Megacraspedus podolicus (Toll, 1942)

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Chilopselaphus podolicus Toll, 1942 . Type locality: western Ukraine.

Records. HUEMER & KARSHOLT (2018):Aktash; PONOMARENKO (2019) (checklist); HUEMER & TOKÁR (2021): Altai Mts.

Material examined. RUSSIA: ALTAI REPUBLIC: Aktash vill., 50°19′12″N; 87°36′00″E, grassy steppe, rocks, 1400 m, 11.vii.2014, 1 ♂ (Barcode TLMF Lep 19983) (gen. prep. GU16/1459 P. Huemer), J. Šumpich leg. (NMPC); 45 km N of Ulagan vill., Chulyshman valley, 51°01′03″N; 88°00′39″E, grassy steppe, rocks, 600 m, 26.–27.vi.2019, 2 ♂♂, J. Šumpich leg. (NMPC); the same locality but 4.–5.vii.2019, 3 ♂♂ (gen. prep. Šumpich 21379), J. Šumpich leg. (NMPC).

Molecular data. BIN BOLD:ADB8683 (n = 5; 1 public, 1 from Altai). The average intraspecific divergence of the barcode region is 0.33% (maximum 0.88%). The distance to the nearest neighbour, a specimen from Croatia, in BOLD currently identified as M. balneariellus (Chrétien, 1907) (BIN: AEC 7522, n = 1), is 2.24% (p-dist). The distance to the second nearest neighbour, M. balneariellus (BIN: ADR2637, n = 2), is 6.3% (p-dist).

Distribution. Austria, Hungary, Romania, Russia (S Ural, Altai Mts), Ukraine (HUEMER & KARSHOLT 2018).

Remark. The first report from the Altai Mountains (HUEMER & KARSHOLT 2018) was based on the above presented record from Aktash in 2014.