korb, Matov, Volynkin des. | 2016, Feb. 1–4 ” (red paper, printed) ( ZMHU) . Paralectotypes: 1 female ( ZMHU) .

Staudinger, Rebel, 1901: 244 [Ili]; John, 1910: 621 [Ili, Syr-Darja]; Warren 1913:390 [Ili]; Poole, 1989: 327; Weisert, 1997: 73 [Provinz Chardzhou, Auwald 5km NW Chalats]; Lehmann et al., 1998: 527 [Ili area, Charyn river, 400m; Alma-Ata area, Ili river, Taschkarasu, 450m]; Poltavsky et al., 1998: 108 [Imam-Baba]; Lehmann, Bergmann, 2005: 20 [Issyk Kul depression, Alai Mts.] (most likely, incorrectly labelled specimens); Gorbunov, 2011: pl. 8, fig. 9 [Bairkum]; Korb, 2013: 28 [Charyn National Park, Charyn River Valley, N 43 38.124 E 79 21.641, 638 m].

Habitat ( Figs. 298, 300, 302, 303 ). Dry lowlands, deserts and semideserts. Elevation: 200–1300 m.

Distribution. Deserts and semideserts of Central Asia: South and Central Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, North-West China and Southern and Central Mongolia. Local.

Material examined (in total: 63 specimens). China. 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Kuldja, Rckbl (lectotype and paralectotypes) ( ZMHU) . Kazakhstan. 1 ♂, Ili , ex coll. O. John ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 1908, Syr-Daria, Perowsk , leg. Nikolsky, ex coll. O. John ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 10.05.1911, Perovsk , [leg. Kozhanchikov] ( ZISP) ; 2 ♀, 8– 9.08.1911, Syr-Daria, Baigacum , leg. Kozhanchikov, ex coll. O. John, slide Matov 0539 ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, 30.05.1978, Singing Dunes , leg. unknown ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, 2.05.1990, Balkhash lake environs, 20 km E of Topar, Zhel-Turanga , leg. S. Toropov, ex coll. A.V. Nekrasov ( ZISP) ; 2 ♂, 2.05.2010, Charyn National Park, Charyn River Valley , N 43 38.124 E 79 21.641, 638 m, leg. S.K. Korb ( SKK) ; 1 ♀, 24.04.2011, 5 km N of Kapchagai , leg. S.A. Knyazev ( CKO) ; 6 ♀, 25– 27.04.2011, Almaty Prov., 32 km NW of Bakanas, Ili river , leg. S.A. Knyazev ( CKO) ; 1 ♂, 26.04.2011, 35 km N of Bakanas, Ili River Valley , N 44 53.940 E 75 53.479, 377 m, leg. S.K. Korb ( SKK) ; 2 ♂, 30.04.2011, Singing Dune in Altyn Emel Nature Reserve, eastern border of Kapchagai Reservoir, Ili River Valley, N 43 50.273 E 78 35.759, 467 m, leg. S.K. Korb ( SKK) ; 2 ♀, 15.07.2011, Kurchumsky distr., 56 km N of Zaisan, Cherny Irtysh river valley, leg. V.V. Doroshkin ( CKO) ; 1 ♂, 2 ♀, 1– 3.07.2015, Ili river, valley near Kok-Tal bridge, h= 500 m, 43 º 57,818’ N 79 º 36,322’ E, leg. A.S. Nikolaev ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 3– 4.05.2015, same locality, leg. S.A. Knyazev ( CKO) ; 1 ♂, 4– 6.07.2015 Boro-Khoro Mts., Usek val- ley, N44° 28.082’ E79° 49.760’, 1260 m, leg. S.K. Korb ( SKK) ; 1 ♂, 6.05.2018, Mangystau Prov., 55 km NNE Zhanaozen, Sauskan sands, 43º48’07”N, 53º13’18”E, leg. A. Samus ( SKK) ; 10 ♂, 3 ♀, 11– 16.06.2018, Aidarly env., 43.993779 N, 79.483105 E, leg. A. Litovtsev ( SKK) . Mongolia. 2 ♂, 1 ♀, 17– 19.08.1969, South Gobi ai- mak, 60 km E dwell Talyn-Bilgekh-Bulak, leg. M. Kozlov ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, 22.07.1981, Bayan-Khongorsky Aimak, 50 km S Shine Dzhinsta, Dzun-Mod oase, leg. A. Lvovsky ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 3 ♀, Bayan-Khongorsky Aimak, 140 km S Shine-Dzhinsta, Ekhin-Gol oase, leg. Chogosmzhav and Kerzhner ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 16.05.1990, Govi Altai aimak, Bayan Toroy , 1200 m, 96º49´E, 44º53´N, leg. Gy. Fabian, M. Hreblay, L. Pegerovits and G. Ronkay ( HNHM) . Tadjikistan. 2 ♂, 4 ♀, 25– 26.04.1966, Gissarsky Mts. , Tigrovaya Balka, leg. Danilevsky ( ZISP) . Turkmenistan. 2 ♂, 16.03– 9.05.1912, Imam-baba , leg. Kozhantshikov ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 14.10.1979, Imam-Baba station , leg. Dantchenko ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 19.04.1982, Kushka, Morgunovskoe , leg. Falkovich ( ZISP) . Uzbekistan. 1 ♀, 28.06.1928, Buchara, Kara-Kul , leg. A. Gerasimov ( ZISP) .

Figures

MAP 21. Distribution map of Drasteria aberrans (Staudinger, 1888).

FIGURES 148–165. Drasteria specimens. 148–153. D. picta (Christoph, 1877), Krasnowodsk, Turkmenistan (148), Sauskan sands, Kazakhstan (149), Aidarly, Kazakhstan (150), holotype of austera John, 1917 (151: upperside; 152: underside; 153: labels). 154–159. D. sesquistria (Eversmann, 1854), lectotype (154: upperside; 155: underside; 156: labels), Ili river valley, Kazakhstan (157), Aidarly, Kazakhstan (158), Sauskan sands, Kazakhstan (159). 160–165. D. aberrans (Staudinger, 1888), lectotype (160: upperside; 161: underside; 162: labels), Kapchagai, Kazakhstan (163), Baian Toroi, Mongolia (164), Aidarly, Kazakhstan (165).

FIGURES 297–304. Drasteria habitats. 297. 25 km N of Panfilov, Dzhungarian Alatau, Kazakhstan (one of the authors in the collecting trip 2010). 298. Ili river valley near Koktal bridge, Almaty Prov., Kazakhstan (Russian Entomological Society and Institute of Zoology of Kazakhstan collecting trip, 2010). 299. Sands near Dosang environs, Astrakhan Prov., Russia. 300. Saksaul forest near Bakanas, Almaty Prov., Kazakhstan. 301. Chulak gorge, foothills of Dzhungarian Alatau Mts. in the Altyn-Emel Nature Reserve, Kazakhstan. 302. Ili river shore near Singing Dunes, Altyn-Emel Nature Reserve, Kazakhstan. 303. Katutau mountains, Altyn-Emel Nature Reserve, Kazakhstan. 304. Koram environs, northern slopes of Transilian Alatau Mts., Kazakhstan. Photos: S.K. Korb.