Masaris smirnovi Kostylev

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Masaris smirnovi Kostylev, 1925: 152, fig. 2, ♂ (type locality: “ Perovsk (Turkestan, Syr-Darjja-Gebiet)” [Kazakhstan]).

Type material. HOLOTYPE: ♂, labeled “[golden disc] // Dist. Perovsk [ Kyzylorda] / 29 V 923. / S. Tarbinskij // Тип [Type] / Masaris / smirnovi Kost. / = M. carli Schult / Синон. устан. / Ю. Костылев [Synonymy established by G. Kostylev] / 23 VI 41 [G. Kostylev’s signature] // Masaris / smirnovi / n. sp. / Typus // МОсКва / ЗООЛОГичесКий / МУЗей МГУ [Moscow, Zoological Museum MSU] // Holotype ♂ / Masaris smirnovi / Kostylev, 1925 [red label]” [ZMMU].

Current status. Junior synonym of Masaris carli von Schulthess, 1922 (Carpenter 2001; Fateryga & Proshchalykin 2024).

Remarks. The holotype is lacking the left club of antenna.