Micrillus pallidus (REITTER 1887)

Type material examined Syntypes: 3: "[locality in Kyrillic] 3.V.927 / Type / Scimbalium rufotestaceum Cam . Type / Scimbalium rufotestaceum / Coll. W. Champman in Coll. P. Griveau, MHNG - 2007 / Micrillus pallidus (Reitter), det. V. Assing 2013" (MHNG).

Additional material examined: Armenia: 1ex., VerinDzhrashen ["Aresch", 40°03'N, 44°30'E], leg. Schelkownikov (cBoh). Azerbaijan: 5 exs., Geok Tapa [39°11'N, 48°41'E] (MHNG, cAss). Turkmenistan: 1 ex., Kisyl Arwat ["Transcaspia, Kisil-Arwat", 38°58N, 56°16E], 1898, leg. Hauser (cBoh); 1 ex., " Dortkuju " [ca. 37°37N, 61°14E], V.1900, leg. Hauser (cBoh) ; 1 ex., Dushak, V.1980 (cBoh) ; 1 ex., Karakum desert, Repetek, 10.IV.1983, leg. Kastcheev (cAss) ; 1 ex., Farab ( Tchardjou), 15.-28.IV.1990, leg. Farkaþ (NHMB). Tajikistan: 1 ex., Tigrovaja Balka, 2.-6.VI.1966, leg. Jelínek (cBoh); 1 ex., Tigrovaja Balka, Dzilikulja env., 23.VII.1948, leg. Šþjotkin (cBoh). Kazakhstan: 1 ex., Syrdaria river, Djetysai, 5.V.1980, leg. Kastcheev (cAss) .

Comment: A female syntype of Scymbalium rufotestaceum, a junior synonym of Micrillus pallidus, from the BMNH had already been examined earlier (ASSING 2008). The species is reported from Tajikistan and Kazakhstan for the first time.