29. Zygaena (Mesembrynus) brizae staudingeriana Reiss, 1932

Zygaena (Mesembrynus) corycia staudingeriana Reiss, 1932: Int. Ent. Z. 26: 270.

Type material examined.

Syntypes 6♂♂ (ZHM 61385- ZMH 61390) (Fig. 29). "SYRIA / LIBANON / BSCHARRE / 1600M 1,-15 VI.31 / E. PFEIFFER LEG / F DANIEL / MÜNCHEN // CO-TYPE VON / Z. CORYCIA SSP. / STAUDINGERIANA / REISS / DANIEL / MÜNCHEN // Coll. Bytinski-Salz / Eing. Nr. 20, 1960 // v. staudingeralis / Reiß . // ZMH 61385"; "SYRIA / LIBANON / BSCHARRE / 1600M 1,-15 VI.31 / E. PFEIFFER LEG / F DANIEL / MÜNCHEN // CO-TYPE VON / Z. CORYCIA SSP. / STAUDINGERIANA / REISS / DANIEL / MÜNCHEN // Coll. Bytinski-Salz / Eing. Nr. 20, 1960 // ZMH 61386"; "SYRIA / LIBANON / BSCHARRE / 1300M 1, -15 VI.31 / E. PFEIFFER LEG / F DANIEL / MÜNCHEN // CO-TYPE VON / Z. CORYCIA SSP. / STAUDINGERIANA / REISS / DANIEL / MÜNCHEN // Coll. Bytinski-Salz / Eing. Nr. 20, 1960 // ZMH 61387"; "Becharree / Libanon / Juni 31. / Kulzer. // CO-TYPE VON / Z. CORYCIA SPP. / STAUDINGERIANA / REISS / DANIEL / MÜNCHEN // Coll. Bytinski-Salz / Eing. Nr. 20, 1960 // ZMH 61388"; "Becharree / Libanon / Juni 31. / Kulzer // CO-TYPE VON / Z. CORYCIA SPP. / STAUDINGERIANA / REISS / DANIEL / MÜNCHEN // Coll. Bytinski-Salz / Eing. Nr. 20, 1960 // ZMH 61389"; "Becharree / Libanon / Juni 31. / Kulzer // CO-TYPE VON / Z. CORYCIA SPP. / STAUDINGERIANA / REISS / DANIEL / MÜNCHEN // Coll. Bytinski-Salz / Eing. Nr. 20, 1960 // ZMH 61390".

Type locality.

Libanon, Bscharre [Lebanon].

Current status.

Valid subspecies.

Remarks.

Reiss (1932a) proposed this name as a subspecies of Z. corycia Staudinger, 1871, but this species name was synonymized with Z. (Mesembrynus) brizae (Esper, 1800) (Hofmann and Tremewan 1996), thus the current combination is Z. (M.) brizae staudingeriana Reiss, 1932.