Skopin, 1960: 51

Chigray, Ivan & Ivanov, Alexander, 2020, A Review Of The Genus Blaps (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) Of Central And South Kazakhstan With Description Of Two New Species, Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 66 (2), pp. 111-162 : 152

Blaps halophila Fischer von Waldheim, 1820

Fischer von Waldheim, 1820: tab. xvi, fig. 7; Fischer von Waldheim, 1822: 190; Ménétriés, 1832; 201 (“ Blaps confusa ”); Skopin, 1960: 51 (larva); Arnoldi & Medvedev, 1969: 403; Chigray et al. 2016: 12. (see figures in: CHIGRAY et al. 2016: figs 12D–F)

Type material examined ( ZIN). Holotype of Blaps convexicollis Motschulsky, 1845 : m, ‘Mt. Altai // Blaps convexicollis m. Altai’. Lectotype of Blaps confusa Ménétriés, 1832 designated here: m, ‘Caucas. // confusa Ménét. Caucas. // Blaps longicollis // Lectotypus / Blaps confusa Ménétriés, 1832 / des. I.A. Chigray’.

Material examined ( ZIN). 2 ff, ‘ Kazakhstan / Zaisan district / 5.vii.[19]26 / leg. Filatova’ [in Cyrillics]; 1 m, ‘ Kazakhstan / Zaisan / Neygy Kuma / into Achnatherum sp. / 10.vi.1958 / leg. N.G. Skopin’ [in Cyrillics]; 1 f, ‘ Kazakhstan / Zaisan hollow / 10.vi.1958 / leg. N.G. Skopin’; 1 f, ‘ Semirechye Region / Alatau / Kurdayskiy pass / 16.vii.1906 / leg. N. Radkevich’ [in Cyrillics] .

Distribution. Part of Central, Southern and Eastern Europe, the European part of Russia, the Great Caucasus, Southern Siberia, North Kazakhstan ( ARNOLDI & MEDVEDEV 1969, ABDURAKHMANOV & NABOZHENKO 2011).

Regional distribution. Karaganda Region ( SKOPIN 1960 ).