Cylindrinotus constrictus ( Seidlitz, 1896 )

Nabozhenko, Maxim, 2015, Review of the Genus Cylindrinotus Faldermann, 1837 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Helopini), The Coleopterists Bulletin (mo 14) 69, pp. 101-114 : 110-111

Cylindrinotus constrictus ( Seidlitz, 1896)

( Figs. 5 , 20, 21, 24, 25 , 40, 41 , 54, 55 , 71, 72 )

Helops (Cylindrinotus) Seidlitz 1896: 722 , 752; Reitter 1902: 218 ( Helops ( Cylindrinotus )), 1922: 125 ( Cylindronotus ). Holotype female at HNHM, labeled: “Alp. Sivas coll. Friv.//Friv. 8132// Helops pedinoides Kind. coll. E. Frivaldszky// Monotypus Helops (Cylindrinotus) constrictus 1898 Seidlitz” (curator’ s last label).

Helops (Cylindrinotus) funestoides Reitter in Bodemeyer 1900: 159; Reitter 1902: 219 ( Helops ( Cylindrinotus )), 1922: 126 ( Cylindronotus ). New synonymy. Lectotype male at HNHM, labeled “ Holotypus Cylindrinotus funestoides Reitter, 1900 // Asia Minor, Bulgar-Maaden. v. Bodemeyer”. Paralectotypes (2 females) at HNHM labeled “ Paratypus Cylindrinotus funestoides Reitter, 1900 // Asia Minor, Bulgar- Maaden. v. Bodemeyer”. Lectotype is designated here.

Material Examined. TURKEY: 1♀: Beiburt , leg. Staudinger ( ZSM) ; 2♂♂, 2♀♀: Anatolia, Egribel pass, 2000–2400 m, 28.vii.1963, leg. W. Heinz ( ZIN) ; 1♂, 1♀: Bayburt Province, 15 km S Bayburt , 7.vi.1999, leg. B.A. Korotyaev ( ZIN) ; 5♂♂, 12♀♀: Erzincan Province, Derekorosu, Keshish Mts. ( Keşış Dağı ), 7.vi.1989, leg. A. Podlussany ( HNHM) ; 2♀♀: Sivas Province, Kısıldağ , 2190 m, 8.vi.1989, leg. A. Podlussany ( HNHM) ; 1♀: Anatolia bor., Soganlı ( Soganlı Geçidi ), pass bei Bayburt, 2.viii.1978, leg. W. Heinz ( SNMS) ; 1♀: Anatolia, Bayburt, Soganlı Geçidi , 2300 m, 20.v.1989, leg. Riedel ( HNHM) ; 1♂, 1♀: Erzincan Province, 4 km SE Gemecik , N 39°54′845″, E 38°28′761″, 4– 6.06.2010, leg. D.G. Kasatkin ; 2♂♂, ♀2♀ ( CN) , 5 specimens ( ZDEU) : Amasya Province, Akdağ, Kocacık Taş , N 40°46′45.4″ E 35°55′44.9″, 2020 m, 18.04.2014, leg. M.V. and S.V. Nabozhenko, B. Keskin.

Bionomics. The species inhabits wet alpine zones in high mountains (2,000–2,500 m).

Notes. Seidlitz (1896) described this species based on one female from Armenia, but this female was found in Sivas , which was not a part of Armenia in the 19 th century .

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.