Prosodes (Dilopersina) jakowlewi Semenow, 1894

Nabоz, Maхim, Merkl, Оttó & Kоvalev, Aleхey, 2018, A review of the genus Prosodes Eschscholtz, 1829 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) of Iran, Zootaxa 4379 (4), pp. 451-483 : 459

Prosodes (Dilopersina) jakowlewi Semenow, 1894

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Prosodes jakowlewi Semenow, 1894 a: 192 .

Prosodes jakowlewi: Kühnelt (1957: 76)

Prosodes jakowlevi: Bogačev & Kryzhanovskij (1960: 273; misspelling)

Prosodes (Dilopersina) jakowlewi: G. Medvedev (2001 a: 91) ; Löbl et al. (2008: 232).

Prosodes grouvellei Reitter, 1909: 132 . (Synonymised by Semenov-Tian-Shansky (1910))

Type material. Prosodes jakowlewi Semenow. Lectotype ( ZIN), ♂, designated here, with labels: goldish circle, “Turkest. + Krsn” [ Turkmenistan , leg. Komarov] , Prosodes jakowlewi m. ♂ typ. A.S. I.94. Paralectotype: ♂ with the same labels. Semenov (1894 a) noted in the description that specimens of P. jakowlewi come from south of Buchara District, Uzbekistan, without exact locality: “Bucharia mer. (?) sine indicatione loci melius determinata (Dr. A. Regel. 1883)”. Later he deciphered from his diaries that specimens with labels “Turkestan +” or “Turkestan ×” come from Turkmenistan, with A. Krasnov as collector ( Semenow, 1894 b; Semenov-Tian-Shansky, 1910).

Prosodes grouvellei Reitter. Holotype (HNHM), ♂, with labels: “Transcaspien”, “ Grouvellei m. type”, “Typus Prosodes Grouvellei Sem. Coll. Reitter”, “ Prosodes Jakowlewi Se. det. dr. Kaszab”.

Non-type material. Turkmenistan. 1♂: Kyzyl-Arvat [now Serdar], vii.1897 (Cyrillic label), and label Prosodes sp.? det. A. Jаkоwlew ( ZIN) ; 1♂: Kорed Dаg , 12 km SW оf Kyzyl Arvаt [nоw Serdаr], 8.iv.1953, leg. Odintsоvа (Сyrilliс lаbel) ( ZIN) ; 1♀: mоuntаins 12 km SW оf Kyzyl-Arvаt [nоw Serdаr], 27.iv.1952, leg. Il’iсhev (Сyrilliс lаbel) ( ZIN) ; 1♂: Kаrа-Kаlа [now Garrygala]—Chat. 5–6.v.1912, leg. Gedevanov (Cyrillic label) ( ZIN) ; 1♂, 1♀: Kаrа-Kаlа , 30.v.1952, leg. O.L. Kryzhаnоvsky (Сyrilliс lаbels) ( ZIN) ; 1♂, 1♀: Syunt Mt. , tо 1000 m, 3.v.1974, leg. G.S. Medvedev (Сyrilliс lаbels) ( ZIN) ; 1♂: 28 km NNW Sаrаkhs , Tejen River, 27.iv.1990, leg. Sitnikоv (Сyrilliс lаbel) ( ZIN) ; 2♂♂: Kushkа [nоw Serhetаbаd], 15.iv.1904 (Сyrilliс lаbels) ( ZIN). Iran — Turkmenistan . 1♂, 1♀: Sаrаkhs (соlleсtоr unknоwn) ( ZIN) ; 1♀: Sаrаkhs , Trаnsсаsрiа, 28.iv.1895, leg. Korshinsky ( ZIN). Iran. 1♂: between Quchan and Mashhad, 26–29.iii.1896, leg. N. Zarudny (Cyrillic label) ( ZIN) ; 2♀♀: Mаshhаd , 26–27.iii.1901, leg. N. Zаrudny (Сyrilliс lаbel) ( ZIN).

Distribution. Turkmenistan: Kopet Dag, Bathyz. Iran: North Khorasan and Razavi Khorasan provinces (Kopet Dag, Bathyz: Sarakhs).

Figures

FIGURE4. Prosodes (Dilopersina). A–I, P.jakowlewi Semenow:A, lectotype,male (ZIN), dorsalview; B, labels of lectotype; C, sculpture of female elytra; D, female (ZIN), dorsal view; E, male protibia; F, holotype of P.grouvellei (syn. of.P.jakowlewi Semenow), male (HNHM), dorsal view; G, same, lateral view; H, labels of holotype of P.grouvellei; I, sculpture of male elytra. J–M, P. neopersis Semenow: J, holotype of P. exilis (syn. of P. neopersis), male (ZIN), dorsal view; K, male protibia; L, sculpture of female elytra; M, paratype of P.exilis (syn.of P.neopersis), female (ZIN). Not to scale.