Thorictus koenigi Reitter, 1887

Khachikov, E. A., Háva, J. & Poushkova, S. V., 2022, New records of the skin beetles (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) from Russia, Central Asia and Caucasus, with description of a new species from Kazakhstan, Far Eastern Entomologist 448, pp. 1-10 : 8

Thorictus koenigi Reitter, 1887

MATERIAL EXAMINED. Turkmenistan: Krasnovodskaya area [= Balkan

Region], Chilmamedkum sands, Kichi-Yazy Well, 20,5 km., in nest of Catagliphus setipes, 3.VII 1984, 1♂, leg. E. Khachikov ( CZ) .

DISTRIBUTION. This species was described from Central Asia (Turkestan).

Nowadays it is known from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan (Zhantiev, 2011;

Háva 2015). Here it is recorded from Turkmenistan for the first time.