Holcocerus Staudinger, 1884

Yakovlev, Roman V., Pljustch, Igor G., Skrylnik, Yuriy, Pak, Oleg & Witt, Thomas J., 2015, The Cossidae (Lepidoptera) of Afghanistan with description of three new species and special notes on the fauna of Bande-Amir National Park, Zootaxa 3990 (1), pp. 41-72 : 46-47

Genus Holcocerus Staudinger, 1884

Staudinger, 1884: 139–140.

Type species: Cossus (Holcocerus) nobilis Staudinger, 1884 , by subsequent designation by Kirby (1892).

Holcocerus nobilis Staudinger, 1884 ( Figs 11−12, 97 )

Cossus (Holcocerus) nobilis Staudinger, 1884: 139 −140.

Type locality: Askhabad, Tekke [Ashkhabad, Turkmenistan].

Type material (lectotype) in MHUB, examined. Designation by Yakovlev (2006a) Distribution: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kirgizstan, Tadzhikistan, Turkmenistan, China (Xinjang), Iran, Afghanistan ( Daniel 1969b; Hua et al. 1990; Yakovlev 2006a).

Reported for Herat Prov., Bala Murghab ( Daniel 1969).

Habitat and biology. Flight period: June −August. Altitude: 470 m ( Daniel 1969). Material examined: male, female, Prov. Herat, Bala Murghab, 10.0 6.1964, coll. O. Jakes ( MWM).

Holcocerus tancrei Pungeler, 1898 ( Figs 13, 98 )

Pungeler, 1898: 58.

Type locality: Merw [Mary, Turkmenistan].

Type material: holotype (male) in MHUB, examined. Distribution: Iran, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan ( Yakovlev, 2006a; 2011).

Reported for Registanwüste, Darweshan ( Daniel 1964).

Habitat and biology. Flight period: May. Altitude: 500 m ( Daniel 1964). Host plant: Haloxylon aphyllum (Amaranthaceae) ( Baghestani et al. 2006).

Material examined: 12 females, Masar-Sharif, 31.5.1973, coll. Dr. Liedgens ( MWM).

Holcocerus gloriosa ( Erschoff, 1874) ( Figs 14−15, 99 )

Hypopta gloriosa Erschoff, 1874: 35 .

Type locality: „in monte Karak in parte orientali desertorum Kisil-Kum sito“ [Karak Mt., Kizil-Kum desert, Turkmenistan].

Type material: lectotype (male) in ZMMU, examined. Designation by Yakovlev (2006a) Distribution: N. Afghanistan, N. Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, S. Kazakhstan ( Yakovlev 2006a). Material examined: 1 male, 1 female, Afghanistan-Iran Grenze, Kohsan, 1000 m, 13.0 5.77, de Freina ( MWM).

In southern Afghanistan: subspecies mesopotamicus Watkins & Buxton, 1921 Holcocerus gloriosa mesopotamicus Watkins & Buxton, 1921: 86 .

Type locality: Mesopotamian: Kut, Amara [S. Iraq, Kut el Amara, 125 km SE Baghdad, 45°30’E; 32°30’S]. Type material: holotype (male) in BMNH, examined.

Distribution: Iran, Iraq, S. Afghanistan ( Yakovlev 2006a).

Reported for Sarobi ( Daniel 1964) and Nimla, 40 km SW Dschelalabad ( Daniel 1971). Habitat and biology. Flight period: May −June. Altitude: 1000−1100 m.

Material examined: 2 males, Sarobi, 28.0 6.1956, Amsel ( ZSSM).

Holcocerus holosericeus Staudinger, 1884 ( Figs 16−18, 100 )

Cossus (Holcocerus) holosericeus Staudinger, 1884: 141 .

Type locality: Askhabad [Ashkhabad, Turkmenistan].

Type material: lectotype (male) in MHUB, examined. Designation by Yakovlev (2006a). Distribution: Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Kirgizstan, Uzbekistan, Tadzhikistan, Turkmenistan, NW China, Afghanistan, Iran ( Yakovlev 2006a).

Nominative subspecies was reported for Herat, Bala Murghab ( Daniel 1969). Material examined: 9 males, Afghanistan, Masar Sharif, 31.0 5.1973, coll. Dr. Liedgens ( MWM); female, N. Afghanistan, Prov. Herat, Bala Murghab, 25.5.- 10.06.1964, 470 m, coll. O. Jakes ( MWM); female, Kabul, Volk ( ZSSM).

In southern Afghanistan: subspecies darwesthana Daniel, 1959

Holcocerus holosericeus darwesthana Daniel, 1959: 138 −139.

Type locality: SW Afghanistan, Darwesthan.

Type material: holotype (male) in ZSSM, examined.

Distribution: SW Afghanistan, S. Iran ( Yakovlev 2006a).

Reported for “Registanwüste, Darweshan” ( Daniel 1964).

Habitat and biology. Flight period: May −August. Altitude: 470−500 m ( Daniel 1964; 1969). Material examined: holotype (male), allotype (female) and paratypes (12 males, 2 females), SW Afghanistan, Darweshan, 500 m, Registanwuste, 18.0 5.1957, G. Ebert leg. ( ZSSM); male, Polimchori, 700 m, Amsel ( ZSSM).

Figures

FIGURES 91 − 98. Distribution maps of Cossidae of Afghanistan: 91. Catopta cashmirensis (Moore, 1879); 92. Catopta eberti Daniel, 1964; 93. Catopta kendevanensis Daniel, 1937; 94. Catopta rocharva Sheljuzhko, 1943; 95. Kotchevnik tapinus (Püngeler, 1898); 96. Cossus afghanistana Daniel, 1953; 97. Holcocerus nobilis Staudinger, 1884; 98. Holcocerus tancrei Pungeler, 1898.

FIGURES 99 − 106. Distribution maps of Cossidae of Afghanistan: 99. Holcocerus gloriosa (Erschoff, 1874); 100. Holcocerus holosericeus Staudinger, 1884; 101. Deserticossus arenicolus (Staudinger, 1879); 102. Cryptoholcocerus mongolicus (Erschoff in Alpheraky, 1882); 103. Cossulus griseatellus Yakovlev, 2006; 104. Cossulus herzi (Alpheraky, 1893); 105. Cossulus intractatus (Staudinger, 1887); 106. Cossulus kabulense (Daniel, 1965).