Drasteria tenera tenera ( Staudinger, 1877 )

Yu, Alexey & Korb, Stanislav K., 2019, A revision of the genus Drasteria of Central Asia and Kazakhstan with special attention to the adjacent areas (Lepidoptera: Erebidae), Zootaxa 4673 (1), pp. 1-104 : 63-64

Drasteria tenera tenera ( Staudinger, 1877)

( Map 22 ) ( Figs. 166–171 (imago), 254, 255 (male genitalia), 288 (female genitalia))

Staudinger, 1877: 194 ( Leucanitis Tenera ). Type locality: “Steppe Süd-Russlands” (by the original description); “Narün” (by the lectotype designation, designated here).

Type material. Lectotype male (designated here in accordance with ICZN Art. 74) ( Figs. 166–168 ), labelled: “Origin.” (pink paper, printed), “ex coll. 1/10 | Staudinger” (white paper, printed with handwritten numbers), “Narün | Henke” (green paper, handwritten), “ LECTOTYPUS | Leucanitis tenera | Staudinger, 1877 | Stett. Ent. Ztg. 38: 194 | Korb, Matov, Volynkin des. | 2016, Feb. 1–4 ” (red paper, printed) ( ZMHU) . Paralectotypes: 4 males, 4 females ( ZMHU) .

Staudinger, Rebel, 1901: 244 [Ili]; Culot, 1913: 185 [la Russie méridionale et la région de l’Ili en Asie]; Warren 1913:390 [Ili]; Sukhareva, 1972: 62 [Ispaz]; Poole, 1989: 330; Beck, 1996: 25; Lehmann et al., 1998: 527 [Alma-Ata area, Ili river, Taschkarasu, 450m]; Hacker, Miatleuski, 2001: 814 [Urda, Kandagash]; Goater et al., 2003: 76, 254 [South Russia: Saratov and Kazakhstan: Urda and Kandagash. Outside Europe, in Turkestan and Central Asia; Ryn-Kum sandy steppe, 15 km SE from Urda vill., Kandagash; Ryn-Kum sandy steppe NW Kandagash loc.]; Poltavsky et al., 2010: 92 [Botkul);: 264 (Ryn-sands]; Gorbunov, 2011: 57 [Saikhin; Kumzhargan; Bolshie and Malye Barsuki); pl. 8, figs. 10, 11 [Chelkar].

Habitat ( Figs. 299, 300, 303 ). Deserts, semideserts, steppes. Elevation: 200– 600 m.

Distribution. South-Western Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrghyzstan, Uzbekistan.

Material examined (in total: 82 specimens). Russia. 5 ♂, 4 ♀, Narün (lectotype and paralectotypes) ( ZMHU) ; 2 ♂, 2.05.2010, Astrakhan Prov., Dosang , leg. S.K. Korb ( SKK) . Kazakhstan. 2 ♂, 2 ♀, Rhyn-Peski , leg. Alpher- aky, ex coll. Grand Duke Nikolai Mikhailovich ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, Narün Ross. m., leg. M. Bartel, ex coll. O. John ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, Russian Turkestan , 813, ex coll. Ershov ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, Turkestan , leg. N. Danilov ( ZISP) ; 2 ♂, 11.05.1905, Aral Sea, Bolshie Barsuki , ex coll. Tshetverikov ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 11 ♀, 25.05.1907, Bolshie Barsuki, Chelkar lake in Turgay- skaya Prov., leg. Volman ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 21.06– 1.07.1911, Khoros, leg. Berezsky ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 3 ♀, 30.06.1932, Chelkar, Bolshie Barsuki in Turgaiskaya Prov. , leg. Luppova ( ZISP) ; 2 ♂, 2 ♀, 16– 18.05.1952, West Kazakhstan, Urda, leg. Levin ( ZISP) ; 3 ♀, 15.07.1986, Balkhash lake environs, Topar , leg. A. Kondratyev ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 30.06– 1.07.2012, Almaty Prov., Panfilov distr., 25 km SW of Koktal., Ili river , leg. S. Pybalkin ( CKO) ; 1 ♂, 7– 8.05.2013, 32 km NE of Bakanas, Ili river , leg. S.A. Knyazev ( CKO) ; 1 ♀, 7– 9.05.2013, Almaty reg., 28 km NW of Bakanas, riv. Ili , 44054’ N 75055’ E, leg. S. Knyazev ( ZISP) ; 11 ♂, 10 ♀, 2.05.2014, Bol. Barsuki sands, 10 km E of Chelkar, 47049’ N 59046’E, at light, leg. P. Gorbunov ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 3– 4.05.2015, same locality, leg. S.A. Knyazev ( CKO) ; 5 ♂, 5 ♀, 12– 14.06.2018, Aidarly env., 43.993779 N, 79.483105 E, leg. A. Litovtsev ( SKK) . Kyrghyzstan . 1 ♂, Issik kul, ex coll. Staudinger ( ZISP) . Uzbekistan. 1 ♂, 17.07.1927, Khiva, Altyn-Kul , leg. L. Zimin ( ZISP) .

Figures

MAP 22. Distribution map of Drasteria tenera (Staudinger, 1877).

FIGURES 166–186. Drasteria specimens. 166–171. D. tenera (Staudinger, 1877), lectotype (166: upperside; 167: underside; 168: labels), Koktal bridge, Kazakhstan (169), Panfilov, Kazakhstan (170), Dubin environs near Ili river, Kazakhstan (171). 172–174. D. antiqua (Staudinger, 1889), lectotype (172: upperside; 173: underside; 174: labels). 175–177. D. flexuosa flexuosa (Ménétriés, 1847), lectotype (175: upperside; 176: underside; 177: labels). 178–186. D. flexuosa mongolica (Staudinger, 1896), lectotype (178: upperside; 179: underside; 180: labels), holotype of pulverosa Wiltshire, 1969 (181: upperside; 182: underside; 183: labels), holotype of intermedia Ronkay, 1985, holotype (184: upperside; 185: underside; 186: labels).

FIGURES 297–304. Drasteria habitats. 297. 25 km N of Panfilov, Dzhungarian Alatau, Kazakhstan (one of the authors in the collecting trip 2010). 298. Ili river valley near Koktal bridge, Almaty Prov., Kazakhstan (Russian Entomological Society and Institute of Zoology of Kazakhstan collecting trip, 2010). 299. Sands near Dosang environs, Astrakhan Prov., Russia. 300. Saksaul forest near Bakanas, Almaty Prov., Kazakhstan. 301. Chulak gorge, foothills of Dzhungarian Alatau Mts. in the Altyn-Emel Nature Reserve, Kazakhstan. 302. Ili river shore near Singing Dunes, Altyn-Emel Nature Reserve, Kazakhstan. 303. Katutau mountains, Altyn-Emel Nature Reserve, Kazakhstan. 304. Koram environs, northern slopes of Transilian Alatau Mts., Kazakhstan. Photos: S.K. Korb.