Senotainia (s. str.) caspica Rohdendorf, 1935

Verves, Yuriy G. & Khrokalo, Liudmyla, 2021, Review of the genus Senotainia Macquart, 1846 (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) of the Middle East, Journal of Natural History 54 (37 - 38), pp. 2489-2512 : 2493-2494

Senotainia (s. str.) caspica Rohdendorf, 1935 (Figure 2 (a-k))

Senotainia caspica Rohdendorf, 1935: 83 .

Senotainia caspica: Fan and Pape 1996: 242 (faunistics); Pape 1996: 135 (catalogue).

Senotainia (s. str.) caspica: Rohdendorf and Verves 1980: 451 (faunistics); Verves 1986: 63 (catalogue); 1990: 527 (in key); Verves and Khrokalo 2018 (Suppl): 19 (faunistics); Xue et al. 2015: 449 (in list).

Senotainia gobica Rohdendorf, 1935: 86 .

Senotainia gobica: Rohdendorf and Verves 1980: 450 (faunistics); Verves 1996: 64 (catalogue).

Senotainia turkmenica Rohdendorf, 1935: 89 .

Senotainia turkmenica: Fan 1992: 587 (faunistics); Fan and Pape 1996: 243 (faunistics);

Pape 1996: 141 (catalogue); Verves 1986: 65 (catalogue).

Material examined

Israel: Hallia, 25.03 .1975, 1 ♂ (A. Freidberg); Qumran , 24.03 .1986, 1 ♂ (F. Kaplan); Ma’agan Mikhael , 19.08 .1990, 1 ♂; Be`er Meshash , 20.03 .1977, 1 ♂; Ein Bsor , 31.03 .1985, 1 ♂ (A. Freidberg); Ein Avdat National Park , Ein Aqev spring, 25.05 .2006, 1 ♂ (K. Szpila leg.); Avdat , 25.03 .1987, 1 ♂; Nahal Raham , 300 m, 6.04 .1997, 3 ♂, 2 ♀; Amudei Amram , 26.04 .1974, 1 ♂; Eir Mur , 31.08 .1981, 1 ♀; Nahal Qumeran , 22.03 .1993, 1 ♀ (A. Freidberg ) ( TAU) . Saudi Arabia: Wadi Mutai-Wiyah , 18.03 .1977, 2 ♂ (W. Büttiker ) ( NHMUK) .

Distribution

Middle East: Egypt, Israel *, Saudi Arabia *. Palaearctic: Russia (West Siberia: Tuva; East Siberia: Buriatia, Chita), Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Mongolia, China (Neimenggu, Xinjiang).

Habits

Psammophilous and xerophilous species.

Material

Type . Lectotype of Senotainia gobica Rohdendorf, 1935: 86 (by present designation): ♂: China: ‘ Bugas nr Khami , at SE of Tien Shan, Rob [orovsky], Kozlov, 2 .ix. [18]95’/ Type ” [modern geographical point: China, Xinjiang, Gashun Gobi, Shigusa, Bugas River S Khami] . Paralectotype of Senotainia gobica Rohdendorf, 1935: 86 (by present designation): ♀: ‘ Bugas nr Khami , at SE of Tien Shan, Rob [orovsky], Kozlov, 6 .ix. [18]95’. Lectotype and paralectotype deposited in ZIN .

Lectotype of Senotainia caspica Rohdendorf, 1935: 83 (by present designation): ♀: ‘ Kazakhstan: Prov. Syr-Darja, St. d. Eisenbahn Dzhulek , 1.viii.1910, V. D. Kozhantshikov / Type’. Deposited in ZIN.

Lectotype of Senotainia turkmenica Rohdendorf, 1935: 83 (by present designation): ♂: ‘ Arman Saad – Kyzyl Arvat , Zakasp [iy], iii–iv. [18]96, Ahnger / Type’ [locality in recent Turkmenistan]. Deposited in ZIN.