Augyles niloticus (GROUVELLE, 1896)

Skalický, Stanislav, 2021, Faunistic records of Heteroceridae from Slovakia, Oman, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan (Insecta, Coleoptera), Linzer biologische Beiträge 53 (1), pp. 427-429 : 428

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.13153713
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13153870
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F6C001-FF84-FFAA-FF65-FF65FC72FDBD
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Augyles niloticus (GROUVELLE, 1896)
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M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: 4 spec. (♀♀) "KAZAHKSTAN 200 km NE Atyrau Sagyz. env. 5.VI.2000 coll. Gurko " 1 spec. in the author’s collection ; 1 spec. (♁) " KAZAKHSTAN Atyraysk area Sagiz vall. VI.2000 leg. O. Pag " ; 6 spec. (2♁♁, 4♀♀)" TAJIKISTAN Tigrovaya Balca reserv. VIII.2000 coll. V. Gurko" [one specimen without head and pronotum] 1 spec. (♁) in the author’s collection .

D i s t r i b u t i o n: this species is widely distributed in Africa ( CHARPENTIER 1965, MASCAGNI 2006) and is present in Saudi Arabia (SKALICKÝ 2014). First record for Kazakhstan and Tajikistan.

Note: A. flavidus and A. niloticus are similar species belonging to the cribratellus group sensu CHARPENTIER (1965). Both species have 10-segmented antennae with a 6- segmented club. Their base colour and pattern are variable, and are most easily separated by the presence or absence of a clypeal horn (present in A. niloticus , absent in A. flavidus ) in male specimens, and by the morphology of the male genitalia.