Augyles (Augyles) marmota (Kiesenwetter, 1850)

Sazhnev, Alexey S., 2022, Variegated mud-loving beetles (Heteroceridae) of Russia and adjacent countries genus Augyles of European part of Russia and Caucasus Region, Zootaxa 5209 (5), pp. 581-593 : 587

Augyles (Augyles) marmota (Kiesenwetter, 1850)

Material examined. 4 exs. RUSSIA: Orenburg Oblast: Orenburg, bank of Ural River, Petropavovskaya Grove , at light, 15.07.2012, leg. A.S. Ukrainsky , 4 exs. ( IBIW) .

Distribution in European Russia and Caucasus: VL: SAM UR: ORB ( Litovkin et al. 2013: as Augyles sp. ; Sazhnev & Kozminykh 2019).

Armenia ( Mascagni 2016).

Distribution. Species distributed in Europe (including southern Ural) Asian Turkey, Mongolia and North Africa ( Mascagni 2016; Sazhnev & Kozminykh 2019).

Remarks. Comparison of examined specimens (as well as Mongolian specimens) with European material and types is required. The diagnosis of the taxon Augyles marmota and the list of its synonyms needs revision. It is possible that more than one species is hidden under this name.

[ Augyles (Augyles) nebulosus ( Kuwert, 1890) ]

Distribution in Caucasus. Azerbaijan: Agdash (Aresh, Geok Tepe), Mingachevir ( Zaitsev 1946; Sazhnev 2018b).

Distribution. The species was described from Turkmenistan ( Kuwert, 1890), is distributed in Caucasus ( Azerbaijan) and Middle Asia ( Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan) ( Mascagni 2016).

Remarks. There is no indication for Azerbaijan in the Palaearctic Catalogue ( Mascagni 2016), it is necessary to add E: AB.